noah vawter’s Synth From Nothin’ tries to answer the question ‘if i was stranded on a desert island, how could i make a synthesizer?’ at the same time the research project tries to discover whether it’s possible to make electronics without the semiconductor industry, and in turn whether electronics can be all-natural and sustainable. from […]
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all-natural electronics
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machine sculpture
florian claar’s fragment no. 5 – ‘caverna lunaris’ – is displayed in the sculpture garden of tokyo midtown, the most beautiful mall in the world. the enormous sculpture is manufactured to incredible tolerances out of bolted pieces of machined aluminum, an enormous fragment of a toroidal form rugged and ribbed on the inside but soft […]
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wetiquette
joo youn paek showed the polite umbrella at the sigtronica seamless electronic fashion show last week: an umbrella that shrinks when you pull on its handle to make room for passersby. what makes an object polite is not just the fact that it can be considerate of other people, but that you can express empathy […]
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precious stamps
i just got back from a stamp exhibit at tokyo midtown’s design hub gallery – dozens are artists were commissioned to create stamps for the email age, when they become purely objects of art. i am still mesmerized by nagai kentaro’s piece together for peace, a collection of twelve stamps which recreate the chinese zodiac […]
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museum lab
yesterday i visited dai nippon printing’s exhibit in gotanda (tokyo) called louvre museum lab – a series of interactive installations built around titian’s madonna of the rabbit. the interfaces are big and beautiful, so even though most of the curatorial content in available on-line, experiencing the museum lab in person is completely necessary. one interface […]
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high-wire sculpture
whereas alexander calder‘s stoic mobiles and stabiles are fit for office lobbies and college campuses, his toys are where the sculptor expressed his whimsy and his magic. today on the top floor of the whitney museum you can find calder’s circus, a groups of tiny wire figurines the artist carried with him in suitcases from […]
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growing chair
children grow so fast that it’s a challenge to fit their bodies and their interests for more than a few months at a time. as a result a lot of toys and furniture are cheaply made and readily disposed of – all because of bad design. charlotte friis design studio conceived of this easel with […]
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paper laptops
these drawings are actually prototype laptops designed by seven-to-nine-year-old children as part of the “laptop club.” the use of paper prototyping for designing laptops and learning about what children use computers for is brilliant, it also makes me wish to do the same in the class i teach. on the other hand limiting the idea […]
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