http://www.blog.localprojects.net Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:49:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The iphone app we built for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, "Explore 9/11" is currently featured in the "New and Noteworthy" section of the iTunes app store! Check it out! More info on apple.com http://www.blog.localprojects.net/?p=58 Recently the New York Times called for people to submit new user interface re-design ideas for New York City voting machines. Local Projects' graphic is now first on nytimes.com! Check it out here http://www.blog.localprojects.net/?p=57 We're both humbled and thrilled to announce our selection as a Finalist by the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum for the 2010 National Design Awards. The National Design Awards celebrate the best in American design. Finalists are selected from a pool of roughly 2500 nominees for originality, innovation, imagination ... http://www.blog.localprojects.net/?p=56 Designs for "In Pursuit of Freedom" for the Brooklyn Historical Society & The Weeksville Heritage Center are presently on view at the Boston Society of Architects, 52 Board Street, Boston. The exhibition will be up through the end of March. The project will be featured in Keith Moskow and ... http://www.blog.localprojects.net/?p=55 Alex Wright interviewed Jake about Make History, the site Local Projects created for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, a leader in the bottom-up museum collections movement. “The key is to use constraints,” said Jake Barton, the lead designer for Make History. “Just giving visitors an open mike is the ... http://www.blog.localprojects.net/?p=53 Join seasoned Senior Interaction Designer Ian Curry of Local Projects this Wednesday as he discusses designing our recent "Make History" storytelling web initiative for the National September 11 Memorial Museum at Galapagos Art Space. The talk is entitled "The Storytellers" and is part of the Dot Dot Dot MFA Interaction ... http://www.blog.localprojects.net/?p=51 Recently Jake presented at GOOD Design NYC, presented by GOOD at Nau, a showcase for ways design can serve New York. Local Projects took on the question of "How can we get more people to ride their bikes?" from Rick Bell and Sherida Paulsen of AIA NY. Local Projects proposed ... http://www.blog.localprojects.net/?p=50 Jake criss-crossed the Netherlands this past week, presenting work to both the States-General and the Nationaal Historisch Museum’s New Museum Lab international conference on new media and technology in collaboration with the technical universities of Delft, Eindhoven and Twente and Mediamatic Lab. http://www.blog.localprojects.net/?p=48 Interaction designer Jake Barton and his team at Local Projects / WXY Architecture have created a visitors center for the digital age, transforming what was once a warehouse for printed brochures into an interactive launchpad for the New York City tourist experience. The Official NYC Information Center is a happy ... http://www.blog.localprojects.net/?p=49 If you find yourself near the grachtengordel reach out and say hi to Jake, in town for the Nationaal Historisch Museum's New Museum lab event. Prefer to say hello in Warsaw? Jake will be there next week to visit our colleagues at The Museum of the History of Polish Jews. http://www.blog.localprojects.net/?p=47