the ‘foodee‘ app can give users the information of foods that will expire soon once a day and also recommends some recipes that can utilise the expiring ingredients. once they choose their recipes…
Gi Flybike
To transform urban commuting around the world, a trio of argentineans, lucas toledo, agustin agostinoy, and eric sevilla, created the gi ‘flybike’, a foldable electric bike ready for the future. lightweight and simple, the…
Antelope Suit
The garment is made of breathable, stretchy fabric with conductive cables and electrodes woven inside, and uses electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) technology – also often used in physiotherapy to jolt muscles into…
Gik Blue Wine
The wine's blue color is achieved through wine pigmentation technology.
Power gloves
Grønning Nielsen, who is graduating from the RCA’s Innovation Design Engineering course this year, created the Happaratus “power glove” to extend the capabilities of the hand as a sculpting tool. The tips of…
Ammo Liao:Bio-knit
designer ammo liao created ‘bio-knit’ in response to the unchecked waste caused by the shoe industry. by mimicking organic organisms and systems in nature, liao developed a single, multi-functional material that can simultaneously display…
Wanderers: wearables for interplanetary pilgrims
the collection of bio-material 3D prints explore the possibility of ‘voyaging to the worlds beyond by visiting the worlds within.’ the wearable capillaries have been conceived for ‘interplanetary pilgrims’, which are infused with synthetically…
DMY2015 : AGE INDICATING PACKAGE
Interaction designer Valerian Blos launched a food-packaging concept that reacts to spoiling contents in an intuitive manner. Made from cultivated human skin cells, the packaging is designed to contain milk. The cells show natural…
DMY 2015: Structural Skin
Spanish designer Jorge Penadés has developed an innovative new technique to repurpose leather offcuts. The waste leather is compacted together using natural bone glue, resulting in a unique and luxurious colouration with a marble-effect…
DMY 2015 : Sand vessels
Israel-based designer Jon McTaggart digitally crafts code-driven forms made from sand and resin using a Yaskawa-Motoman industrial robotic arm. The arm has been programmed to inject resin into a 3D form underground in sand.…
Milan 2015: Melange
Sustainable Medley: Mixing materials and unusual material sources form intriguing designs and patterns for product. Waste foam chips are used in lighting, while rubber granules, reformed plastics and recycled textiles are applied as…
Milan 2015: Stone
Marble Reinterpreted: Throughout the shows, marble still dominates as the opulent material of choice, updated for the season in unusual coloured qualities. Marble and stone also appear lighter, with very thin panels used…
Milan 2015: Glass
Remoulding Glass: A plethora of techniques and colorations are applied to glass. Acid-etched or frosted ‘sheet glass’ remains popular for furniture, but we also see colourful solid cast pieces. Also emerging are subtle…
ICFF 2015 Tom Dixon Lighting
A collaboration with the Swedish design collective FRONT, at night it ’emits an attractive, mildly hallucinogenic light
VOLK Handmade furniture
VOLK Furniture is a Brooklyn based company dedicated to the design and fabrication of handcrafted, traditionally joined and finished wood furniture. Each VOLK design is unique and carefully considered to showcase the…
Artiphon Electric artiphon instrument
transforming into a guitar, violin, bass, piano and drum machine, with the artiphon ‘instrument 1′, users can create music through an exploratory and creative experience. by not focusing on skill levels, it acts effortlessly as…
Mirobot A programmable drawing robot for kids
hacking is now a cool kid’s hobby. no longer for nerds, computer programming is stylish and social. with mirobot, young elon musks can get hands-on experience coding to create unique geometric shapes. mirobot arrives in a flat-packed,…
Nike Interactive Installation
field – a london based studio – created an audio/visual installation for nike ‘free run’ called a ‘force of nature’. the experience is an interactive treadmill fit with custom sensors, that takes the runner through a…
OTM technology pen phree
OTM technologies invented an optical translation measurement (OTM) sensor that precisely tracks hand motion across virtually any surface, in a wide dynamic range. they managed to engineer and build a compact, low-cost optical sensor…
Omote TIME FACE TRACKING & PROJECTION MAPPING
[Omote] is a Japanese word for face, or a mask. Face is considered as [mirror] that reflects human soul, a separation between Omote (exterior) and Ura (interior), and in Nogaku, Japan’s classical musical…
Textile Transformations Tiffany Loy
Experimenting with digital craft, Tiffany Loy developed acrylic molds (that double as patterns) to create a unique texture on polyester fabrics. Pressing the material between the two molds forces the material to…
Rohinni Lightpaper
In its current state, Lightpaper is manufactured by mixing ink and tiny LEDs together and printing them out on a conductive layer. That object is then sandwiched between two other layers and…
Manufacturing Processes for Textile and Fashion Design Professionals
An encyclopedic guide featuring over 70 production techniques and over 60 materials used in textile and fashion design.
Materials for Design
Lefteri’s book provides much-needed information on the raw materials, and the low-down on how these can be used.
Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design
Ashby and Johnson explore the role of materials and materials processing in product design.