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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>

Revision as of 15:13, 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 is of Pakistani descent[8] and studied architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture from 1990 to 1996. He has worked in Malaysia, Japan, Italy and New York City.[9]

Career

He founded Pachube, an early Internet of Things data platform, in 2007[10], which was acquired by LogMeIn in 2011, transformed into Xively and sold on to Google in 2018.[11]

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".[12]

Haque's interactive art has appeared at the Singapore Biennale (2006), London Fashion Week (2007) and opening ceremony of the Dubai World Cup (2009).[13]

He was a Brit Insurance Design Awards winner in 2008,[14] appointed a Design Council Ambassador in 2021[15] and in 2022 he joined the London Mayor's Data for London Advisory Board.[16]




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. ^ Sansone, Barbara (3 May 2010). "The Softspace Of Usman Haque. Choreographies Of Sensations • Digicult | Digital Art, Design and Culture". Digicult Digital Art, Design and Culture. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  9. ^ Mancini, Daniele (7 March 2007). "Interview with Usman Haque". UNPACKED. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  10. ^ Shute, Tish. "Pachube, Patching the Planet: Interview with Usman Haque | UgoTrade". Ugotrade. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  11. ^ Miller, Ron (15 February 2018). "Google to acquire Xively IoT platform from LogMeIn for $50M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  12. ^ Ryan, Janne. "Usman Haque: Street wise". Sparkkle. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  13. ^ Sansone, Barbara (3 May 2010). "The Softspace Of Usman Haque. Choreographies Of Sensations • Digicult | Digital Art, Design and Culture". Digicult Digital Art, Design and Culture. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  14. ^ Etherington, Rose (13 March 2008). "Category winners of Designs of the Year awards". Dezeen. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  15. ^ "Design Council announces new network of design experts". www.designcouncil.org.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Mayor cements London as new centre for data innovation | London City Hall". www.london.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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