Ben Arent | Interaction Designer
Welcome
I’m a designer working with digital but physical objects. I have an eclectic range of project in my product design portfolio, and try to focus my work on important social and environmental issues. Even if it means making a boring object, interesting in its execution and material choice.
I’m currently employed at TRIL, where I help academics turn there research ideas into products, interface and services that can be used to keep older adults more independent.
Latest Blog Posts
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On the weekend of the 7th to 9th, I spend two days and an evening in an old renovated wheat storehouse that is the digital hub. The two days were part of the 54hr start up weekend, hosted by the NDRC 1. Come with your machine setup. I forget that I had previously installed Windows [...]
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Conferences. Presented at ERIC. Presented bettie at eComm. Hosted and Organised IxDA Session at iHCI. After hours activity. Organised and ran an Arudino Workshop. Organised DEFUSE: Design for Use. IxDA Dublin event with over 200 people. Winning Team of 24hr Design Challenge. 3rd in UCD Campus Company Development Program. Skills Acquired. A better understanding of [...]
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Recently my blog has been very quite, mostly because I can’t blog about the TRIL centre and secondly because I have been very busy doing the below. This post will show the growth of the IxDA community as we prepare for our one year anniversary. I moved to Ireland one year ago to start my [...]
Ben uses sophisticated design thinking and methodology to come up with an idea for an easy-to-use digital system to connect old folks with their friends and family. My favorite part is the “friend pass” that you stick right on the screen to connect you directly to whomever you want (and is online). Reading Arent’s site is a lesson in how-to-do 21st century innovation.
Other Arent mini-sites.
Last 5 Blog Posts
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