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Easily programmable
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Interaction Design
An interactive building toy, Plick, turns just about anything into a modular, programmable gadget.
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1 Aug 11
Live reaction
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Interaction Design
Light sensors in the folds of a dress transforms it into something that becomes a mediator between the wearer and the environment.
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30 Jul 11
Solar Sinter
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Interaction Design
What if sand and sunlight could be used as the raw energy and material to produce glass objects using 3D printers?
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25 Jul 11
+loop
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Interaction Design
Trollbäck + Company have released a video iPhone app called +loop.
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20 Jul 11
Urban Sputnik
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Interaction Design
Urban Sputnik makes understanding the frontiers of astrophysical research easy for everyone, in an interactive cosmology project.
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14 Jul 11
Mark Shuttleworth on the benefits of open-source
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Creative Economy
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South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth talks about the Ubuntu Project, a free, open-source Linux-based operating system.
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6 Jul 11
Polar plottings
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Interaction Design
Sandy Noble uses a primitive robot and a plotting system designed for Arctic maps to sketch out beautiful prints.
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29 Jun 11
Playing with food
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Food Design
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Interaction Design
Discover your inner gastronomist, with a little help from Designgoat’s Eating Objects.
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26 Jun 11
Dare to wear
Design News
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Interaction Design
What if wearing a cocktail dress really meant having cocktails on tap? The DareDroid does this, but only after you agree to play with it.
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26 Jun 11
Sew simple
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Product Design
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Interaction Design
What does a bicycle and a sewing machine have in common? When they work together the result is rather unique.
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24 Jun 11
Julia Lohmann at WDCD 2011
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Interaction Design
Julia Lohmann’s work aims to connect the material source of an object with the object itself.
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21 Jun 11
Playground senses
Design News
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Interaction Design
“Playground closes at dusk” is Nacho Carbonell’s outdoor installation looking at connections between sense and surrounding.
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17 Jun 11
Light for the nations
Design News
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Interaction Design
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Architecture & Interiors
ILLUMInations is the title of the 54th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, curated by Bice Curiger.
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3 Jun 11
Interactive tree
Design News
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Interaction Design
Lit Tree is an interactive light installation that takes a new approach to 3D mapping.
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30 May 11
Colourful cityscapes
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
An interactive installation, Build Up! by the Rockwell Group’s LAB invited guests to help design a virtual cityscape.
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27 May 11
Handling pressure
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
A new innovation allows people to monitor their blood pressure using their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
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16 May 11
Digital realities
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
With Pixel Project, Rahle Dusheiko designs experiences where the physical and the digital interact, combining technology with storytelling.
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15 May 11
Wanders forever
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Interaction Design
Marcel Wanders's designs are pretty desirable. So desirable, in fact, that you might want it tattooed onto your body. Now you can!
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15 May 11
Internet hotel
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Devoid of concierge and staff, the Hi Matic in Paris is a 100% internet-based hotel
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13 May 11
Blog: The Heterogenous City at NY Festival of Ideas
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Heterogeneous City, a panel discussion at the New York Festival of Ideas, looks to a dynamic equilibrium for the urban environment.
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6 May 11
Handspring Puppet Company wins a Tony award
Design News
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Interaction Design
South African puppeteers, Handspring Puppet Company, have received a special Tony recognition.
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4 May 11
Dip in Space by Matali Crasset at Milan2011
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Product Design
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Interaction Design
Matali Crasset talks about her Dip in Space project with HEAD Geneva students at the Milan Furniture Fair.
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21 Apr 11
Sound smart
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Music & Sound Design
The Serendiptichord is an exploration of the creative possibilities of wearable computing.
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16 Apr 11
20Q: Charlie Todd
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Interaction Design
He makes others laugh by causing scenes of joys and chaos in public places. Find out here what makes Charlie Todd laugh and other titbits.
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30 Mar 11
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