# lowend

> michael johansson blog


## Posts

- [Manifest._Video_som_designmaterial](https://lowend.se/2026/03/13/manifest-video-som-designmaterial/): Video har länge funnits i designfältet, men oftast i periferin.
- [Mellan AI‑mentorer och byggdamm](https://lowend.se/2026/03/09/3897/): Februari har känts som en månad där flera långsamma trådar plötsligt börjat haka i varandra: AI‑pedagogik som försöker vara något mer än “chatbot i kursen”, designforskning som vill kliva ur ansöknings‑PDF:erna, och ett husbygge som i praktiken beter sig som en långsam rumsinstallation.
- [Reconfiguring Studio-Based Learning](https://lowend.se/2026/02/26/reconfiguring-studio-based-learning/): Just nu arbetar jag tillsammans med min kollega Anna-Maria Stålnacke med ett projekt där vi utforskar hur den klassiska designstudion kan översättas till ett helt nätbaserat sammanhang.
- [Skuggornas_designpedagogik](https://lowend.se/2026/02/11/3875/): Hur översätter man ett forskningsprojekt om skuggor, romantik och mindwandering till konkret designundervisning?
- [Skuggornas_epistemologi](https://lowend.se/2026/02/11/skuggornas_epistemologi/): I mitt pågående forskningsarbete tillsammans med Andi Siess undersöker jag hur skuggor fungerar som en epistemologisk och metodologisk portal för att förstå upplevelse, perception och designkognition.
- [Studenters progression](https://lowend.se/2026/02/03/studenters-progression/): Det som ofta saknas i designstudenters processbeskrivningar är det vi som lärare egentligen är mest intresserade av: är hur progressionen faktiskt uppstår i deras arbete.
- [AI‑agenter i designutbildning: vad kan vi lära av Ethan Mollick?](https://lowend.se/2026/01/13/ai%e2%80%91agenter-i-designutbildning-vad-kan-vi-lara-av-ethan-mollick/): Jag har under de senaste dagarna läst och funderat över Ethan Mollicks texter om vad AI faktiskt kan göra idag – inte som abstrakt framtid, utan som konkret arbetskraft i vardagens uppgifter.
- [Skopein testas i Kristianstad](https://lowend.se/2025/09/24/lowend-wlm-workbook/): I Kulturkvarteret i Kristianstad hade jag tillsammans med Andreas Siess haft en publik test av vårt pågående arbete med att göra ett VR verk av "Skopeín", ett projekt eller verk för stadskyrkan i Karlsruhe och som visades där 2021.
- [Skopein workbook](https://lowend.se/2025/09/24/skopein-workbook/)
- [Skopein VR test på IAC i MAlmö](https://lowend.se/2025/09/24/lowend-blog-pages/): På IAC testade jag tillsammans med Andreas Siess under 3 dagar virtual reality versionen som är under utveckling.
- [Att kliva in och ut ur VR: Designforskning mellan praktik och teori](https://lowend.se/2025/08/04/3698/): Har du någonsin undrat hur nya designobjekt blir till?
- [Skopein](https://lowend.se/2022/09/04/skopein-2/): Skopein was filmed by Faranak Tiba on the 4th of September during morning service.
- [shorts video of Skopein](https://lowend.se/2022/09/02/3639/)
- [Intervju_om_Skopein_HKR_webben](https://lowend.se/2022/08/27/intervju-om-skopein-pa-hkr-webben/)
- [Skopein](https://lowend.se/2022/08/23/skopein/): The short movie Skopéin is finished which I made with Andi Seiss it will open on the 31st of August 2022.
- [End of rendering and some fun](https://lowend.se/2022/08/11/end-of-rendering-and-some-fun/): There are a lot of possibilities (parameters, algorithms, etc) in 3d production that one uses to tweak forward the final expression.
- [Rendering rendering...](https://lowend.se/2022/08/10/rendering-rendering/): For the upcoming exhibition in Karlsruhe on the 31st of August, here is a sneak peek of a small part of the ongoing work.
