David Boardman

Selected projects 2002-09



Focused on the functional and emotional impact of technologies in our everyday lives, David is an interaction designer engaged in creating meaningful connections between people, information and sociable spaces. He is passionate about working on design projects ranging from the concept development to the prototyping phase - on both philosophical and practical levels. He has experience working with and leading interdisciplinary and multi-cultural teams on projects with tight timelines. He is particularly interested in topics related to social sustainability, participatory cultures, maps and information architecture.

He has presented his design and media arts projects in several venues such as MIT Humanities + Digital Conference, Pervasive Computing Conference, Digital Eretics at International Journalism Festival, Fuorisalone, RomaDesign+, Chile Art Biennial, and The Arts & Politics of Netporn. His portfolio projects have been featured on Scientific American, We Make Money Not Art, Wired.it, Infosthetics, Sky News Italia, Repubblica.it. David is a distinguished graduate of Domus Academy / Interaction Design Institute and he holds an undergraduate degree in Media & Communication Studies. Prior to start the current freelance experience, he was Designer & Researcher at the MIT Design Laboratory (Mobile Experience Lab).

News & Updates



Mobile experiences

Locast - Civic Media | Mobile street reporting & participatory journalism platform

  • Mobile experience, Geo-social networks, Civic media
  • Porto Alegre (BR) / MIT, September - November 2009
  • Partner: PUCRS university

Locast - Travels | Location-based media & innovative travel experience

  • Mobile experience, Locative, Wearable computing
  • Venice (IT) / MIT, February - July 2009
  • Client: RAI New Media - Italian Public Broadcast TV

DigePige | Platform for commerce information sharing

  • Mobile experience, Locative, Non-mediated economical transactions
  • Milan (IT) - Domus Academy, February 2007
  • Client: IconMediaLab

Ride.Link | Wearable media for social sustainability

  • Social sustainability, Mobile experience, Wearable
  • Brescia (IT) / MIT, September - December 2008
  • Client: Provincia Brescia

This or That | Mobile social shopping

  • Mobile experience, Mobile Social Software, Social Shopping
  • Barcelona (ES) / MIT, July - November 2008
  • Client: Telefonica

DejaVu | A collection of vintage wearables

  • Mobile experiences, Wearable, Fashion
  • Milano (IT) - Domus Academy, June-July 2007
  • Client: Total Tool

Scenarios, Future casting & Strategic vision

Connected Home | Envisioning the Connected Home in the future

  • Scenarios & future casting, Energy management, Green design
  • Boston (US) / MIT, March - September 2008
  • Client: Cisco Systems Inc.

A day at MIT with NFC | NFC technology in everyday life

  • Scenarios & Future casting, Mobile experience, Ubiquitous computing
  • Boston (US) / MIT, April - May 2008
  • Client: Nokia

Green Wheel | Smart mobility & ubiquitous computing scenarios

  • Scenarios & future casting, Mobility, Ubiquitous Computing
  • Boston (US) / MIT, April 2009
  • Partner: MIT Media Lab - Smart Cities Group

Interactive, Playful & Tangible experiences

That's Alcohol | Breathalizer 2.0

  • Interactive exhibition, Physical computing, Playful experience
  • Milano (IT) / FuoriSalone, March 2007
  • Venue: Milan Design Week 2007

The Bubbies | Robot assisted play

  • Scenario, Robotics, Playful Experiences
  • Milano (IT) - Domus Academy, March - April 2007
  • Client: IROMEC consortium

Random Messenger | Augmenting common objects

  • Media arts, Rapid prototyping, Playful Experiences
  • Milano (IT) / Domus Academy, February 2007
  • Support: Tinker.it

Le voci della pressa | Memory of the industrial archeology in Modena district

  • Interactive exhibition, Memory, Rapid prototyping
  • Milano / Fiorano Modenese (IT) - Domus Academy R&C, January - February 2008
  • Client: Domus Academy Research & Consulting

Dinamo|Complesso plastico | Experience on Made in Italy collective imagery

  • Interactive exhibition, Tangible interfaces, Collective imagery
  • Milano (IT) / Domus Academy, September - November 2007
  • Client: Fondazione Valore Italia

Locative

Transdanube | A networked object

  • Locative, Internet of things, Prototype, Physical computing
  • Budapest (HU) / Kitchen Budapest, August 2007
  • Client: Kitchen Budapest (Deutsche Telekom)

Cultural Luggage | A DIY locative media platform

  • Locative, Wearable, Software prototyping
  • Torino (IT) - January - March 2005
  • Venues: Santiago de Chile (CL), Pinerolo (IT)

Media Arts

in.fondo.al.mar / under.the.sea | Interactive information visualization

  • Data visualization, Collaborative, Activism
  • November 2009
  • Independent work

Memoria Historica de la Alameda | Collective memory of recent Chilean history

  • Media arts, Locative, Memory
  • Santiago de Chile (CL) / Universidad de Chile, May - July 2005
  • Support: Universidad de Chile

Orama | A collaborative narration for contemporary flaneurs

  • Media arts, Net-art, Collaborative hypertext
  • Torino (IT), Valparaiso & Santiago de Chile (CL) / 2002-2005
  • Independent work

Deriva en Santiago | Psychogeography experience in Santiago de Chile

  • Media arts, Psychogeography, Urban space perception
  • Santiago de Chile (CL) / Universidad de Chile, April 2005
  • Support: Universidad de Chile

Shake/Speare | Cutup of Shakespeare's opera omnia

  • Media arts, Net-art, Generative hypertext
  • Torino (IT) - May 2003
  • Independent work

Visual communication & Identity

Photography | A selection of pictures

Graphic design | A selection of web and print design

Resume, contact & links


Currently located in

Aosta, Italy

Where I am currently located