Transgressions at the post office counter Drawing connections – how interfaces matter Interface Mythologies – Xanadu unraveled MNT Reform: DIY portable computer Training setting Rich user experience, UX and the desktopization of war There is no interface (without a user). A cybernetic perspective on interaction Commons for cartography: How social computing changes the design of interfaces Gestalt-ideas at the interface between theory and pratice The conceptual debts and assets of the interface Interfaces of immersive media Applied metaphysics – objects in object-oriented ontology and object-oriented programming Automobile and information: the self, the automobile and technology Art and apparatus (a Flusserian theme). Plea for the dramatisation of the interface Letter to the editor of Leonardo Editorial – Beyond UX

This first issue tackles the versatility of the interface in five preliminary and deeply interlinked sections: PROGRAMMATIC, where approaches for the analysis and production of interfaces are developed. GENEALOGIES, where the histories, origins and predecessors of current interfaces are investigated. PHILOSOPHIES, where conceptual and metaphysical assumptions of informatics and the interface are discussed. PROJECTS, where concrete engineering and artistic practices engaging with interfaces are presented. POLITICS, where the social relevance and implications of interfaces are highlighted.