What was that plant thinking ?
How much brainpower does it take to blog? I know! Let’s ask a plant! Well, it seems that’s possible in Japan where a plant has been wired wired with sensors that pick up bio-electrical signals and...
View ArticleSplashy trash.
Whether or not you must throw your trash on the street, what about pink and white polka dot designer trash bags? Or Anycoloryoulike? Each bag is biodegradable and treated with repellent for even...
View ArticleAudi’s urban future initiative. Höweler + yoon architecture.
click > enlarge The latest installment of Audi’s Urban Future Initiative saw a presentation of urban planning ideas by Höweler+Yoon Architecture. The Boston based firm won a competition among firms...
View ArticleParticipatory city: 100 urban trends from the bmw and guggenheim lab.
BMW’s three year collaboration with the Guggenheim museum explored the subject of the city and established urban labs in New York, Berlin, and Mumbai. Now some of the results are being displayed at...
View ArticleGerman car companies thinking about the cities of the future.
German car companies are thinking about the cities of the future. Audi has its Urban Initiative, BMW has a multi-year city future project in cooperation with the Guggenheim, now gathered together in a...
View ArticleFormlessfinder. Design miami 2013.
tent pile | formlessfinder | 2013 / click > enlarge Since 2008, Design Miami/ has commissioned emerging architecture practices to design unique architectural experiences at the fair. For Design...
View ArticleNew york’s metro show 2014.
Project for a Knife Plate | Jules-Auguste Habert-Dys | Chicago’s Armstrong Fine Art | 1888>89 [ New York’s Metro Show ] running through Jan 26, mingles folk and decorative arts in an eclectic mix to...
View ArticleTrump tower chicago’s new provocative signage.
alex garcia tribune photo Donald Trump is a lightning rod. Now Trump has made Adrian Smith’s emblematic Trump Tower Chicago a lighting rod. The issue went public three weeks ago when Chicago Tribune...
View ArticleMAD architects + studio gang win chicago’s george lucas museum.
rendering of northerly island is from the framework plan | 2009 | courtesy of studio gang architects | click > enlarge Four days after announcing that Chicago would be the home of The Lucas Museum...
View Articledesign contest winner: fleurt chair by andrew jones.
Despite its name, the Battery Conservancy is not an organization about electrical devices, but a public policy and park administrator in Manhattan. The Battery is the extreme southern point of...
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