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Tuur Van Balen

MA work

Our cities don't consist of just streets and buildings, they are mostly made up by our behaviour and experience, which are both heavily mediated by technology.

My City = My Body is a project which explores how future technology, both its promises and its failures, might mediate our interaction with the urban environment.

We are on the verge of a new era, an era that relies on the understanding of our body, the understanding of our DNA. What does this mean for our future cities? How will these changes shape the rituals, frustrations and anxieties of tomorrow?

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Design

    Programme

    MA Design Interactions, 2008

  • Our cities don't consist of just streets and buildings, they are mostly made up by our behaviour and experience, which are both heavily mediated by technology.

    My City = My Body is a project which explores how future technology, both its promises and its failures, might mediate our interaction with the urban environment.

    We are on the verge of a new era, an era that relies on the understanding of our body, the understanding of our DNA. What does this mean for our future cities? How will these changes shape the rituals, frustrations and anxieties of tomorrow?

  • Degrees

  • MSc Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2006; BSc Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2003
  • Experience

  • Research Internship, Demos, London, 2007; Junior Designer, Fabrique, Delft, Netherlands, 2006; Junior Designer, KVD | Reframing and Design, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2005
  • Exhibitions

  • Presentation at Pecha Kucha, Super de Luxe, Tokyo, Japan, 2007; Seen and Heard - Public Installation commissioned by Demos, Young Vic, London, 2007
  • Awards

  • Shortlisted, Conceptual Design, Mannen In de Hoofdrol, Ministerie voor SZW, 2004; Shortlisted, Scenario and Concept Design, Microsoft Research Design Expo, 2004