Case studies of digital platforms where people, designers and makers co-design and co-make their products. Recent technological advancements in digital fabrication, sharing economy models and tools and open source design are shaping our production/consumption habits. There is also an urgent…
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 of developing bioplastic products. Their research started as a…
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 when it comes…
ItalOriente Crafts is a collaboration between a network of artisans, designers and digital makers from Italy and the Middle-East to co-design and co-make handmade tableware. The project objectives are: – to experiment the combination of “traditional” crafts and “digital” fabrication; – to…
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…
“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…
London Craft Week showcases across London excellent international and British creativity and craftsmanship. This third edition, from May 3 to May 7, 2017, includes more than 230 exhibitions, demonstrations, talks, workshops and receptions. The event focuses on different fields such as…
EXPO Milano 2015 – So, What is it all about? Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life is the core theme of Expo Milano 2015: “Food as nourishment Food as pleasure Food as taste Food as home Food as family Food…
The Arturo Toscanini School in Gravesend, Brooklyn transformed part of the existing parking into an educational organic vegetable and fruit garden. The project, completed in 2014, by WORKac includes three major components: a vegetable and fruit garden, a green house…
Image: © TUTKI. Berlin Design Week (26 May – 01 June) is about to end. Started in 2003 with Designmai, it is a city-wide varied and colourful programme of design events. It positions Berlin as an international creative hub, promoting…
This post is part of the project: “The Social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013″ Bla Bla is an exhibition of the “Non-Serial” Independent Design by MIMA-Milano Makers. It was held in the Cathedral of the Fabbrica del Vapore. Alessandro…
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