Alexandre Kitching

Bear Blocks provides an intuitive toolkit that allows the user to physically build computer programmes, using blocks. A section of code is assigned to each block using symbols. As they are arranged physically, digital interactions are triggered. The physicality of data, information and code opens the door to a new realm of possibilities: dialogue, collaboration and emotions.

Most of the younger generation of today suffer from a lack of programming knowledge. Bear Blocks is an invitation into the world of programming. The core of the project is to retrieve a sensory experience in the act of interacting with computers, one that goes further than typing on a keyboard, or clicking on a mouse. The objective, beyond learning to programme, is to create a new language, a new tool, a new way of interacting through the computer: one that is more physical, more emotional and more natural.