Exhibition ｜ "Tabot" and "Other Terrain: Mediated Tuning" Featured at the 2024 Digital Design Tri-City Exhibition (Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao)

April 27, 2024 — The pre-exhibition of the 2024 Digital Design Tri-City Exhibition (Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao) opened. Assistant Professors Li Xueliang, JE Seungwoo, and Marcel Zaes Sagesser from the SUSTech School of Design were invited to participate, presenting two projects: 《Tabot: An AI-Enabled Robotic Table for Promoting Equal Dialogue Experience》 and 《Other Terrain: Mediated Tuning》.

Exhibition Scene

Work Title
Tabot: An AI-Enabled Robotic Table for Promoting Equal Dialogue Experience

Work Type
Human-Computer Interaction Design, Robotic-like Intelligent Product Design

Year of Creation
April 2024

Authors
JE Seungwoo, Li Xueliang

Tabot is an AI-enabled robotic smart meeting table designed to foster equal dialogue experiences. By integrating multimodal sensor technology and AI algorithms, Tabot can detect subtle shifts in atmosphere during multi-person conversations and provide environmental cues through non-verbal dynamic changes. This encourages participants to become more aware of their conversational behavior and its impact on others. The design demonstrates a potential future where AI seamlessly integrates into our everyday objects.

Work Title
Other Terrain: Mediated Tuning

Work Type
Design Research, Urban Perception, Creative Media, Generative AI Video

Year of Creation
2024

Project Production Team
Research Project Lead (PI): Dr. Marcel Zaes Sagesser | Sound Research Group, SUSTech School of Design 
Lin Xiaoyu - Co-lead, Artistic Collaboration, Performer (Shanghai Exhibition)
Xu Sihan - Producer (Shanghai Exhibition)
Sylvia Gyuwon Lee - AI Content Generation, Digital Media Production & Documentation
Gu Yang - Production Assistant, Documentation
Ma Yujing - Video Editing, Animation
Xia Zichun - Video Editing, Animation

Video Production Team
Video Editing | Animation: Ma Yujing
Video Editing | Animation: Xia Zichun
Audio Editing | Sound Design: Wang Simeng

"Other Terrain: Mediated Tuning" focuses on the relationship between media technology and urban perception. The project collects extensive archives documenting human perceptions of the city through urban exploration and participatory processes. Trained AI models and algorithms analyze and synthesize raw media materials to generate a hybrid archive combining human and artificial intelligence content, transforming real-world experiences into an immersive perceptual space.

Guiding Unit
Shenzhen Innovation & Creative Design Development Office

Host Unit
Shenzhen Media Group

Organizing Unit
Shenzhen City of Design Operation & Development Co., Ltd.

Pre-exhibition Date
April 27, 2024

Venue
Gallery 8, 3F, Shenzhen Art Museum (New馆)
(Building 1, No. 30 Tenglong Road, Longhua District)

Under the guidance of the Shenzhen Innovation & Creative Design Development Office, the 2024 Digital Design Tri-City Exhibition (Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao) aims to connect the design ecosystems of Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Macao, exploring and promoting new models of integrated development, collaborative growth, and complementary strengths in digital design and industry across the three cities. With the theme "The Way of Design · Empowered by AI," the exhibition brings together universities and enterprises from Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Macao in scientific research, academia, and industrial applications, highlighting academic and innovative experimental explorations of AI technologies in digital design, as well as innovative applied outcomes integrated with industry.