OPEN IxD - The 2011 Thesis Festival

Cultivate is a community for educators to engage in critical self-reflection and work together to improve teaching practices.

Oasis of Healing is an online space to inspire and empower architects, hospital administrators, and clinicians to incorporate nature into their facilities.

Motiv is an open source project that uses Kinect to give digital musicians direct control of emotional expression by interpreting their physical gestures in real-time.

Seneca is a web service that helps transfer time spent online at home into time for real world activities.

Postgeist is a service that helps collect a digital legacy to pass on long-lasting memories to family and friends.

Story Forest is an app that shares and replays your memories at locations where they were made within a city.

Homebase is a social service that helps with finding the perfect room and roommate.

Obtract is a Mac app designed to track and reduce digital distraction for small teams of knowledge workers.

Bookish is an app for readers to capture a personal response to a book at a given time and place.

Superzeroes is a location-based mobile game that takes place in the real world.

Locus is a tool for facilitating the conversation between citizens and planners.

Food for Thought is an app for improving personal eating habits by providing tips and a system for tracking nutrition changes.

Secret Mission Me is a family-oriented activities app to foster better communication between children and their parents.

Orbit is an application for researchers to explore the universe of their data and discover new ideas.

Springboard is a concept for a cooperative toy set that allows children the ability to create their own play environments.

Slow Eats is a tablet application that helps speed eaters slow down and savor food.

Hobnobber a service for people suffering from social anxiety to practice social skills with face-to-face challenges.