Playful seesaw installation at Trump wall wins 2020 Beazley Designs award
Design Museum awards temporary interactive ‘Teeter-Totter Wall’ installation at the Mexican/US border wall by architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello as Beazley Design of the Year 2020
Explore the work of architect David Adjaye in new book
‘David Adjaye – Works 1995-2007’ by Thames & Hudson explores the work of the acclaimed British-Ghanaian architect
2020 in review: A year in design and rethinking the future
2020 in review, a year of critical thinking and navigating design and transport in the future
How ideas from RCA students for a megacity taxi in 2040 can impact on our future
Discussions on smart cities tend to miss the cultural side, which is why these designs by Royal College of Art Intelligent Mobility students – asked to imagine a taxi in a speculative megacity of 2040 – are worth looking into.
See Balenciaga’s first virtual show, a video game set in 2031 with avatars driving Polestars
‘Afterworld: The Age of Tomorrow’ is an AR video game set in an imaginary 2031 with Balenciaga’s avatars wearing clothes made of upcycled materials, created sustainably and driving Polestar’s visionary concepts
Studio Wayne McGregor investigates the human/machine relation in the information age
Contemporary dance company Wayne McGregor has teamed up with experimental art studios Random International and Superblue to explore the human relation to machine and technology
MINI Vision Urbanaut is a shape-shifting EV that rethinks personal transport’s form and function
MINI’s 2020 Vision Urbanaut is a shape-shifting electric vehicle that rethinks personal transport’s form and function
From wabi-sabi to crafting sustainable surfboards, why we should all take up making
In Do/Make published by Do Books, sustainable surfboard designer James Otter argues a compelling case for creating by hand and the health benefits of the art of making
Interview: Adrian van Hooydonk on the radical BMW iX and lessons from the pandemic
Adrian van Hooydonk, senior vice president BMW Group design, explains the progressive design and pioneering technology behind the flagship iX car and discusses the possibilities of reinventing the marque in the post-Covid era
Race, identity, technology are themes leading Rolls-Royce’s latest arts commission
Hans-Ulrich Obrist, artistic director at Serpentine Galleries, discusses the Rolls-Royce 2021 Dream Commission for moving-image art shortlist who work with critical issues of race, identity and technology
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Playful seesaw installation at Trump wall wins 2020 Beazley Designs award
Design Museum awards temporary interactive ‘Teeter-Totter Wall’ installation at the Mexican/US border wall by architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello as Beazley Design of the Year 2020
Explore the work of architect David Adjaye in new book
‘David Adjaye – Works 1995-2007’ by Thames & Hudson explores the work of the acclaimed British-Ghanaian architect
2020 in review: A year in design and rethinking the future
2020 in review, a year of critical thinking and navigating design and transport in the future
How ideas from RCA students for a megacity taxi in 2040 can impact on our future
Discussions on smart cities tend to miss the cultural side, which is why these designs by Royal College of Art Intelligent Mobility students – asked to imagine a taxi in a speculative megacity of 2040 – are worth looking into.
See Balenciaga’s first virtual show, a video game set in 2031 with avatars driving Polestars
‘Afterworld: The Age of Tomorrow’ is an AR video game set in an imaginary 2031 with Balenciaga’s avatars wearing clothes made of upcycled materials, created sustainably and driving Polestar’s visionary concepts
MINI Vision Urbanaut is a shape-shifting EV that rethinks personal transport’s form and function
MINI’s 2020 Vision Urbanaut is a shape-shifting electric vehicle that rethinks personal transport’s form and function