The twin revolutions of the global economy and omnipresent Internet connectivity have had a profound impact on architectural design. Geographical gaps and; in many cases; architectures tie to the built world itself have evaporated in the face of our new networked society. Form is now conceptualized by architects; engineers; and artists as reflexive; contingent; and distributed. The collected essays in Network Practices capture this unique moment in the evolution of design; where crossing disciplines; spatial interactions; and design practices are all poised to be reimagined. With contributions by architects; artists; computer programmers; and theorists and texts by Reinhold Martin; Dagmar Richter; Michael Speaks; and others; Network Practices offers an interdisciplinary analysis of how art; science; and architecture are responding to rapidly changing mobile; wireless; and information embedded environments
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Unique. Fascinating and EducationalBy DavidThe mission was to find a book dealing with Mobility and modern trends. The search engine universe manifested the book "Mobile Interface Theory." This is the very first book I have "rented" for $9.00. The content of the book was both engrossingly interesting and also difficult to follow. due to all the new buzzwords. Is it worth it? Yes! However. be prepared to have your hair blown back with a flash flood of new terms. "Mobile Interface Theory" is an academic book attempting to shed some light on the basic theory behind this new digital mobile revolution. without being hopelessly outdated the minute the book hit the stands.Cyberculture / Micro-Places / Smart Mobs / Pervasive Computing / Wearable Computing / Mobile Interface Embodiment / Biomapping / Locative Interfaces / Site-Specific Storytelling / Artifact Engaged Interaction / Unpracticed Databases / Digital Tagging / Mobile Media Narrative / Sensory-inscribed / Mobil Urban Markup / Polyvocality / Mobile Media bubbles /....... I need to stop now."Mobile Interface Theory" will absolutely deliver on the promise of expanding your mental horizon of this new emerging mobile world. Did I understand everything written in the book? NO. and I have a degree in Philosophy. This is a book that demands to be taken seriously. and read at least twice if not three times. It is challenging not only due to the new words. but also to the fact that it provides a broad overview of mobile media culture at a level that most of us would not experience.While reading this book. I started to become much more aware of examples of mobile Interfacing. such as the Streetmuseum application. This mobile device application will show you an overlay of a modern photograph with a historical photograph. and I believe uses GPS technology to guide the user in the field. I began to notice photographs of this application being shared on Facebook by friends in England.The notes of this book are a source of future reading and research. Jason Farman is likely one of the few academic scholars who have attempted to tackle from a philosophical view just what in the world is going on between society and Mobility. Reading this book has changed my perspective when I watch people engage with mobile technology. providing new insight to the driving factors behind this mobile media social revolution.I will absolutely be reading his future work.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very Good but ChallengingBy John T. OFarrellBe prepared to think when reading this challenging content but well worth it. I took off one star as the Dr Farman assumes that we are all well versed in a plethora of philosophies from a plethora of philosophers...I spent a bit of time looking into a number of different philosophies in order to make sense of the text. This is clearly a graduate/phd level work.John OFarrell is an interactive marketing expert in the metropolitan New York area. You can visit his blog: AllThingsInteractive.com1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. MobileBy Pedro DemoSmart study of mobile interface in the avant-garde of the digital world. viewing internet as generative or an authoring tool. Mobile technology is revolutionizing our society in the sense that we can. more and more. match our mobility and take some advantages of this situation. I appreciated very much the analytical property: very sophisticated and up-to-date.
