Student Designers Help Intel Create Mobile Future
Design Expo Held at Intel Developer Forum Highlights Future Computing Possibilities
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- The news -- Intel Corporation is asking young designers to explore out-of-the-box ideas on mobile computing as part of the University Design Expo held in conjunction with the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Intel sponsored students from several colleges and universities from around the world to explore creative new ways to bridge technology and design across the areas of user interaction, industrial design, and mobile applications and solutions. The projects have the potential to impact the broad spectrum of mobility - from next-generation laptops to compact, pocketable handheld devices.
The Design Expo is located in the Golden Gate Hall at the San Francisco Marriott, and will be open for viewing from 4-6 p.m. on Sept. 21 and from 10:15 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sept. 22. For additional information on the Design Expo, specific displays and the Intel Developer Forum, please visit: http://inteldesignexpoday1.eventbrite.com - The context -- Design students are a valuable resource for re-thinking today's usage of technology and discovering the possibilities for the future. The Design Expo explores the perspectives of these talented young designers who have an exciting vision for how technology can affect how we live, work and play.
- Why it matters -- By engaging with student designers, Intel is exploring new perspectives and seeing firsthand how design is increasingly essential to differentiating products and encouraging new applications of technology and user interaction. These young designer have a vision of how technology can complement and enhance people's lives. The concepts featured at the Design Expo have the potential to impact a broad spectrum of mobile computing - from next generation laptops to pocketable, handheld devices and beyond.
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- "As the Internet goes mobile, people are looking for technology that is not only smaller, sleeker and smarter, but also a seamless and intuitive fit for complementing one's lifestyle," said Caleb Rabinowitz, mobile concepts planner, Intel Corporation. "By engaging with student designers, Intel is exploring new perspectives and seeing firsthand how design is increasingly essential to differentiating products and encouraging new applications of technology and user interaction."
- "The Design Expo has a legacy that goes back more than 20 years, bringing innovative, fresh thinking from today's youth and tomorrow's leaders to a variety of industries," said S. Joy Mountford, consultant for user interface designs and innovation at Fortune 500 companies. "The Intel-sponsored Design Expo allows us to gain insight into new and creative uses of technology as well as identify talent for future design leaders. As a company that truly believes in sponsoring the best of what tomorrow has to offer, we believe that these students have brought some fresh thinking to technology design, for Intel and the industry-at-large."
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Student Designers Help Intel Create Mobile Future
Design Expo Held at Intel Developer Forum Highlights Future Computing Possibilities
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2009 - Intel Corporation is asking young designers to explore out-of-the-box ideas on mobile computing as part of a University Design Expo held in conjunction with the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Intel sponsored students from several colleges and universities from around the world to explore creative new ways to bridge technology and design across the areas of user interaction, industrial design, and mobile applications and solutions. The projects have the potential to impact the broad spectrum of mobility - from next-generation laptops to compact, pocketable handheld devices.
Design students are a valuable resource for re-thinking today's usage of technology and discovering the possibilities for the future. The Design Expo explores the perspectives of these talented young designers who have an exciting vision for how technology can affect how we live, work and play.
By working with young designers who have a vision of how technology can complement and enhance people's lives, Intel is gaining additional insight into new ways to bring the benefits of mobile technology to consumers. The concepts featured at the Design Expo have the potential to impact a broad spectrum of mobile computing - from next generation laptops to pocketable, handheld devices and beyond.
"As the Internet goes mobile, people are looking for technology that is not only smaller, sleeker and smarter, but also a seamless and intuitive fit for complementing one's lifestyle," said Caleb Rabinowitz, mobile concepts planner, Intel Corporation. "By engaging with student designers, Intel is exploring new perspectives and seeing firsthand how design is increasingly essential to differentiating products and encouraging new applications of technology and user interaction."
In order to bring to life the displays at this year's Design Expo, Intel collaborated with leading professors and emerging young designers from undergraduate and graduate schools around the world, and asked them to illustrate their visions for the future of mobile computing. The projects range from cameras capturing a complete 180o panoramic view, to an application that measures and visualizes the emotional health of a specific area to data visualization expressed as art. The creativity combined with cutting edge technology is making for a fascinating, interactive exhibit.
"The Design Expo has a legacy that goes back more than 20 years, bringing innovative, fresh thinking from today's youth and tomorrow's leaders to a variety of industries," said S. Joy Mountford, consultant for user interface designs and innovation at Fortune 500 companies. "The Intel-sponsored Design Expo allows us to gain insight into new and creative uses of technology as well as identify talent for future design leaders. As a company that truly believes in sponsoring the best of what tomorrow has to offer, we believe that these students have brought some fresh thinking to technology design, for Intel and the industry-at-large."
Intel has called on both U.S.-based and International schools to participate in the Design Expo including California College of Art, Delft University of Technology, Georgia Tech, Royal College of Art, UCLA and USC. Project teams from each school were selected by their respective university professors and Intel to present their work.
The Design Expo is a recurring event that aims to highlight creativity and innovation in technology. Since the beginning of the Design Expo in 1988, 3,000 students have been involved.
The Design Expo is located in the Golden Gate Hall at the San Francisco Marriott, and will be open for viewing from 4-6 p.m. on Sept. 21 and from 10:15 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sept. 22.
View a summary of the various projects (PDF 90KB)
For additional information on the Design Expo, specific displays and the Intel Developer Forum, please visit: http://inteldesignexpoday1.eventbrite.com.
To learn more about the 2009 Intel Developer Forum, visit the IDF press kit at http://www.intel.com/pressroom/idf.
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