Previously at Media Lab...

 

'97
Mäntyniemi Residence QTVR
Interior view (QTVR 168k) of the residence of The President of the Republic of Finland.
All the Mäntyniemi views
Produced by: Philip Dean, Henrik Niinimäki, Pekka Telivuo and Hannu Riihimäki
Launch date: 6.12.1997

 

43.gif Kai Lappalainen: "43" and "The Day of The Potato"
The animated films were seen at Kettupäivät - a Finnish short film festival - in 1997. "43" was granted a honoray mention at the Tampere Film Festival 1998 and presented at Imagina 98 and the subsequent Canal+ Imagina Retrospective.
 
43.gif "43"
Animation, 2 min (2,5 MB; requires Quicktime 3)
Script and direction: Kai Lappalainen
Photography and editing: Kai Lappalainen
Music / sound design: Kepa Lehtinen
Production: Medialab & ETO /Taik 1997
Distribution format: Betacam
Launch date: 27.11.1997
 
43.gif "The Day of The Potato"
Animation, 2 min (3,3, MB; requires Quicktime 3)
Script and direction: Kai Lappalainen
Photography and editing: Kai Lappalainen
Music / sound design: Lasse Seppänen
Production: Medialab /Taik 1997
Distribution format: Betacam
Launch date: 27.11.1997
 
avcentre.gif LUME - The National Centre for audiovisual research and development
3-D visualization of the forthcoming AV-Centre in Arabianranta, Helsinki.

Animation Preview:
Entrance, Gallery, Auditorium & Outside View (3 MB, requires Quicktime 3)
Design by: Jonathan Davies
QTVR Previews:
AV-Centre (QTVR, 280k)
Auditorium (QTVR, 280k)
Design by: Henrik Niinimäki and Hannu Riihimäki
Launch date: 1997

 

IDentities
The IDentities show at INTO Gallery, Helsinki, 3.-12.10.1997 presented 6 interactive installations focusing on questions that networked information technology and Virtual Environments pose for our contemporary notion of identity. The installations were developed in 1997 during the Media Lab Interactive Art study project, coordinated by Minna Tarkka and Heidi Tikka.
Installations by: Taru Blomstedt, Hanna Haaslahti, Outi Liusvaara, KirsiMarja Metsähuone, Jaakko Nousiainen, Okko Oinonen, Tuomo Tammenpää, Rasmus Vuori
Website design: Matti Väisänen
Collaboration: Media Art Project MAP, Helsinki 1997 Languages: Finnish and English
Launch date: 2.10.1997

 

Sanoma Osakeyhtiö
Design by : Tiina Palokoski and Timo Soverila from the Department of Graphic Design
Technical management : Jyrki Rissanen, Media Lab
Languages : Finnish and English
Launch date: July 1997

 

Matkain - interactive guide for travellers
Travel information, local history, events, services, nature and much more... in collaboration with M.M.Karjanoja Oy MMK Ltd.
Demo design by: Media Lab students
(Director, www, sound, 3D, QTVR)
Languages: Finnish, English
Launch date: June 1997

 

Eko.fi
Eko.fi is an internet magazine published by the Green Cultural Association with focus on ecological philosophy and environmental thinking. The pilot issue of Eko.fi was the Media Lab final thesis work of Susanna Helke, who was responsible for the concept of the magazine.
Concept and direction: Susanna Helke / Media Lab
Technical planning: Maria Åkerman
Visualization: Marienka Pakaslahti / Media Lab
Programming: Samu Mielonen / Media Lab
Languages: Finnish and English
Launch date: May 1997

 

finnishdesign.gif Finnish Design Today
The www site proudly presents What's up in Finnish Design today. The site is produced in co-operation with the Design Forum Finland, the Design Museum Finland and the Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo.
Design by: Media Lab Production Group / Anu Lehtonen, Raino Ranta, Antti Huittinen and Jyrki Rissanen.
Languages: Finnish and English.
Launch date:
May 1997

 

Olavinlinna Castle multimedia
Produced in cooperation with the Finnish National Board of Antiquities.
Previews: Olavinlinna Castle Exterior View (QTVR, 248k),
Interior View (QTVR, 216k)
Design by: Henrik Niinimäki and Hannu Riihimäki
Launch date: April 1997

