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Laila Koubia

From Dutch/Moroccan background // Female // BA in Communication and Multimedia Design // working experience in narrowcasting // freelance multimedia designer // MA New Media student at the UvA //
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BA in Communication and Multimedia Design at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Worked three years as administrator of a narrowcasting system and editor in chief of a studentTV station [H/TV]. Since 2007 freelance multimedia designer at LK Design [lailakoubia.com]. Interest goes out to the use of media in non-western countries (particularly Arab countries), media ethics, media in education, media-art, surveillance…

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The Future

The Future

Characteristics of the digital era are: images written directly to our retinas // ubiquitous high bandwidth connection to the Internet at all times // electronics so tiny it's embedded in the environment, our clothing, our eyeglasses // full immersion...
By Laila Koubia on 10/18/10 1
Inkscape adventure continued…

Inkscape adventure continued…

If you have been reading my recent post about my Inkscape adventure you know that this adventure didn’t go quite as well as I expected it to go. I must admit that this was mainly because of the fact...
By Laila Koubia on 10/17/10 3

The World’s Mood in a Box!!

"...A way to get a glimpse of the collective human consciousness as an extension of my own. Something that I don't have to continually check or poll, but instead, like a part of my body, it will tell...
By Laila Koubia on 10/11/10 Comments Off on The World’s Mood in a Box!!

Inkscape adventure

I always thought of myself as a person open to change and eager for new impulses and opportunities. However I don’t think this applies to my computer surroundings. It started all with my beloved Macbook Pro’s screen turning pitch...
By Laila Koubia on 10/10/10 1
Wikipedia University – designing the new student

Wikipedia University – designing the new student

The main criticism on Wikipedia is the lack of transparancy in the background of the users. How can we know whether a certain user is a professional with an academic background (which would confirm the reliability of the article)...
By Laila Koubia on 10/04/10 Comments Off on Wikipedia University – designing the new student

Yeey I’m on Facebook! :s

With 500 million active users spending over 700 billion minutes per month, Facebook is gaining more and more traffic each single day. If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest country in the world. With these...
By Laila Koubia on 09/27/10 Comments Off on Yeey I’m on Facebook! :s

Review – THE DOUBLE CRISIS

Crisis threatens education millions of children // U.S. schools in ‘category 5’ budget crisis // Crisis fears on university places // Europe's Education Crisis: College Costs Soar // Students Protest Fee Hikes at California Campuses // Education in crisis...
By Laila Koubia on 09/20/10 1

The Arab media revolution

Since there have been inventions for the use of communication amongst the human race there have been institutions, governments and corporations trying to control them. As Noam Chomsky cites: 'Unless people are controlled, they are going to challenge power'....
By Laila Koubia on 09/12/10 Comments Off on The Arab media revolution