iPhone／iPod touch application
21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, a "venue that will generate design that sees even more clearly what is ahead," will release an official application for the iPhone / iPod touch on July 15, 2010.
At startup, the camera and the "product logo" of 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT launch automatically, and you can take pictures with the logo in them (only for iPhone). <
Incorporating a design perspective into everyday scenery allows the 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT concept to be easily experienced.
- App Name：
- 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
- Released：
- 2010/7/15
- Version：
- 1.1.1
- Available at：
- App Store
- Category：
- lifestyle
- Price：
- free
Overall design is by DRAWING AND MANUAL INC., lead by Seiichi Hishikawa. The application has achieved a simple and user-friendly design, including a unique navigation system developed specifically for the application. In terms of function, the application features detailed information regarding facilities and exhibitions, as well as broadcasts of recent news and a reservation function for related programs.
Main features
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| Take pictures with the 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT "product logo," in corporating a design that for-ecasts farther into everyday scenery. | The navigation developed specially for this application will provide new sensations that will make you want to keep using it. The menu is selected by sliding the screen up and down. | Provides information of exhibitions currently showing and recent information in a timely manner. Slideshows of images of installed works, etc. |
Update Information
- 2010/08/08Ver. 1.1.1 Released.
- Improved boot stability. - 2010/07/17Ver. 1.1 Released
- Front camera on iPhone 4 is enabled for the splash screen.
- Pinpoint your locations with GPS on the access page.
- List function is added on the program page
Zokusei-no-Switch (Switch of Attribute)
The "Zokusei-no-Switch (Switch of Attribute)" is a special inte- ractive feature released exclusively for the application in rela- tion to the exhibition "The Definition of Self," directed by Masahiko Sato. Participants respond to eight questions concer ning "attribute," which eventually reveal the nature of their "attributes."
The questions are comprised of questions related to "attribute" that were previously used in the "Nihon-no- Switch" project by the Keio University Masahiko Sato Laboratory, as well as questions newly conceived in line with the concept of this exhibition.
*An English version of the "Zokusei-no-Switch" will be released in the future.
>>more about "The Definition of Self"
Seiichi Hishikawa's message
What does novelty mean for 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT?
How can the value of visiting the place be rendered visually? How can such experience be captured?
We touched on these ideas and concepts inherent to the "place called 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT," and reflected on their origin. First off, we worked on creating an iPhone application as a contact point for the actions that produce the value of experiencing the place. Not only is the distribution of an application new, the human relationships that result from it are new as well. Easy to understand, and a bit quirky--it's a "human-like" application.
Seiichi Hishikawa was born in Tokyo in 1969. In 1991-93, he has been lived in United States. In 1997, Hishikawa establish DRAWING AND MANUAL INC.. In 2008, he assumed the position of professor for the Department of Science of design at Musashino Art University. Currently, he is actively involved in areas of image designing, web designing, graphic designing, brand designing, and photography, etc. He holds the position of President and Representative Director, D&DEPARTMENT Inc. Executive Creative Director.