code: TiWiKi

by Schneider, Carsten 28 October 2009 in Mobile

Fellow designer Gunnar Bauer, Aline Mandai, and Thomas and Thibaut Rocher created this interactive urban installation for the Tokyo Designtide 2009.

Hundreds of little handcrafted TiWiKi figures have been deployed across Shibuya. Finders can photograph, collect and release them elsewhere in town/the world. Their journeys get mapped at the code: TiWiKi site.

More on the TiWiKi facebook page.

Tags: tiwiki, gunnar bauer, tokyo, designtide and installation

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Comment: Bento at Thu, 5 Nov 6:04 PM

Hi Carsten, sorry, please get your facts straight...

Thibaut Rocher - inventor of the TiWiKi figures and founder of TiWiKi Design - developed the initial concept for the Design Tide project by himself. In the realization of this project most valuable work was contributed by Thomas Rocher (Web Development), Gunnar Bauer (Graphic Design) and Aline Mandai (Interpretation/Assistance). Could not have done it without them…

More info: http://tiwiki-design.com

Comment: Carsten Schneider at Fri, 6 Nov 2:14 AM

Thanks for proofreading, Ben. I slightly rephrased the first sentence, maybe this is easier to understand now. Thomas' involvement is not mentioned on their TiWiKi facebook page, hence he didn't appear here either.

Comment: Bento at Fri, 6 Nov 1:27 PM

Thanks Carsten, sure, you could not know about the mystery code man in the back room.

Also, I just checked back with the bosses at HQ, and I have to make another amendment:

Aline Mandai (Urban Space Expertise)!

All good now :)

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