Category Archives: Design

Building a Musical Instrument Out Of Teeth

Teeth! Music! Wall! No refunds. Please file all your “NOOO SIMONE WHY” here: https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz Thanks Qualcomm for sponsoring: https://www.qualcomm.com/ And thanks @ANDREW HUANG for watching me pull out teeth! The Every Day Calendar is available for pre-order: https://simonegiertz.myshopify.com/ 👇 places … Continue reading

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Tokyo Public Parks are Prepared for the Next Natural Disaster | Spoon & Tamago

Given Japan’s susceptibility to natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes, landscape architects and urban engineers have been quietly re-designing public parks to function as evacuation areas. And many of these design tweaks are so subtle you wouldn’t even notice them, … Continue reading

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A Wooden Cabin Constructed Locally in the Mountains of Japan Using a 3D Wood Cutter | Spoon & Tamago

unless otherwise noted, all photos by Takumi Ota   Nestled deep in the Gokayama mountains of Japan is Marebito no ie, a wooden cabin constructed near Toga village. The region is renowned for a unique type of A-frame housing design … Continue reading

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Irving Finkel and the Chamber of Lewis Chessmen I Curator’s Corner Season 2 Episode 9

Curator Irving Finkel recounts a magical adventure with The Lewis Chessmen. Content warning: wizard’s chess To find out more visit the Museum blog: http://goo.gl/y35378 Explore the Lewis Chessmen range in our online shop, including an exquisite replica set: http://ow.ly/wbE530fpsp3

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Scarlett Yang creates biomaterial dress that can decompose in hours

Natashah Hitti | 28 August 2020 3 comments Central Saint Martins graduate Scarlett Yang used algae extract and silk cocoon protein to create a glass-like dress that grows over time and can decompose in water within 24 hours. The biomaterial … Continue reading

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Drifting Apart Automaton

Home A contemporary piece by the 14 Ball Toy Company, (Paul Spooner and Matt Smith). Always a happy ending the couple are re-connected by the power of love.

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Engines of Ingenuity No. 422: SHOT TOWER

by John H. Lienhard Click here for audio of Episode 422. Today, we let nature do our work for us. The University of Houston’s College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the … Continue reading

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THE MAKING(English Version) (314)The Making of Steel Balls

This edition of the series of programs explaining the technology used to produce items that are familiar in our daily life features ‘Steel Balls’. A bicycle wheel spins smoothly because the wheel axle contains ball bearings. The steel balls inside … Continue reading

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Running Backwards, Doing Laundry and Other Unusual Hobbies

Gardening, cooking, knitting, reading. We all have hobbies. But some people pursue more unique pastimes. Like what? Well, some win more claw machine prizes than they know what to do with, set world records for running backwards and travel great … Continue reading

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Science fiction could save us from bad technology

Technology firms should use more design fiction to explore and avoid potential negative consequences, such as AI bias. The short film Slaughterbots depicts a near future in which swarms of micro drones assassinate thousands of people for their political beliefs. … Continue reading

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