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"Programming languages are my colour palette” – ITU’s Mogens Jacobsen wins prestigious art grant

digital art Mogens Jacobsen Digital Design Department awards design programming languages

8 December, 2021

The artist Mogens Jacobsen who teaches at Digital Design at the IT University of Copenhagen creates art inspired by technology and scientific research. Today, he is the recipient of a grant from the prestigious Niels Wessel Bagge Art Foundation.

GDPR – now as a poetry collection

digital art Business IT Department privacy big data Rachel Douglas-Jones Marisa Cohn

19 February, 2019

Much of the discussion about GDPR has revolved around how companies can become compliant and avoid fines. But what do the new EU rules on data protection really mean for us as individuals? Two ITU researchers encourage us to reflect on the consequences of GDPR with a new collection of poems based on the legal document itself.

A Tinder app for art

digital art Digital Design Department Education ITU thesis design

20 December, 2017

Digital technologies allow us to create more targeted and personalized museum experiences, according to Marie Bryndum and Maria Muhandes, who studied Digital Design and Communication at ITU. In their thesis project, they designed a Tinder-like app that gives museum visitors easier access to information about the artworks.

The robots of the future are soft and octopus-like

digital art Digital Design Department Research robots

27 February, 2017

Soft robots made from materials like silicone have the potential to change what we use robots for and challenge how we perceive them, says PhD student Jonas Jørgensen, who uses his combined background as a physicist and art historian in his experiments with the technology.

Fruit flies and machine learning: When biology and technology merge

digital art Laura Beloff Research

2 June, 2016

Hybrid Matters, a combined art and research project, explores the intersection between aesthetics, science and biology and raises the question: what happens when the technology creeps into every aspect of our lives? Right now, you can experience artworks by the project participants in Copenhagen

Students exhibited digital artworks

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2 December, 2015

A sensitive robot and a womb simulation were among the creative installations on display when students from Digital Media and Design exhibited their final projects at ITU on December 1.

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