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Usman Haque is an [[architect]] and [[artist]] known for designing large scale spectacular [[interactive installations]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lacey |first1=Hester |title=Designing Projects That Thrill And Empower: The Architect Who Taught A City To Fly |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hesterlacey/2014/03/24/how-to-design-projects-to-engage-and-empower-the-architect-re-imagining-our-cities/ |website=Forbes |access-date=8 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>, and his contributions to [[interactive architecture]] and the [[internet of things]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meg |first1=Carter |title=This Search Engine For The Internet Of Things Promises To Make Data More Meaningful To People |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3030496/indexing-the-internet-of-things-thingful-promises-to-make-data-meaningful-to-people |website=Fast Company |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref> As founder of [[Pachube]], he has been called "one of the most influential figures in the world of Internet of Things", though his work spans a wide variety of outputs including digital art<ref>{{cite book |last1=Paul |first1=Christiane |title=Digital art |date=2015 |location=London |isbn=9780500204238 |pages=222 |edition=Third |url=https://thamesandhudson.com/digital-art-9780500204238 |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>, participatory design<ref>{{cite book |last1=DiSalvo |first1=Carl |title=Adversarial design |date=2012 |publisher=MIT Press |location=Cambridge, Mass. |isbn=9780262528221 |pages=123-125 |url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262528221/adversarial-design/ |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>, architecture and urbanism<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bullivant |first1=Lucy |title=4dspace : interactive architecture |date=2005 |publisher=Wiley-Academy |location=Chichester |isbn=9780470090923 |pages=8-11 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ad.6 |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>, as well as environmental psychology<ref>{{cite journal |last1=French |first1=Christopher C. |last2=Haque |first2=Usman |last3=Bunton-Stasyshyn |first3=Rosie |last4=Davis |first4=Rob |title=The “Haunt” project: An attempt to build a “haunted” room by manipulating complex electromagnetic fields and infrasound |journal=Cortex |date=May 2009 |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=619–629 |doi=10.1016/j.cortex.2007.10.011 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18635163/ |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>, and entrepreneurship.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Butcher |first1=Mike |title=LogMeIn acquires 'Internet of Things' Startup Pachube for $15m In Cash |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/20/logmein-acquires-internet-of-things-startup-pachube-for-15m-in-cash/ |website=TechCrunch |publisher=TechCrunch |access-date=8 February 2023 |date=20 July 2011}}</ref>
Usman Haque is an [[architect]] and [[artist]] known for designing large scale spectacular [[interactive installations]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lacey |first1=Hester |title=Designing Projects That Thrill And Empower: The Architect Who Taught A City To Fly |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hesterlacey/2014/03/24/how-to-design-projects-to-engage-and-empower-the-architect-re-imagining-our-cities/ |website=Forbes |access-date=8 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>, and his contributions to [[interactive architecture]] and the [[internet of things]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meg |first1=Carter |title=This Search Engine For The Internet Of Things Promises To Make Data More Meaningful To People |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3030496/indexing-the-internet-of-things-thingful-promises-to-make-data-meaningful-to-people |website=Fast Company |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref> As founder of [[Pachube]], he has been called "one of the most influential figures in the world of Internet of Things", though his work spans a wide variety of outputs including digital art<ref>{{cite book |last1=Paul |first1=Christiane |title=Digital art |date=2015 |location=London |isbn=9780500204238 |pages=222 |edition=Third |url=https://thamesandhudson.com/digital-art-9780500204238 |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>, participatory design<ref>{{cite book |last1=DiSalvo |first1=Carl |title=Adversarial design |date=2012 |publisher=MIT Press |location=Cambridge, Mass. |isbn=9780262528221 |pages=123-125 |url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262528221/adversarial-design/ |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>, architecture and urbanism<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bullivant |first1=Lucy |title=4dspace : interactive architecture |date=2005 |publisher=Wiley-Academy |location=Chichester |isbn=9780470090923 |pages=8-11 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ad.6 |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>, as well as environmental psychology<ref>{{cite journal |last1=French |first1=Christopher C. |last2=Haque |first2=Usman |last3=Bunton-Stasyshyn |first3=Rosie |last4=Davis |first4=Rob |title=The “Haunt” project: An attempt to build a “haunted” room by manipulating complex electromagnetic fields and infrasound |journal=Cortex |date=May 2009 |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=619–629 |doi=10.1016/j.cortex.2007.10.011 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18635163/ |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>, and entrepreneurship.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Butcher |first1=Mike |title=LogMeIn acquires 'Internet of Things' Startup Pachube for $15m In Cash |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/20/logmein-acquires-internet-of-things-startup-pachube-for-15m-in-cash/ |website=TechCrunch |publisher=TechCrunch |access-date=8 February 2023 |date=20 July 2011}}</ref>

