Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.<http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=7f3708b0d7&e=91ed8c6785> Openlab Workshops<http://openlabworkshops.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=179c983173&e=91ed8c6785> [image: One Button Devices]<http://openlabworkshops.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=6be4662874&e=91ed8c6785> One Button *Challenge *
A combination workshop and challenge to see who can build the most creative device using only a single button for user interaction. For full details please see: http://openlabworkshops.org/ one-button-devices-workshop/<http://openlabworkshops.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=b661235376&e=91ed8c6785> The Idea In a world where our interaction with technology is dominated by qwerty keyboards, multi-functional hand-held devices, motion-detection controllers and touch screens what becomes of the lowly, single button? Is it still possible to find inventiveness in simplicity? The *One Button Challenge* attempts to answer the question - setting this simple limitation as both a physical and creative boundary. This October, Openlab Workshops and Cybersonica<http://openlabworkshops.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=0eb692dc35&e=91ed8c6785>present a *One Button Challenge* as part of the AND (Abandon Normal Devices) Festival<http://openlabworkshops.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=ac8bff83a5&e=91ed8c6785>in Manchester, UK. In the run-up to the event, we are offering both a 5 week workshop in London at (and supported by) SPACE Studios, and an intensive workshop in Manchester on how to design and build your own One Button Device. We trust in your imagination to create devices which will amaze, surprise, entertain, inform, humour and perhaps even offend. So go on, ask yourself what your button would do... and take up the challenge! At the end of the workshop, participants and instructors will choose two of the best devices to include in the AND Festival. We Provide: We will provide some useful electronics (plenty of LEDs, resistors, servos, motors, capacitors, etc) inspirational examples, and *hands-on expertise* to help guide you through the development of your one-button object. You Provide: A creative idea and anything else you require - feathers, knitted objects that can fit buttons inside, LED matrix, solenoids, motors, speakers. We'll help you choose them based on your project. You also should have some basic familiarity with Arduino (or basic electronics, if you don't plan on using one). If you know how to program your Arduino to blink an LED, you're all set. What Is A One Button Device? It has a single button. When that button is pushed, something happens. Something profound. Something exhilarating. Or at least, minimally entertaining. It is ready to be installed with minimal fuss. It is a work of art; a game; a toy; a useful tool; a nihilistic statement of futility. Ok, But WHAT? Maybe you'd like a more concrete example of some fully-realized One Button Objects: http://www.flickr.com/photos/audreypenven/sets/72157623614749574/<http://openlabworkshops.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=b9dd0bf2e2&e=91ed8c6785> We were very inspired by Heather Kelley of Montreal-based video games collective Kokoromi<http://openlabworkshops.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=ea5f7b43db&e=91ed8c6785>and Peter Kirn of CreateDigitalMusic<http://openlabworkshops.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=6c8a3701f8&e=91ed8c6785>who both organized and curated GAMMA IV: One Button Games<http://openlabworkshops.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=409ea3cb3b&e=91ed8c6785>, earlier this year at the 2010 GDC: *“In an age of sophisticated multi-touch, augmented reality, and sensors, what can be done with a single, lowly button? Inspired by a one-button challenge to game designers for the Gamma game competition, a group of artists, working with sound, interaction, light, and gaming, answers that question. From a plush, beating heart to a drinking game to one-button musical instruments, these handmade circuit objects push the envelope of what a single button can do.” * We are thankful that we have their blessing to run this event! We were also inspired by Gamasutra's excellent article<http://openlabworkshops.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=7a002a6cb0&e=91ed8c6785>on designing one-button games. Schedule and Cost The 5-week London workshop will take place every Wednesday night at 7-9:45PM from September 1st until September 29, 2010, at the very well-outfitted SPACE Studios in Hackney<http://openlabworkshops.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e030149abf0c973b45b952a81&id=4a489b66ab&e=91ed8c6785>. That's 5 Wednesdays, total. This workshop costs £160 for the whole 5 weeks, which includes some very useful electronics (but sadly, not Arduinos for everyone). A £30 deposit is required to secure a spot, with full payment due by the 3rd session. The Manchester workshop will take place at Cornerhouse from 11am-5pm on October 4 at a cost of £20 for materials. An optional second day (to be confirmed) will take place on Tuesday, 5th October, 11am-5pm at Fablab Manchester, Ancoats - part of a a global network of local labs, enabling invention by providing access for individuals to tools for digital fabrication and supported by the Manufacturing Institute, introducing you to this fantastic free resource and enabling you to fabricate your own custom made enclosures and/or display mount for your one-button device. Space is limited! We also have concession rates available. Please email us<[email protected]>with any questions. 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