2021 | Dezeen

Iga Węglińska’s Emotional Clothing responds to the wearer’s stress levels
▻https://www.dezeen.com/2021/12/12/iga-weglinska-emotional-clothing-stress-body-changes

Polish fashion designer Iga Węglińska has made two tops that change colour or flash with lights to help the wearer identify when they are feeling stressed or anxious.

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Dennis McFadden un architecte conseil de l’université de Santa Barbara démissionne pour protester contre un projet de #résidence_étudiante où 90% des étudiants vivraient dans une chambre sans fenêtre.
▻https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/02/architect-resigns-grotesque-design-university-california-munger-hall

Architect Dennis McFadden has stepped down from a University of California committee in protest over designs for a university dormitory at its Santa Barbara campus where over 90 per cent of its 4,500 students would reportedly live in windowless rooms.

Certaines critiques dénoncent un #univers_carcéral.
En réponse aux critiques Charles Munger le milliardaire « concepteur » (sans formation d’architecte) et partiellement financeur répond qu’il y a des fenêtres « virtuelles ».
#architecture

Rebecca Weiss designs ultrasound-powered male contraceptive device
▻https://www.dezeen.com/2021/09/02/coso-ultrasound-male-contraception-device

German design graduate Rebecca Weiss has won a James Dyson Award for a male contraceptive device called Coso, which uses ultrasound waves to temporarily halt sperm regeneration.

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Encore un bel exemple d’architecture « organique » et cette fois ci on ne pourra pas dire que ça manque de rangement ;-)
MAD completes amorphous Cloudscape of Haikou library in China
▻https://www.dezeen.com/2021/04/22/mad-cloudscape-of-haikou-library-hainan-china

Chinese architecture studio MAD has completed the Cloudscape of Haikou, a sinuous library and waystation that is cast in seamless white concrete on the coast of the Chinese island of Hainan.

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Andrés Reisinger sells « impossible » virtual furniture pieces for $450,000
▻https://www.dezeen.com/2021/02/23/andres-reisinger-the-shipping-digital-furniture-auction

Argentinian designer Andrés Reisinger has sold ten pieces of virtual furniture in an online auction, with the most expensive non-existent item fetching $67,777.

Reisinger, who rose to prominence on Instagram for his renderings of surreal furniture pieces, sold the items in an online auction under the title The Shipping.

Each of the virtual items can be placed in any shared 3D virtual space or “metaverse”, including open worlds such as Decentraland and Somnium Space and Minecraft.

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#design #virtuel mais commerce réel

Enfiler ses chaussures et se déchausser sans les mains.
Pour toutes les personnes qui ont des difficultés à mettre leurs chaussures.
Nike reveals hands-free Nike GO FlyEase trainer
▻https://www.dezeen.com/2021/02/01/nike-go-flyease-trainer-hands-free

Sportswear brand Nike has released the laceless Nike GO FlyEase trainers, which can be put on and taken off without using your hands to replace “antiquated” shoes with laces.

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