from a post by Ken Friedman to the PHd design list i went to the sonic rim site (cause Ken said he was impressed with their approach) where I came across this pevious
ED:DE AIGA Pittsburgh event where they were amougst some of the v. interesting people facilitating it, including George Olson Principal of Interaction by Design.

I may follow up some of the others...
http://www.squonkopera.com
http://www.zefrank.com
http://www.big-science.net

i wonder if these make it onto the DeSign blog?