Speculative design, closely related to critical design, explores new roles for design in relation to the cultural landscape’s influence on existing and emerging technologies,…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
Recycling waste into new materials and products is one of the most favourable actions that we are willing to do in order to be…
Miriam Simun is a research-based artist blurring the boundaries between art and social change: ecological, historical and technical. One of the central axis of her…
I met Meital Tzabari —Israeli London-based furniture and product designer and maker— at the Designersblock exhibition during London Design Festival 2014. There she showed me…
Laura Daza is not only a designer and an artist but also a colour hunter and maker. Colombian-born but living and working in London I…
Many everyday products —plastics, inks, vaseline or cosmetics— are made of petroleum, a fossil made up of refined crude oil which has a negative…
Saccharum officinarum (sugarcane) is a perennial grass cultivated for the production of sugar and other raw materials. Most of us when we see the…
Christina Agapakis —biologist and artist— explores new scenarios in which is possible to question the relationship between humans and bacteria to promote reflection in…
Architectures, Design, Interviews
Designers Francesca Lanzavecchia and Hunn Wai are the founders of Lanzavecchia + Wai, a stunning creative design studio based in Pavia (Italy) and Singapore….
Bioartist Jalila Essaïdi has been always inspired by stories. Stories about safety, vulnerability and silk spider. Stories about using silk in combat. Stories about…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
Zimbabwe-born and London-based Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer, researcher and futurist bringing a new perspective to design that encompasses science and technology. Her conceptual work,…
Amy Congdon’s —London-based designer— bespoke biological textiles employ speculative design to inspire and provoke critical thinking. Congdon uses design to produce conceptual work that helps us imagine…
Susana Soares —Portuguese-born, English-based artist— employs design to promote and provoke critical thinking about the implications and ethical consequences of scientific research in our lives. Soares uses design as…
Design, Interviews, Key Artists
Fashion is a visual language that has an intimate relationship with people and helps define their identity and the communities in which they live. Since the…
Design, Interviews, Key Artists
Maurizio Montalti is the founder of Officina Corpusculi, a creative and innovative laboratory focused on establishing relationships between science, art, society, nature, culture and industry. Montalti…