Tobias Skog

Abstract
Hi. I don't do research anymore. If you have questions regarding my research at the Viktoria Institute (or something else), here's how to contact me:

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Academic Career
My Licentiate Thesis in Applied Information Technology was publicly defended at the IT-University in Göteborg on March 10, 2006.
It is called Ambient Information Visualization and can be downloaded from this page.

2002-2005
Working as research assistant in the Future Applications Lab, at the Viktoria Institute.

1999-2002
I was working as a research assistant in the PLAY research studio, at the Interactive Institute.

1995-1999
I studied at the Educational Programme in Computational Linguistics at Göteborg University.

Projects
At FAL, I was working on the project called informative art, which is about finding ways of integrating information presentation into our everyday environments. More details on the project and various display designs can be found at the project web page
Texts

- - - Full Papers - - -

Full Paper @ InfoVis 2003
Skog, T, Ljungblad, S & Holmquist, LE: Between Aesthetics and Utility: Designing Ambient Information Visualizations
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Full Paper @ GRAPHITE 2003
Holmquist, LE & Skog, T: Informative Art: Information Visualization in Everyday Environments
[pdf]

Full Paper @ INTERACT 2001
Hallnäs, L, Jaksetic, P, Ljungstrand, P, Redström, J & Skog, T. Expressions - Towards a Design Practice of Slow Technology
[pdf]

Full Paper @ DARE 2000
Redström J, Skog T & Hallnäs L. Informative Art: Using Amplified Artworks as Information Displays
[pdf]

- - - Posters & Sketches - - -

Poster @ DIS 2004
Skog, T: Activity Wallpaper: Ambient Visualization of Activity Information
[pdf]

Student Poster @ CHI 2003
Ljungblad, S & Skog, T: Are Designers Ready for Ubiquitous Computing? A Formative Study
[pdf]

Sketch @ SIGGRAPH 2002
Skog, T. Ljungblad S. & Holmquist LE: Bringing Computer Graphics to Everyday Environments with Informative Art
[pdf]

Student Poster @ CHI 2001
Hansson, R. & Skog, T. The LoveBomb: Encouraging the Communication of Emotions in Public Spaces
[pdf]

Student Poster @ CHI 2000
Skog, T. & Holmquist, L.E. WebAware: Continuous Visualization of Web Site Activity in a Public Space
[pdf]

- - - Book Chapters, etc. - - -

Chapter 17 in the book Funology: From Usability to Enjoyment, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003
Ljungblad, S, Skog, T & Holmquist, LE: From Usable to Enjoyable Information Displays