- [3d printed prototyping of the second iteration of the machine](https://lowend.se/2022/08/03/3d-printed-prototyping-of-the-second-iteration-of-the-machine/): Late night and early this morning I squeezed in a quick prototyping and 3d printing session to get an idea about some of the 93 objects.
- [Numbers for the machine matrix](https://lowend.se/2022/05/31/numbers-for-the-machine-matrix/): Here are the numberings we are going to use in the machine to distribute the siluettes. 3 rings with 31 possible objects on each.
- [Test of rig and silouttes for iteration 02](https://lowend.se/2022/05/16/test-of-rig-and-silouttes-for-iteration-02/)
- [Silhouette in the making](https://lowend.se/2022/04/15/silhouette-in-the-making-2/): For the second iteration of the wandering machine.
- [Silhouettes in the making](https://lowend.se/2022/03/23/silhouette-in-the-making/): For the second iteration of the wandering machine.
- [shadow objects proportion and size](https://lowend.se/2021/12/16/shadow-objects-proportion-and-size/): Now the iteration 2 of the machine mechanics generating shadow is completed here are the results.
- [shadow_test_octane](https://lowend.se/2021/12/12/shadow_test_octane/)
- [Rules and Categories](https://lowend.se/2021/10/16/rules-and-categories/)
- [Staging - posing](https://lowend.se/2021/10/06/2153/)
- [light_rig_test](https://lowend.se/2021/10/03/light_rig_test/)
- [KulturNatten 2015](https://lowend.se/2021/10/02/kulturnatten-2015/): These are some images and two short movies from our exhibition I Copenhagen with our project partner Warehouse 9.
- [Publications](https://lowend.se/2021/09/25/publications/)
- [Timelapse_WLM_lightrig](https://lowend.se/2021/09/13/timelapse_wlm_lightrig/)
- [staging_posing](https://lowend.se/2021/06/24/staging_posing/)
- [light_rig_test2](https://lowend.se/2021/06/24/light_rig_test2/)
- [De-sign Environment Landscape City 2021](https://lowend.se/2021/05/28/de-sign-environment-landscape-city-2021/)
- [3D prints](https://lowend.se/2021/05/28/3d-prints/)
- [Me on ResearchGate](https://lowend.se/2021/05/20/me-on-researchgate/)
- [Gestaltande inom designämnet](https://lowend.se/2021/05/11/gestaltande-inom-designamnet/): Bakgrund till gestaltbegreppet En gestalt (av tyska: Gestalt, "skepnad", "form", "figur") är en isolerad, avgränsad, sluten och strukturerad helhet vars egenskaper inte kan reduceras till egenskaperna hos dess delar.
- [](https://lowend.se/2021/04/08/2157/)
- [Kultur_radet_intervju_om_PS2](https://lowend.se/2019/05/06/kultur-radet-intervju-om-ps2/)
- [Journey to Abadyl 2014-2018 activities](https://lowend.se/2018/08/02/journey-to-abadyl-2014-2018-activities/): Working with a methodology how to write the questions for the wanderlost app and how the user generated images can be compiled into a visual story.
- [Artificial Nature](https://lowend.se/2018/06/17/aretificial-nature/): For the ISWG exhibition in Venice 2018, I worked with foremost the interaction design of how to involve the audience to participate how the video was being played in the exhibition space.
- [ISWG_Venice_Biennale_2018](https://lowend.se/2018/05/06/iswg_venice_biennale_2018/)
- [Interface design Artificial Natures part 1](https://lowend.se/2018/04/23/interface-design-artificial-natures/): We are going into manufacturing!
- [Interface design Artificial Natures part 2](https://lowend.se/2018/04/13/interface-design-artificial-natures-part-2/)
- [SBL_Studio_baserat_lärande](https://lowend.se/2018/03/09/sbl-studio-baserat-larande/)
- [Concept sketches room 7](https://lowend.se/2017/11/02/concept-sketches-room-7/): Last week we made the initial sketches of the concept for room 7. Ulrich Gehmann and Faranak Tiba and me. A lot of things to consider.
