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Exhibitions 2005 Interaction-Ivrea: Massimo Banzi, Neil Churcher, Heather Martin, Yaniv Steiner, Reto Wettach, Edoardo Brambilla, Gianluca Martin, Dario Buzzini Students: Shawn Bonkowski, Dana Gordon, James Tichenor, David A Mellis, Didier Hilhorst, Nicholas Zambetti, Aram Armstrong, Haiyan Zhang, Jennifer Bove, Thomas Stovicek, Nicholas Zambetti Tecno & Lissoni Associati More Photos: Strangely Familiar Future Gallery 
Tug Tug By Haiyan Zhang with Aram Armstrong, Photo by Nicholas Zambetti During the Milan Furniture Fair 2005, Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, in collaboration with Tecno, presents �Strangely Familiar Future. Unusual objects for every day working life�. A collection of working prototypes for office environments that reveal the playful and poetic element of interaction design. In the evocative atmosphere of the Old Post Office, located inside the Milan Central Station, the students of Interaction�Ivrea display nine objects for every day working life. Taking cue from mundane devices like a telephone, radio, answering machine or an alarm clock, the students have created a series of electronic interactive prototypes that amplify the lost qualities of the physical and tangible world. From a radio which can only be tuned by moving it across a flat surface, to a working desk that transforms itself into a answering machine and an egg shaped scheduling device that works like an hourglass, many are the possible scenarios devised. In the field of design for office environments, the projects of Interaction-Ivrea aim to suggest more meaningful and poetic interactions with the objects that surround us. The Interaction-Ivrea show takes place within Tecno�s presentation of working environments and products revisited and interpreted by Piero Lissoni, as if to underline a continuous thread between Interaction-Ivrea and the important legacy of Italian design, one which is very much alive today and that looks at the future. The collaboration with Tecno confirms the widespread interest that industry has towards the Institute�s design research. 
Feel the Music by James Tichenor and David A Mellis, Photo by Nicholas Zambetti 
Quattro by Didier Hilhorst and Nicholas Zambetti, Photo by Nicholas Zambetti Related Files
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