Fashioning technology
In the last few years, More and more designers are exploring the best ways for coupling fashion and technology in their fashion collections or technological creations. LEDs, conductive threads, special fabrics become the new matter of a futuristic style made of electrons and fabric fibres. Hussein Chalayan, British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer, is the most vanguardists...
Play, explore, travel: Toyota and CIID envision a “window to the world”
Check out this interesting concept realized by Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design and Kansei Design Team, a cross-functional Design Division at Toyota Motor Europe: ‘window to the world’ envisions the interior of the cars of the future as an interface for young passengers to learn and be creative..
Guten touch
Designed for the Red Bull Music Academy 08, Guten Touch is an interactive installation designed by Multitouch Barcelona that involves people into a natural relationship with technology. A two projected display system plus a 3m x 2m multitouch wall showcase applications designed to engage us into human friendly experiences rather than flashy and jaw-dropping visualizations....
Immaterials light painting
Making visible the invisible: this is the objective of the designers of “Immaterials”, Timo Arnall, Jørn Knutsen and Einar Sneve Martinussen. A four-metre long measuring rod with 80 points of light reveals cross-sections through WiFi networks using a photographic technique called light-painting. The result is a light wall showing WiFi presence and intensity of connection....
Curious Displays
An interesting thesis project on the future of displays by design student Julia Tsao. As Julia states: “the project explores our relationship with devices and technology by examining the multi-dimensionality of communication and the complexity of social behavior and interaction. In its essence, the project functions as a piece of design fiction, considering the fluctuating...
Sustainable floor
The more you dance, the more light you obtain. This is the “simple” and eco-sustainable equation of Sustainable Dance Floor, an interactive surface designed by dutch design company Studio Roosegaarde for Sustainable Dance Club. This special technological floor generates electricity through the movements of the dancing people, engaging them into a sensual and interactive environment with no...
