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Project overview
A discussion-based project on the future of human-computer interaction, hosted in a private Apple Museum, a garage archive of historical devices that grounded speculative thinking in the physical evolution of computing.
By physically placing outdated machines alongside future-focused discussion, the project created a temporal bridge between past interfaces and emerging modes of interaction.
Focus areas
The project explored HCI through
Interface archaeology: tracing the evolution of interaction models through historical artefacts.
Emerging interaction systems: examining brain-computer interfaces, AR and haptic technologies
Speculative symbiosis: questioning how future interfaces may redefine agency, embodiment and dependency
Impact
The museum setting transformed abstract speculation into an embodied experience, allowing participants to contextualise future technologies within the lineage of human-machine co-evolution.
The project enabled a more nuanced understanding of how interaction paradigms shift not only through innovation, but through cultural desire and behavioural adaptation.
Key insight
The project revealed that meaningful futures for HCI cannot be designed solely through technical possibility.
They must emerge from conscious decisions about how we want machines to integrate into our cognitive, emotional and social ecosystems.