- [Lucias Garden](https://lowend.se/2017/09/21/lucias-garden/): During some workdays in Karlsruhe to work on the concepts for the 2018 Exhibition in Venice. I visit Lucia's garden.
- [Keywords The wanderers](https://lowend.se/2017/04/04/keywords-the-wanderers/)
- [Display_texter_utan_markeringar](https://lowend.se/2017/03/07/display_texter_utan_markeringar/)
- [Medvandrare_Wanderlost_SWE](https://lowend.se/2017/03/07/medvandrare-wanderlost/): I detta dokument med fokus på utveckling av medvandrarna och wanderlost appen har jag samlat det arbete som jag tillsammans med Pramnet, WH9, Marie Karlevas Fredriksson och Magnus Wallon genomförde mellan 2016- 2017.
- [vandrarna/the wanderers](https://lowend.se/2017/03/03/wanderers/)
- [Non-Places_Gdansk](https://lowend.se/2016/09/05/non-places-gdansk/): Earlier this year we engaged students from the Digital Design program, Kristianstad University exploring the theme Non-Places as part of our development process of the smartphone application Wanderlost.
- [Icke Platser](https://lowend.se/2016/05/08/icke-platser/): As the first official activity in the Journey to Abadyl project, our digital design students this semester working with a research theme Non-Places.
- [Catalouge from the printers](https://lowend.se/2016/04/12/catalouge-from-the-printers/): There it was, but it was printed with the wrong proportions, slightly oval, this will be corrected in the official version of the catalouge.
- [Worlddisc 14th Century](https://lowend.se/2016/04/02/worlddisc-14th-century/): Next century the 14th. Now the complexity and desity picks up, lot more intresting paths to follow and draw.
- [worlddisc 13th Century](https://lowend.se/2016/03/29/worlddisc-13th-century/): The result from this Saturday morning work. I wish I had a Wacom tablet with a screen, so I could paint/draw directly onto the image.
- [Article_INTED_2016](https://lowend.se/2016/03/09/article_inted_2016/)
- [Gathering in Karlsruhe](https://lowend.se/2016/01/16/gathering-in-karlsruhe/)
- [Worlddisc 18th Century](https://lowend.se/2016/01/09/worlddisc-18th-century/)
- [Worlddisc 17th Century](https://lowend.se/2015/12/09/worlddisc-17th-century/)
- [Worlddisc 16th Century](https://lowend.se/2015/11/09/worlddisc-15th-century-2/)
- [Worlddisc 15th Century](https://lowend.se/2015/10/09/worlddisc-15th-century/)
- [Worlddsic 1200 th century](https://lowend.se/2015/10/03/worlddsic-1200th-century/): Based on the inspirational material I made a fast conceptual sketch with the main idea of the project to prove the concept.
- [Camera work](https://lowend.se/2015/09/01/camera-work/): I have committed myself to do one additional part of the ideals space exhibition for the Venice Biennale 2016.
- [Daramtic structures for JTA](https://lowend.se/2014/10/15/1046/): As a workshop starting point, but also to secure a small but variable structure for the journey to Abqdyl project JTA.
- [paper walk](https://lowend.se/2014/05/02/paper-walk/): First test made for a printout version of a walk generated in one of the city parts of Abadyl Traora.
- [Traora jukebox](https://lowend.se/2013/04/09/traora-jukebox/)
- [Story/drama_structure_English_Garden](https://lowend.se/2010/05/18/story-drama-structure-english-garden/): _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We built further on these ideas in the Journey to Abadyl project which can be found here.
- [Scenario utveckling JTA](https://lowend.se/2009/09/29/scenario-utveckling-jta/): Här har vi skisssat på ett scenarion som leder besökaren in av Abadyls stadsdelar ”I heard about the possibility, and then I jumped on "a journey to Abadyl” (Lena, 23, Malmö) Vid ankomsten fick vi alla fylla i en visum ansökan.
