News

Featured interview in Alligator Digital iPad Magazine #2

Miles was recently interviewed by Andre Nitze for alligator magazines second issue on Print versus Digital. A copy of the interview is on our blog.Read it Here..


Workshop: Physical Pervasive Computing Conference, July 16-23, 2011

Miles will give a talk and run a workshop on “Embedding intelligence in the urban built environment” at the Institute for Computing in Science Conference, July 16-23, 2011 in Park City, Colorado. More information on the Conference Website.


Keynote: Designing on the Fringe, July 30, 2011

Miles will speak at the AIA Designing on the Fringe Conference, July 30, 2011 in San Diego. Miles will discuss his background in architecture and how he transitioned from designing adaptive structures to building interactive architecture. More information on the Conference Website.


Variate Labs work at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust won two Muse Awards!

Two of our projects at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust won Muse awards from the American Association of Museums. The Audioguide, we designed, won a Gold Award and the 18 Camps Exhibit won a Silver Award. Read more about what the judges said here.


LAMH Paris Exhibition, May 9-13, 2011

Our work at the LAMH will be exhibited at the Designers Interactifs Exhibit in Paris. We will show our process and the user experience decisions we made that drove the work. At the show, 5 synchronized screens display a selection of 43 projects organized in 6 sections : service design / media & digital contents / sound design / games / connected objects / architecture & space.  For more information on the exhibition, click here.  And to see photos of the exhibition, click here and here!


Keynote: Architecture in the Networked City, April 14, 2011

Miles will speak at the Architecture in the Networked City Conference, April 14, 2011 in Burbank. Miles will discuss his book, Interactive Architecture and possibilities for interactive media and content to be integrated into architecture. More information on the Conference Website.


Lecture: Woodbury University, April 20, 2011

Miles will speak at Woodbury University, April 20, 2011 in Burbank. Miles will discuss his book, Interactive Architecture and possibilities for interactive media and content to be integrated into architecture.


Talk: ‘Media Places’ Conference, December 9-13, 2010

Miles will speak at the ‘Media Places’ Conference, December 9-11, 2010 at HUMlab at Umeå University in Sweden. Miles will discuss his book, Interactive Architecture and the latest work from the office. More information on the Umeå Blog.


Talk: Cal IT2 San Diego, November 23, 2010

Miles will speak at Cal IT2 on November 23, 2010. Miles will discuss his book, Interactive Architecture, tangible interaction and the latest work from the office.


Project Opening: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, October 14, 2010

The Building Dedication Ceremony is a month away! Thursday, October 14, 2010 10am in Pan Pacific Park. We are very excited to show everyone what we have been working on for the past 2 years. More information about the opening on the LAMH Website.


We moved!

Variate Labs has moved to a more central location in Los Angeles. To see a map click here.


Book Release: Interactive Architecture, October 30, 2009

We will have a book release party for Interactive Architecture at Neutra’s VDL House.


Published: Icon Magazine Oct. 2009

Miles was interviewed on the affect of augmented reality on architecture and the future. Read it on Icon’s Website.


Talk: Archibots, UbiComp 2009

Miles spoke at the ‘UbiComp 2009′ Conference. Miles discussed his latest interactive and robotic work. More information on the Archibots Webpage.


Lecture: POSTOPOLIS! Los Angeles

Miles lectured on Interactive Architecture at the Standard Hotel. More information on the Event Website.


Lecture: University of Calgary

Miles lectured on Interactive Architecture: interfaces, control and robotics.