What if digital fabrication enhanced the possibilities of craftsmanship? What if digital tools were applied to craft skills, such as glassblowing, woodwork, ceramic or metal work, to stop the demise of traditional crafts? I will answer these questions through success cases of craftsmanship embracing digital tools. Stay tuned!  

Material made out of 100% raw renewable resources, polymerized from cornstarch and metabolized by microorganisms from used cooking oil. Crafting Plastics! Yes, product designer Vlasta Kubušová and production designer Miroslav Král are literally crafting plastics. They do research in materials and design. Vlasta and Miroslav are exploring innovative and sustainable ways ...

Dutch Design Week Eindhoven Design Weeks and Festivals Design Weeks and Festivals reached every corner of the planet, and more recently Africa and The Middle East. Famous Design Weeks, such as Milan Design Week (Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone), London Design Festival, Berlin Design week, New York Design Week, etc., became ...

The world's first commercial housing project based on 3D-concrete printing in the Netherlands The world's first commercial housing project based on 3D-concrete printing is located in the Netherlands, in the city of Eindhoven, exactly in Bosrijk. Bosrijk is a new residential location developed as a "sculpture garden" with high ambitions ...

No Comment 2018 Source: Imagine, Issue n.2, by space10.io and Urgent.Agency

Cultural performance in Shanghai, China Cities Today According to the UN: half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – lives in cities today. By 2030, almost 60 per cent of the world’s population will live in urban areas. 95 per cent of urban expansion in the next decades will take place ...

Urban population will rise according to predictions from 4 (four) to 7 (seven) billions in the next few decades. Cities will have to face the challenge of housing additional 3 billion person. According to Space10, a future living lab, the traditional 'World-Class' Architecture business model - beyond reach for 95% ...

Design Commons is a new Design event started in September 14th during Helsinki Design Week. It will address quality of life in cities. Design Commons will travel from country to country following the global Design Week events. Activists, thinkers, makers, and stakeholders gather to share their experiences, ideas and challenges ...

"Imagine: Exploring the Brave New World of Design and Manufacturing"  is a recent publication by SPACE 10, a future-living lab based in Copenhagen. The lab brings together radical thinkers and experts from around the globe to ideate, prototype and design new concepts for a more sustainable way of living. The lab works on finding ...

Design weeks reached recently the creative and cultural scene in many cities of the Middle east: Beirut Design Week is at the 6th edition, taking place from May 19 to May 26, 2017, in different locations across the city. More than 150 events are planned: exhibitions, talks, workshops, conferences and competitions. The ...