He was a [[Brit Insurance Design Awards]] winner in 2008,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Etherington |first1=Rose |title=Category winners of Designs of the Year awards |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2008/03/13/category-winners-of-designs-of-the-year-awards/ |website=Dezeen |access-date=8 February 2023 |language=en |date=13 March 2008}}</ref> appointed a [[Design Council]] Ambassador in 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Design Council announces new network of design experts |url=https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/news-opinion/design-council-announces-new-network-design-experts/ |website=www.designcouncil.org.uk |access-date=8 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and in 2022 he joined the London Mayor's Data for London Advisory Board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor cements London as new centre for data innovation {{!}} London City Hall |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/Mayor%20appoints%20Data%20for%20London%20Board |website=www.london.gov.uk |access-date=8 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
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He founded Umbrellium in 2013 to focus on urban technology and design, as well as "decision-making and the governance of cities, not just interactive spaces".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Janne |title=Usman Haque: Street wise |url=https://www.sparkkle.space/interviews/usman-haque |website=Sparkkle |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>
He founded Umbrellium in 2013 to focus on urban technology and design, as well as "decision-making and the governance of cities, not just interactive spaces".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Janne |title=Usman Haque: Street wise |url=https://www.sparkkle.space/interviews/usman-haque |website=Sparkkle |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>

He was a [[Brit Insurance Design Awards]] winner in 2008,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Etherington |first1=Rose |title=Category winners of Designs of the Year awards |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2008/03/13/category-winners-of-designs-of-the-year-awards/ |website=Dezeen |access-date=8 February 2023 |language=en |date=13 March 2008}}</ref> appointed a [[Design Council]] Ambassador in 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Design Council announces new network of design experts |url=https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/news-opinion/design-council-announces-new-network-design-experts/ |website=www.designcouncil.org.uk |access-date=8 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and in 2022 he joined the London Mayor's Data for London Advisory Board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor cements London as new centre for data innovation {{!}} London City Hall |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/Mayor%20appoints%20Data%20for%20London%20Board |website=www.london.gov.uk |access-date=8 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>






Revision as of 15:04, 8 February 2023

Usman Haque is an architect and artist known for designing large scale spectacular interactive installations[1], and his contributions to interactive architecture and the internet of things.[2] As founder of Pachube, he has been called "one of the most influential figures in the world of Internet of Things", though his work spans a wide variety of outputs including digital art[3], participatory design[4], architecture and urbanism[5], as well as environmental psychology[6], and entrepreneurship.[7]

Early life and education

Haque was born in Washington D.C. in 1971. He studied architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture from 1990 to 1996. He has worked in Malaysia, Japan, Italy and New York City.[8]

Career

He founded Pachube, an early Internet of Things data platform, in 2007[9], which was acquired by LogMeIn in 2011, transformed into Xively and sold on to Google in 2018.[10]

He founded Umbrellium in 2013 to focus on urban technology and design, as well as "decision-making and the governance of cities, not just interactive spaces".[11]

He was a Brit Insurance Design Awards winner in 2008,[12] appointed a Design Council Ambassador in 2021[13] and in 2022 he joined the London Mayor's Data for London Advisory Board.[14]




References

  1. ^ Lacey, Hester. "Designing Projects That Thrill And Empower: The Architect Who Taught A City To Fly". Forbes. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ^ Meg, Carter. "This Search Engine For The Internet Of Things Promises To Make Data More Meaningful To People". Fast Company. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. ^ Paul, Christiane (2015). Digital art (Third ed.). London. p. 222. ISBN 9780500204238. Retrieved 8 February 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ DiSalvo, Carl (2012). Adversarial design. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. pp. 123–125. ISBN 9780262528221. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  5. ^ Bullivant, Lucy (2005). 4dspace : interactive architecture. Chichester: Wiley-Academy. pp. 8–11. ISBN 9780470090923. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. ^ French, Christopher C.; Haque, Usman; Bunton-Stasyshyn, Rosie; Davis, Rob (May 2009). "The "Haunt" project: An attempt to build a "haunted" room by manipulating complex electromagnetic fields and infrasound". Cortex. 45 (5): 619–629. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2007.10.011. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  7. ^ Butcher, Mike (20 July 2011). "LogMeIn acquires 'Internet of Things' Startup Pachube for $15m In Cash". TechCrunch. TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  8. ^ Mancini, Daniele (7 March 2007). "Interview with Usman Haque". UNPACKED. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  9. ^ Shute, Tish. "Pachube, Patching the Planet: Interview with Usman Haque | UgoTrade". Ugotrade. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  10. ^ Miller, Ron (15 February 2018). "Google to acquire Xively IoT platform from LogMeIn for $50M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  11. ^ Ryan, Janne. "Usman Haque: Street wise". Sparkkle. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  12. ^ Etherington, Rose (13 March 2008). "Category winners of Designs of the Year awards". Dezeen. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Design Council announces new network of design experts". www.designcouncil.org.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Mayor cements London as new centre for data innovation | London City Hall". www.london.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2023.