- [Mobela_C_installment_art_channel](https://lowend.se/2009/09/02/mobela_c_installment_art_channel/): Today I installed the Mobela_C at the artchannel gallery here are some images of it being built up.
- [Mobela_C_in_the_making](https://lowend.se/2009/06/13/mj_case_mobela-c-3/): This new work will soon be shown 2009 in Beijing at the Art Channel Gallery.
- [Mobela_C](https://lowend.se/2009/05/22/mj_case_mobela-c/): Continuing working on Mobela C with the do-fi-do nfc/rfid system I am prototyping so that the visitor could extract a series of descriptive stories about the different parts of the city of Abadyl in English and Mandarin.
- [Arcades for Venice 2018](https://lowend.se/2008/02/23/arcades-for-venice-2018/): Today I and Ulrich iterated the last details on the arcade concept for Venice 2018.
- [Smittor i Staden Abadyl](https://lowend.se/2006/11/30/smittor-i-staden-abadyl/): Prolog Platsen är staden Abadyl.
- [Konstens plats  k3](https://lowend.se/2004/08/19/konstens-plats-pa-k3/)
- [A case studie of modyfing a Characters parameters by a mixer in Softimage|XSI](https://lowend.se/2004/05/25/a-case-studie-of-modyfing-a-characters-parameters-by-a-mixer-in-softimagexsi/): To animate a human being has always been very difficult because of the complexity of the human body.
- [statemachine_formel1](https://lowend.se/2004/01/13/statemachine_formel1/): Denna vår handleder jag 3 stycken ex-jobb på k3 Malmö högskola varav 2 stycken på mastersnivå i interaktionsdesign.
- [C.E.S.K i Boken friktioner](https://lowend.se/2003/11/18/020_cesk-doc/): En karaktär som jag började utveckla 1997 och som visats på flertal gallerier både i sverige och utomlands.
- [Främlingar i staden abadyl](https://lowend.se/2003/07/07/framlingar-i-staden-abadyl/): Projektgruppen bestående av Jon Ovander, Anders Tenggren, Jenny Svensson och Victoria Sundin har under våren delatgit i uppbyggnaden av utställningen Fieldazy på Galleri Skånes konst och parallellt med detta arbeta gjort ett försök att baserat på olika rollspelregler skapa ett regleverk för utformning av karaktärer, arkitektur och stadsdelar i staden abadyl.
- [Strangers_in_the_city_of_Abadyl](https://lowend.se/2003/07/07/framlingar-i-staden-abadyl-2/): Projektgruppen bestående av Jon Ovander, Anders Tenggren, Jenny Svensson och Victoria Sundin har under våren delatgit i uppbyggnaden av utställningen Fieldazy på Galleri Skånes konst och parallellt med detta arbeta gjort ett försök att baserat på olika rollspelregler skapa ett regleverk för utformning av karaktärer, arkitektur och stadsdelar i staden abadyl.
- [Fieldasy](https://lowend.se/2003/02/11/fieldasy/): Fieldasy is a process for engaging multiple perspectives in the creation of a world, and in the mapping of its virtual space.
- [statemachine_formel1](https://lowend.se/2003/01/02/statemachine_formel1-2/): Denna vår handleder jag 3 stycken ex-jobb på k3 Malmö högskola varav 2 stycken på mastersnivå i interaktionsdesign.
- [021_fysiskwebplats.doc](https://lowend.se/2001/04/16/021_fysiskwebplats-doc/): Rumstudions web var länge en väldigt odynamisk plats. Däremot så förrändrades vår dagliga arbetsmiljö ständigt.
- [Zoom](https://lowend.se/1999/10/19/zoom/)
- [C.E.S.K](https://lowend.se/1999/05/18/c-e-s-k/): I became together with Håkan Edeholt responsible to learn and taking care of the Stratasys printer that k2 had invested in.
