Dutch artist Theo Jansen creates autonomous walking beasts from plastic tubes and bottles that can react to wind, and can store this energy for later use as compressed air. They “breathe”– they “think” and soon they will evolve.
Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests
Dutch artist Theo Jansen creates autonomous walking beasts from plastic tubes and bottles that can react to wind, and can store this energy for later use as compressed air. They [...]
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[Above: Stefan Zwicky's concrete version of the Le Corbusier Chair.] According to The Skeptical Environmentalist, concrete is used more than any other construction material in the world. I imagine this [...]
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Artist and architect Tomás Saraceno explores the world we inhibit through his experiments in art and sustainability. For the 14 Billions (Working Title) exhibition Saraceno collaborated with astrophysicists, engineers, and [...]
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Design provocateur Tobias Wong, only 35, sadly passed away early Sunday morning. I simply don’t want to believe it and looking at the responses on Core77, I am not alone. [...]
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Shu Uemura’s eyelashes first caught my eye when they appeared on PingMag. I was happy to find that dutch fashion designers, Viktor & Rolf, have designed lashes for Shu Uemura. [...]
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I was recently in New York to attend The Next HOPE, the 8th Hackers On Planet Earth conference. HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) is a conference sponsored by 2600: The [...]
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Every now and then Sagmeister takes a whole year off to dedicate to experiments.
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