Published in Kairos 19.1

About the Project and the
Team

Satellite Lamps is a project by a small team of interaction design researchers at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design: Einar Sneve Martinussen, Jørn Knutsen and Timo Arnall. The small team is made up of interaction designer researchers with varied backgrounds, including product design, visual communication, software and hardware design, photography, filmmaking, and architecture.

Since 2007, we have been working together on a large body of work in interaction design research, called Immaterials, which explores technological materials and communication toward culture. Satellite Lamps is also connected to the research project YOUrban, funded by the Norwegian Research Council, looking at the relations between technology, design, social media, and the city. The development of Satellite Lamps took place between 2012 and 2013 in and around Oslo.

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