In her installation and book, Ines Doujak criticizes the way multinational corporations reap profits by taking out patents on indigenous plants, food, knowledge, even human tissues from developing countries and turn them into lucrative products. Without sharing the benefits with the country of origin
Category Archive: book reviews
Confronted by shifting densities and uncharted urban transformations, Crisis tackles the conflict between the physical limits of architectural design and the demands on the practice for an updated social relevance
10 maps and 10 essays about social issues from globalization to garbage; surveillance to extraordinary rendition; statelessness to visibility; deportation to migration
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In Sensorium, contemporary artists and writers explore the implications of the techno-human interface
Putting play on the urban agenda, with an emphasis on spontaneity, creativity and a top-down approach
A selection of graphic design studios from Spain
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When graphic design enters the third dimension and plays with our perception of space
The U.S.-Mexico border: too often its complexities are viewed through the lens of illegal immigration, ignoring a multitude of critical issues such as health, the environment, drug trafficking, free trade, and post-9/11 security
Natural Architecture, by Alessandro Rocca (Amazon USA and UK). Publisher Princeton Architectural Press says: Natural Architecture presents sixty-six […]
SHD Super Holland Design, edited by Tomoko Sakamoto and Ramon Prat. (Amazon USA). Publisher Actar says: The anxiously […]
Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects, by Tom Igoe (whom i interviewed over a year […]
Kitchen Budapest is a brand new media lab for researchers who are not only interested in the convergence […]
Hand Job: A Catalog of Type, curated by Michael Perry. Amazon USA and UK. Publisher Princeton Architectural Press […]
Spacecraft Fleeting Architecture and Hideouts, edited by Robert Klanten and Lukas Feireiss (Amazon USA and UK.) Publisher Die […]
Warriors of Art: A Guide to Contemporary Japanese Artists, by Yumi Yamaguchi (Amazon UK and USA.) Publisher Kodansha […]
Consuming Bodies: Sex and Contemporary Japanese Art, edited by Fran Lloyd (Amazon USA and UK) Editor Reaktion Books […]
4dsocial: Interactive Design Environments (Architectural Design), by Guest Editor Lucy Bullivant (Amazon UK and USA.) Editors‘ blurb: A […]
and USA) Editor Stewart, Tabori & Chang says: Five years ago, Sabrina Gschwandtner founded a ’zine to tackle […]
The Fundamentals of Sonic Art and Sound Design, by Tony Gibbs, leader of the BA Sonic Arts programme […]
Domesticity at War (Amazon USA and UK), by Princeton professor and theorist Beatriz Colomina. Editor Actar‘s blurb: In […]
Burning Book: A Visual History of Burning Man (Amazon USA and UK), by Jessica Bruder. What it says […]
Just received the latest issue of aminima::. Focusing on contemporary art and in particular new media art, the […]
Flexible, Architecture that Responds to Change, by Robert Kronenburg. (Amazon USA and UK.) Editor (Laurence King Publishing)’s blurb: […]
), edited by: Albert Ferré, Irene Hwang, Tomoko Sakamoto, Ramon Prat, Michael Kubo, Mario Ballesteros and Anna Tetas. […]
JPG 2: Japan Graphics, edited by Tomoko Sakamoto. (Amazon USAand UK.) Editor Actar says: Volume two of ‘JPG, […]
Superuse – Constructing new architecture by shortcutting material flows, by Ed van Hinte, Jan Jongert and Césare Peeren. […]
Plastic Culture – How Japanese Toys Conquered the World (Amazon USAUK) written by London-based designer and illustrator Woodrow […]
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Loving The Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots, by Timothy N.Hornyak (Amazon USA and UK.) Publisher’s […]
Mark Tribe has just informed me that New Media Art, the book he wrote together with Reena Jana, […]
As Innovationsforum Interaktionsdesign was trying to reflect the whole spectrum of interaction design and innovation, they needed the […]
Hidden Track: How Visual Culture Is Going Places (amazon USA – UK). Editors‘ blurb: “Hidden Track” shows how […]
I’ve recently realized that while my pile of books about design, art and architecture is growing and growing, […]
Gamescenes – Art in the Age of Videogames. Edited by Berkeley researcher Matteo Bittanti and curator and art […]
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The new Neural issue is out. As usual there are interviews of some of the most interesting personalities […]
Audio-Visual Art and VJ Culture, edited by Michael Faulkner/ D-Fuse. Editors’ blurb: A major change has taken place […]
Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century is a compendium of innovative ideas and inventions emerging today […]
Yeay! This morning the postman brought my copy of Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century and […]
As a (very absent) contributor of World Changing, i should have done a better job at promoting one […]