Essays from Aerithic on ambient intelligence, calm technology, consent and the design of things that disappear.https://www.aerithic.com/en-auhttps://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/the-surface-is-the-interface/https://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/the-surface-is-the-interface/NUS's washable fibre display in Nature, Looking Glass's SID award, and mui Lab's wood-and-sensor home board: an Aerithic read on ambient materials and calm technology.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTe-textilesNatureNUSLooking Glasshololuminescent displaymui Labcalm technologymillimetre-wave sensinghttps://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/four-milliseconds-of-face/https://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/four-milliseconds-of-face/What the Bunnings facial recognition ruling, the OAIC's new AI transparency guidance and a Harvard JOLT argument about agent authorisation mean for ambient design in Australia.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrivacy ActAPP 1APP 5OAICfacial recognitionautomated decision-makingconsentcontextual integrityAustraliahttps://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/the-form-factor-is-eyewear/https://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/the-form-factor-is-eyewear/Meta's Ray-Ban Display goes international and OpenAI's Ive device slips to 2027. An Aerithic read on why wearables are not ambient computing, and who consents.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeta Ray-Ban Displaysmart glassesOpenAI deviceJony Ivepost-screenambient computingbystander consenthttps://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/fieldnote-05-the-pip-as-argument/https://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/fieldnote-05-the-pip-as-argument/On why The Pip is not a privacy product. It is a spatial argument about what consent should feel like in environments where intelligence is embedded rather than visited.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTconsentcontextual integrityprivacy by designspatial consenthttps://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/fieldnote-04-designing-for-absence/https://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/fieldnote-04-designing-for-absence/Most design disciplines aim for presence. Ambient intelligence requires the opposite. And almost nothing in design education, research practice, or product development prepares you for that brief.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTabsencezero UIinvisible designlighthttps://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/fieldnote-03-what-the-object-holds/https://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/fieldnote-03-what-the-object-holds/On still life as a design methodology, and what ambient devices communicate before they are turned on. The resting state is not residual. For ambient intelligence, it is everything.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTmaterialityDieter Ramshonest designobjectshttps://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/fieldnote-02-the-moment-of-forgetting/https://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/fieldnote-02-the-moment-of-forgetting/There is a specific moment, in the life of any successful ambient technology, when it stops being technology. On the threshold between device and condition, and why almost nothing in product design is optimised for crossing it.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTcalm technologyMark WeiserAmber Caseattentionhttps://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/the-object-that-isnt-there/https://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/the-object-that-isnt-there/How ambient intelligence shifts from device to environment, and what that means for designers working at the threshold.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTthird devicepost-screenambient computingdesign briefhttps://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/rituals-for-new-things/https://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/rituals-for-new-things/How we integrate emerging technology into daily life, and why adoption is a question of ritual, not utility.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTritualadoptionambient computinglong-term deploymenthttps://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/soft-systems-hard-questions/https://www.aerithic.com/fieldnotes/soft-systems-hard-questions/When intelligence becomes environmental, ethics cannot be an afterthought. They must be embedded in the architecture itself.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTethicsambient intelligencebusiness modelsconsent