- [Lowend ett samtal med Anders Emilsson 1999](https://lowend.se/1998/10/10/lowend-ett-samtal-med-anders-emilsson-1999/): Genomgående i Michael Johanssons arbete är intresset för ideologier, maktförhållanden och identiteter, vem man kan vara och vem man kan bli.Vem som lurar vem.
- [019_VET.doc](https://lowend.se/1994/11/30/019_vet-doc/): Mina föreläsnings noter av projekt redovisningen som skedde på konstakademin i Stockholm 1994 av Vakkum extropia teorin.
- [Skyltfonster](https://lowend.se/1994/10/04/2077/)
- [Virus Theory](https://lowend.se/1994/09/04/virus-theory/): (Virus theory) Animation showed in an exhibition at the ship Stubenitza in Malmö Harbour in 1994.
- [Bilder och omnämnande i 90-tal 5/6 1992](https://lowend.se/1992/10/04/bilder-och-omnamnande-i-90-tal-5-6-1992/)
- [Datacrasch!](https://lowend.se/1992/05/26/crasch/)
- [Ubu](https://lowend.se/1991/04/04/ubu/): Ubu is the last painting of the series that started with Heimat in 1987. This painting was showed at the Frankfurt artfair 1991.
- [A bodygard of Lies](https://lowend.se/1988/07/04/2085/)
- [Gigant](https://lowend.se/1987/10/01/gigant/)
- [Abadyl](https://lowend.se/1987/05/04/abadyl/): Abadyl 1987 Oil and acrylic paint on canvas. 195*195cm. Commissioned by Convector 1988.

## Pages

- [start](https://lowend.se/start/)
- [Wanderlost](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/designrymder/)
- [City of Abadyl](https://lowend.se/writings/city-of-abadyl/)
- [sculptures](https://lowend.se/art-works/skulpturer/)
- [Wanderlost dev blog](https://lowend.se/writings/wanderlost-app/wanderlost-dev-blog/)
- [Dead Point](https://lowend.se/art-works/skulpturer/dead-point/)
- [Drawings](https://lowend.se/art-works/drawings/)
- [Paintings](https://lowend.se/art-works/paintings/)
- [City as playground](https://lowend.se/writings/city-as-playground/)
- [real virtuality](https://lowend.se/writings/real-virtuality/)
- [Games for Architecture](https://lowend.se/writings/games-for-architecture/)
- [Ideal Spaces Exhibition](https://lowend.se/writings/ideal-spaces-exhibition/)
- [Gestalt](https://lowend.se/writings/gestalt/)
- [Narrative loops](https://lowend.se/writings/narrative-loops/)
- [Wanderlost App](https://lowend.se/writings/wanderlost-app/)
- [Journey to Abadyl](https://lowend.se/writings/journey-to-abadyl/)
- [Are you programmed to speak?](https://lowend.se/writings/are-you-programmed-to-speak/)
- [Designer or Artisan](https://lowend.se/writings/designer-or-artisan/)
- [Soundscaping](https://lowend.se/writings/soundscaping/)
- [Non Places Gdansk](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/non-places-gdansk/)
- [Wanderlost](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/wanderlost/)
- [Fieldasy](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/fieldasy/)
- [Non Places Kristianstad](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/non-places-kristianstad/)
- [Ambience 2011](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/ambience-2011/)
- [Minglaren](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/minglaren/)
- [KM2 & Halmstad konstmuseum](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/km2-halmstad-konstmuseum/)
- [Future City Lab](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/441-2/)
- [Mobela C art Channel Beijing China](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/mobela-c-art-channel-beijing-china/)
- [Tidsvåg 2.0](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/tidsvag-2-0/)
- [Expeditions](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/435-2/)
- [Stenminne](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/stenminne/)
- [Lowend](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/lowend/)
- [World Disc](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/world-disc/)
- [Writings](https://lowend.se/writings/)
- [Exhibitions](https://lowend.se/art-works/exhibitions/)
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