google creative lab & BERG develop interactive light interfaces

google creative lab & BERG develop interactive light interfaces

at the beginning of 2011 BERG started a wide-ranging conversation with the google creative lab, around near-future experiences of google and its products. during the discussions with them, a strong theme arised. both companies became curious about how it would feel to have google in the world, rather than on a screen.

the question emerged: if google wasn’t trapped behind glass, what would it do? what would it behave like? how would we react to it? the following images and videos take a look at the process and development from the conceptual approach in the project ‘lamps’.

video sketches

smart light lamp prototype

lamps: 24 rules for smart light video courtesy of BERG

lamps: dumb things, smart lightvideo courtesy of BERG 

lamps: fiducial switchvideo courtesy of BERG

lamps: projection materials video courtesy of BERG

lamps sketch 09: media on mediavideo courtesy of BERG 

lamps: text camera video courtesy of BERG

testing

early sketches of ‘a lamp that sees’ by timo arnall

smart light lamp prototype

smart light lamp prototype

smart light lamp prototype

early sketches of ‘a lamp that sees’ by jack schulze