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Philip van AllenProfessor
http://www.philvanallen.com/
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Art Center College of Design
Philip van Allen is an interactive designer, educator, researcher, and technologist with 30 years experience at the intersection of technology and the creative arts in fields ranging from sound recording to interactive media installations. He is a core faculty member in the Graduate Media Design Program at Art Center College of Design with research interests in experimental information systems, interactive objects and spaces, and ubiquitous computing. He founded his interactive production company, Commotion, in 1993 and has worked on CD-ROM, Web, and interactive exhibitions with a range of clients including George P. Johnson, Interval Research, Philips, Yahoo, Nestlé, U2 and Yoko Ono. In 1996 van Allen founded the Web magazine ArtCommotion.com that focused on the contemporary visual and literary arts in Los Angeles. Recent projects include award winning interactive exhibition projects installed at the major auto shows for Infiniti and Acura. Philip is also the lead author of the transmedia publication (book, website, mobile phone content and a poster) The New Ecology of Things. As part of van Allen’s ongoing research, the publication explores the emerging world of ubquitous networks, smart objects & spaces, and approaches to design practice that embrace mythology, meaning making, and embodiment.
Publications by Philip van Allen (bibliography)
» 2008 «
Allen, Philip van, Burdick, Anne and Willis, Holly (2008). The New Ecology of Things. Retrieved [Date unavailable] from Media Design Program at Art Center College of Design: http://newecologyofthings.net/
» 2007 «
Allen, Philip van, Burdick, Anne, Willis, Holly, Sterling, Bruce, Laurel, Brenda K. and Hafermaas, Nik (2007): The New Ecology of Things. Pasadena, California, US, Media Design Program at Art Center College of Design
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» 2004 «
Allen, Philip van, Nazarian, Scott, Tarara, Jen and Keady, David (2004): Designing the future: writing, design and research on NOT-linear interaction. In: Proceedings of DIS04: Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, & Techniques 2004. pp. 367-369. Available online
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Publication statistics
Publication period:2004-2008
Publication count:3
Number of co-authors:8
Productive colleagues
Philip van Allen's 3 most productive colleagues in number of publications:
Brenda K. Laurel:11Bruce Sterling:3
Holly Willis:2
Collaboration count
Number of publications with 3 favourite co-authors:
Holly Willis:2Anne Burdick:2
Brenda K. Laurel:1
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