Observed arrival · 2026-09-08
Lowell Robinson’s Interfaces for Meeting New Ideas
A portfolio of museum apps, conversational search tools, audio projects, and other interfaces designed to help people discover information in less predictable ways.
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The portfolio spans work for KQED and the Exploratorium, with projects dated from 2011 through 2024. Its examples use distinct interaction models: audio that updates when played, conversational search for a remembered radio quote, and a ballot guide designed to be spoken with. The page reports more than one million downloads for Uncovered Series and identifies Voicebot Chronicles as Webby- and Murrow-recognized. An ongoing project, Field, is described as a recorder made to address a personal need.
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