Roger Ibars

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In July 2003 Roger Ibars graduated with a Master in Interaction Design from the Royal College of Art in London. Here he initiates a research interest in how objects would be loosing interest in interacting with the users.

He illustrated this research in the book « Self-made objects », a collection of daily objects that experience their functions. These objects investigate a new area for interaction design where things take control of their functions and therefore use themselves.

In 2002, Roger Ibars started to build « Hard-wired devices », a collection of vintage electronic devices -alarm clocks and game controllers- in which two cultures of interface blend: the computer gaming culture and the home appliance culture. The Hard-wired devices collection is growing year after year, they have been acquired by private collectors, sold on eBay and displayed for sale in London’s first Interaction design retail shop, the Digital Well Being Labs.

Roger Ibars has been widely exhibiting his work and presenting his particular view of Interaction Design in London (RCA), Dublin (Digital Hub), Lisbon (Design Biennale), Copenhagen (Next05), Amsterdam (Open Source Congress), Barcelona (H2O gallery, solo exhibition), Tokyo (Pecha-kucha), Madrid (Emotional design) and in Paris (Centre Pompidou) as part of “D.DAY Modern Day Design” exhibition during summer 2005. His work has been featured in design and art publications such as Axis Magazine in Japan, Art Investor in Germany or Make Magazine in the US.

He has also been collaborating with design schools and universities, setting up workshops to teach students how to build simple interactive prototypes using low-tech electronics. He organized workshops at ECAL in Switzerland, the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi , the ENSAD in Paris, ESDI in Barcelona, Musabi in Tokyo, Ultra Lab in Kyoto and the Royal College of Ar in London.

Roger Ibars studied Sociology at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (1996) and graduated from Industrial Design (BA) at Escola Superior de Disseny ESDI (1999). As interaction designer he worked for MIT Medialab Europe (Dublin), Interaction Design Research Studio at RCA (London), Sony Concept Lab (Tokyo) and T-Mobile Creation Center (Berlin).