Meet the hamster that plays cards with the family, the t-shirts that sweats, the singing flower pot and other projects that reflect on the definition of life.
Category Archive: green
Second part of the report from Ecomedia. The projects presented in the exhibition are founded on progressive ecological models and conceive utopian horizons in the process.
The exhibition presents artistic projects founded on progressive ecological models. Besides, the show examines the role of art and new media over and above science, technology, and ecoactivism
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A low profile (that’s their words) artist group whose work focuses on the research and creation of open-source minor architectures and low-tech modifications of everyday life
At the Artissima art fair last month in Turin, i discovered a new player on the local art […]
Natural Architecture, by Alessandro Rocca (Amazon USA and UK). Publisher Princeton Architectural Press says: Natural Architecture presents sixty-six […]
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On the left, an aerial shot of the dam (image The Times) The Three Gorges Dam is the […]
Just as i was panicking that i wouldn’t be able to post anything today because i had spent […]
I’ve spent the last few days in Madrid to spy on the Visualizar workshop which is currently taking […]
Kitchen Budapest is a brand new media lab for researchers who are not only interested in the convergence […]
My notes from Natalie Jeremijenko‘s talk at the New Cultural Networks conference, a one day event organized in […]
Charles Gaines’ installation “Greenhouse” is a smog-conscious microcosm of the city of Los Angeles. A computer-controlled system of […]
Eyebeam’s Ecovisualiz Design Challenge panel (part 1) The AIR device display Brooke Singer gave the lowdown on both […]
Amanda McDonald Crowley from Eyebeam had invited inspiring artists and designers for a Conflux panel to discuss the […]
A few notes from Conflux Festival day one which runs until Sunday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The HQ is […]
There’s currently a fantastic installation at the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin. The work brings magic and poetry to […]
N=1=NPK=KIMCHI=N, a project by visual and performance artist Jae Rhim Lee, is a mobile living unit which consists […]
As global warming is at the top of the agenda, worldleaders are askedto act immediately, from forced recycling […]
Superuse – Constructing new architecture by shortcutting material flows, by Ed van Hinte, Jan Jongert and Césare Peeren. […]
Since 2005, Fritz Haeg‘s project Edible Estates is challenging the American lawn, this “carpet of conformity”, by inviting […]
Singing Lemons is the result of Peter Hasdell’s investigation into the process of photosynthesis. The musical instrument responded […]
Design & Sustainablity – How to get textile designers on the case? Carole Collet is Course Director of […]
Yesterday, i attended the Luminous Green symposium, organized by the lovely FoAM people, on the Groenhoven Estate, near […]
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In Edible City – Part 1, my report on an exhibition about the urban environment and its food […]
Last week in Oslo, i attended a very inspiring talk that Tom Igoe gave at the Oslo School […]
While in Belgium last week (or was it the week before?), i made a quick trip to Maastricht […]
A few weeks ago, i met Myriel Milicevic in London, she was all stressed about a worshop she […]
Frogs are a threatened species: their natural wetland habitats have disappeared with modern farming and the growth of […]
eRiceCooker, by Annina Rüst, tracks Internet news about genetically modified rice. Whenever there is a new report about […]
The students of RCA Design Interactions are having a Work in Progress Show on January 24-31. If you’re […]
Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century is a compendium of innovative ideas and inventions emerging today […]
Finally back home so service will resume as normal and i’ll finally get to write down my notes […]
To keep your table clean of any leftover, one can either adopt the radical Katazukue way or turn […]
With The Fruit Fly Farm sculpture, Laura Beloff is investigating both technological society and organic (insect) society. The […]
Mediamatic Amsterdam have transformed their exhibition space in the ground floor of the PostCS-building into a Night Garden […]
As a (very absent) contributor of World Changing, i should have done a better job at promoting one […]
One of my favourite pavilions at the Venice Biennale was the Danish one. Its design is all pop, […]
The four Water Bowls, by Victoria Vesna, use of some of the latest scientific observations to revisit common […]
Matsushita in Japan will release in December Aiterrarium, an indoor gardening system whose lighting, temperature and water supply […]