Catalyst, Spring 2009
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York narrates the city’s story through imagery and visual graphics.
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April 1, 2009
Metropolis Mag, April 2009
The idea, says Jake Barton, whose media-design firm, Local Projects, cocreated the visitors’ center, is to deliver digital information that reflects the act of walking around town. “It’s all about the actual experience of being in the city itself but collapsed into this interface,” Barton explains. “It’s all space based.“
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Icon, April 2009
WXY architecture has developed a new concept of information and way finding together with media design firm Local Projects and integrated the technology into the design of the space for NYC&Co, the official marketing and tourist organisation for New York.
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January 1, 2009
TechNewsWorld, January 2009
“Visitors can publish itineraries to e-mail, send it to their phone, and they can print it or actually see the entire city through a Google Earth flyover that maps their custom route over the five boroughs,” Barton said.
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Gothamist, January 2009
“While planning their day, visitors slide a “You Are Here” Interactive Disc across the screen tables; this disc stores selected events and can then be taken to a Disc Reader on the giant video wall, where a three-dimensional Google Earth map of the city gives a virtual flyover of the day’s itinerary.”
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PSFK, January 2009
“The big attraction here are the huge gesture recognition touch screen tables, designed by Local Projects. Guests can use the kiosks to navigate New York City, and create a custom itinerary for their visit.”
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NY1, January 2009
People today anticipate some level of customization for their experience, so it’s not so much going in and getting the same thing that everyone wants. They want their experience facilitated for exactly what they’re interested in and that’s what technology does particularly well,” says co-designer Jake Barton of Local Projects.”
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October 17, 2008
DS(+R) / 2 X 4
Not sure what to do after Election Day? If you are in NYC on November 11th, please join us for PERSONAL SPACES/PUBLIC VISIONS hosted by AIGA/NY. Jake will be moderating the discussion between Liz Diller and Michael Rock as they explore the balance between private theory and public practice.
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September 1, 2008
Voices: The Journal of NY Folklore, Fall-Winter 2008
“As the site’s wide-eyed creators, Jake and I watch in amazement at how the new web technologies enable us to use computers in ways that are profoundly human, extending the boundaries of consciousness and memory.”
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August 12, 2008
I left my UGC in San Francisco
It is UX week in San Francisco. If you find yourself in the area this Thursday, stop on over. Jake will be talking interaction design for public spaces and featuring some of our latest work – from New York to Beijing!
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