Urban Matter Inc

08/07/2019

Did you know 20% of all retail space in Manhattan is vacant? Play Array is a real-world pong game that activates empty storefronts and encourages spontaneous conversations and connections. Come play pong on Play Array at Building 77 at Brooklyn Navy Yard through fall.

07/02/2019

Play Array is getting an upgrade with boards. @ New Lab

05/15/2019

From connected pill 💊 boxes to plants that text when thirsty to weather forecasting umbrella holders. The finals for design method: intro to physical computing class is over. @ The University of the Arts

04/02/2019

Midterm interactive lamp project with innovative switches was a success. Students created lamps that emulated daylight color temperature for therapy to lamps responding to thirsty plants or missing keys. @ The University of the Arts

03/08/2019

03/01/2019

Blue Print case study is on the Urban Matter website. Thanks, Denver Public Art for the opportunity and thanks Raw Creative for all the images (and for design engineering and fabricating the piece) - http://urbanmatterinc.com/blue-print/

Urban Matter is a mission based interactive art and design studio. We create large scale interactive installations for cities.

02/25/2019

Regram from the super talented folks at Raw Creative who brought this project to life. Blue Print is a series of four interactive walls that applauds walkable cities and streets by responding to pedestrian and bike traffic!

02/19/2019

Thanks Area of Effect DogSpot The Light Phone and for speaking to our students from today. @ New Lab

02/06/2019

So fun to have presented our work at Ennead offices (originally Polshek) yesterday. Also what an engaged set of people to be sharing our process with. Thanks for having me and thanks for the pic @ Ennead Architects

01/28/2019

We are teaching a Design Methods : Physical Computing class at starting today!

01/17/2019

Regram from the lovely folks Denver Public Art. Some images of the dedication ceremony of our project Blue Print in Denver in collaboration with Raw Creative and Dispersion

11/27/2018

Long due update on future projects (Blue Print & Prana), past panels, and new additions - http://urbanmatterinc.com/project-updates/

Upcoming Projects: Blue Print, our latest interactive installation for the Denver Arts & Venues located at Brighton Boulevard is in the process of being installed. We are expecting the project [...]

09/15/2016

So we've built some terribly fun stuff in the past few months and continue to do so at Urban Matter Inc. Here is a quick update (less writeup more pictures & videos) of what we've been up to and what we are planning on next - http://urbanmatterinc.com/hello-new-lab-upcoming-projects-past-news/

Urban Matter Inc. has moved to a new hardware facility called New Lab in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. New Lab is a multidisciplinary space that supports entrepreneurs like us, who [...]

06/16/2016

Golden Afternoon on City Live today. Some nice shots of the project and great sound bytes from one of our partners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDXRFDOrd6c&feature=youtu.be&t=5m19s

This episode of CityView contains the following stories: Council Update, Runway for Opportunities, Superhero Day, and Golden Afternoon.

05/30/2016

Last day to confess! Pop Up Confessional at Flatiron Plaza until tonight : https://www.instagram.com/p/BF4EYGCLEZP/

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04/24/2016

Golden Afternoon is finally open officially to public. Get some glimpses of it on Austin's local TV channel. http://www.twcnews.com/tx/austin/news/2016/04/23/seaholm-plaza-art-project-dedicated.html

Seaholm Plaza is the newest gallery for Austin's Art in Public Places program.

03/30/2016

Urban Matter today on Creative Exchange. Artful ideas for stronger communities. goo.gl/iBbSLI

03/07/2016

Golden Afternoon has finally come to life. It is an interactive light sculpture created in partnership with LightFaktor for the subterranean parking lot at the Seaholm Power Plant in Austin Texas. This project is for Austin Arts in Public Places and could not have been possible without the help of Seaholm Power LLC. More details, pictures, videos, opening details soon!

02/12/2016

Installation finally kicks off for Golden Afternoon - https://www.instagram.com/p/BBp_GlCuv_n/

“Installation finally kicks off for in TX ”

02/12/2016

Our biggest project to date goes up in Austin this month. Stay tuned! - https://www.instagram.com/p/BBtGZPOLEfT/

“Our biggest project to date goes up in Austin this month. Stay tuned! ”

01/26/2016

The Urban Matter Inc Blog has not seen lot of love from our side. We've barely had a chance to come up for air. Here are some memorable insights from 2015. This doesn't quite include all the projects we've worked on but we'll write about those as and when they unfold. http://urbanmatterinc.com/hello-2016/

We welcomed 2016 by cleaning the studio, so we got the house in order and now we’re finally blogging again. The studio along with the blog got a bit sidelined by [...]

01/26/2016

Finally dug up the video for our SXSW Eco Place by Design Pitch from last October. Watch this if you are interested in data and tech. We are not too shabby either - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiM9_ft0q4E

Airbare is a data art project that visualizes data collected from air quality sensors in the city of Louisville. The project layers our view of the world wit...

12/18/2015

Things to end the year with - Airbare is one of the 5 Boundary-Pushing Designs That Seek to Make the World a Better Place by Architectural Digest - http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/south-by-southwest-design

This year, South by Southwest Eco produced innovative ideas in design

12/18/2015

Things to end the year with - Storefront Pong or Play Array is on the '30 projects from 2015 that gamers will love' list from Atmel http://blog.atmel.com/2015/12/17/rewind-30-projects-from-2015-that-gamers-will-love/

A look at some gaming-inspired projects that caught our attention over the last 12 months. Arduboy A credit card-sized device that allows you to play, program and share 8-bit games. TinyArcade A s...

12/09/2015

Today we deinstalled and said a rather reflective good bye to it. We installed it two years ago and fundraised for two and half years before installing. So it's been with us for a while. To our utter surprise, inspite of its aged, rusted exterior, folks who walk this path everyday were sad to see it go. Thanks to everyone who was a part of this journey, people who saw it on their daily commute, ran or walked under it. Thanks to everyone who worked on it and donated to it. Onto part two now. https://www.instagram.com/p/_DIju0LEZV/

“Today we deinstalled and said a rather reflective good bye to it. We installed it two years ago and fundraised for two and half years before…”