 

Loisto - an interactive educational database
From information superhighway to the islands of Finland. Educational journeys and information on nature, history and local culture for students and teachers.
Design by: Asta Raami
Programming : Jyrki Rissanen
Language: Finnish
Launch date: February 1997

 

Esineiden Valtakunta - Tangible Cosmologies
This book/CD-ROM combination tells of collectors: people collecting everything from butterflies, saltshakers, Disney-memorabilia to chainsaws or crashed airplanes. The CD-ROM was developed and designed in conjuction with Veli Granö.
Design & Programming: Hanna Haaslahti
Language: Finnish
Launch date: February 1997

 

'96
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture in Finland
Design by: Media Lab Production group / Anu Lehtonen, Raino Ranta and Jyrki Rissanen
Languages: Finnish, Swedish and English.
Launch date: October 1996

 

UNESCO The World Commission on Culture and Development : Our Creative Diversity
Produced for UNESCO Culture and Development Co-Ordination Office. "As we all know, the "Web" is the rapidly growing multimedia portion of the Internet - today's information highway. It is at the heart of a growing debate over the global information society... It seemed only appropriate in the follow-up to the report to employ the Web so as to take the culture and development debate into a diverse and creative international space."
-Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, President of the World Commission on Culture and Development 22.10.1996, Paris.
Design by: Media Lab Production Group / Anu Lehtonen, Raimo Lång, Raino Ranta and Jyrki Rissanen
Language: English
Launch date: October 1996

 

Destinies
Destinies is a role-playing adventure set in a mysterious science fiction setting, where the players search for their lost identity in a dark, unknown world. Prototyping high-quality and artistically ambitious content for multimedia-rich digital networks, the Destinies project seeks to define what networked interactive fiction should be. A demo is available today and production is scheduled throughout 1997.
Design by: Aki Kivelä, Pasi Hytönen and Pekka Telivuo
Languages:
Launch date: 1.9.1996

 

Nettielämää (Netlife)
Nettielämää (Netlife) is an edutainment artwork, a program for internet self-teaching in the form of a technotriller. The user is cast in the role of Ozone, a professional informationdetective, who agrees to all kinds of cases if the payment is substantial enough. At the start, Ozone is hired to hack out a password from a large internet company. But when his clients get hold of the password, unexpected twists start occurring.
During the narrative, the user get clues for what can be found from the internet and which internet tools to use for which purpose. When the story gets more complicated, also the problems to be solved turn more difficult.
Eventually, when completing the story, the user will be quite familiar with web browser features, the best search agents, the most common mistakes made by web designers, HTML code tricks and the jargon of the internet.
Script, design and code: Kari A. Hintikka
Language: Finnish
Launch date: 20.7.1996


Daisy's Amazing Discoveries
A Fictional Story on the Internet.
Design by: Mika Tuomola, Marja Vainionpää, Aki Kivelä
Languages: Finnish, English
Launch date: 29.3.1996

 

The 24 hours in Cyberspace Project
In the course of a single day, 1,000 photographers - including 100 of the world's top photojournalists - fanned out around the globe, documenting how the on-line digital revolution is changing people's lives. It is one of the largest photographic projects ever attempted.
The results were broadcasted over the Internet in real time on February 8th, making it the largest one-day on-line event to date. 117 universities and schools participated in the Student Underground-section. Nine of them were selected. We were there.
Design by: Jon Nykänen, Okko Oinonen, Anu Pitkänen, Maari Fabritius
Languages: English
Launch date: 8.2.1996

 

'95
The President of the Republic of Finland
The www-site of The President of Finland.
Design by: Anne Joutsen, Asta Raami and Jyrki Rissanen
Languages: Finnish, Swedish and English.
Launch date: November 1995

 

'94
ISEA 1994
International Symposium on Electronic Arts.
Design by: Susanna Koskinen and Joel Ortila
Language: English
Launch date: June 1994

 

Art2
The very first electronic journal of UIAH back in April 1994.
Design by: Marja Vainionpää and Asta Raami
Language: English
Launch date: April 1994

 

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