These posts are written by our residency guests or are about our residency guests. You can read more about our residency programs here.
As artist in residence at Medea this Spring, Jeannette Ginslov will be researching and developing her ideas on “capturing affect with a handful of techne” within the framework of the AffeXity project. See the AffeXit [...]
As artist-in-residence at MEDEA for the past 2 1/2 months, I’ve been honored to get-to-know Malmö, MEDEA and the innovation in sustainability at work within the region. I’ve enjoyed developing the following [...]
MEDEA Talks # 15 presents artist-in-residence Arlene Birt who speaks on the theme “Visualizing Sustainability” and how to communicate consumers’ roles in social and ecological sustainability. She also p [...]
It’s my first few days as artist-in-residence at MEDEA. I’m thrilled to be here, and will spend the first couple weeks collecting research and trying to get a better understanding of what kind of how I can sc [...]
MEDEA has launched an Artist in Residence Program. The idea is to bring exciting skills to the environment for a short period. The program seeks artists working within the filed of new media interested in collaborative p [...]
Our fourth Synthesize session focused on the nature and role of design synthesis as a method of generating knowledge and leveraging the nuances of both a unique design problem and a unique designer. We began by discussi [...]
Our third Synthesize session today focused on the nature of criticism, judgment, and point of view – and the nature of cultural performance in determining good from bad. We started by framing the role of judges, [...]
Our second Synthesize session led to a great discussion about the topic, “What is the role of prototyping in the context of a large-scale social problem?” After describing the various forms of prototyping av [...]
We had a successful first Synthesize discussion, in which we asked and attempted to answer: Are Wicked Problems Solvable? The conversation identified that there are a number of ways of addressing Wicked Problems, and bec [...]
JON KOLKO is an Associate Creative Director at Frog Design and he is MEDEA’s entrepreneur-in-residence in May. Kolko is also the Director of Austin Center for Design, a new educational institution in Austin, Texas. [...]
I’ll be joining you at MEDEA in less than a month, and I want to invite you to a new discussion series that I’ll be hosting. Titled Synthesize, participants in the series will explore the role of design synth [...]
MEDEA has launched an Entrepreneur in Residence Program. The idea is to bring exciting skills to the environment for a short period. The program seeks entrepreneurs highly skilled in working with new media and new innova [...]
ROBERT JACOBSON is the first entrepreneur-in-residence at MEDEA. He’s the Principal of Bluefire Consulting in Tucson, Arizona, and a Senior Innovation Management Consultant and Futurist with Gemba A/S, Vedbæk, Denmark [...]
Robert (Bob) Jacobson, is MEDEA’s entrepreneur-in-residence, Oct-Dec 2009. In this post, Bob answers a few questions about who he is and what he wants to do at MEDEA. Who are you? Professionally, I’m an indep [...]
