Link dump, 1

Time for spring cleaning my bookmarks… Here are some recents publications which I enjoyed very much, but which didn’t make it into posts:

Neuroscience

https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer/ Essay by Robert Epstein. “Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer.”

Digital design

http://donottouch.org/ A ‘crowd sourced music video’

Hyper-Reality, the video below (and an interview with the designer here):

Naturalness in design

http://www.dezeen.com/2016/05/28/yenchen-yawen-studio-patina-jesmonite-vessels-candle-holders-clerkenwell-design-week/ Patina Jesmonite vessels change colour over time. Great example of the 3rd stage of naturalness in design.

http://newundersol.blogspot.nl/2013/09/nanotechnology-in-roman-empire.html/ The Lycurgus Cup, a 2,400 year old Roman glass cup, changes color when held up to light. Wonderful things can happens if you know your materials.

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/06/the-unseen-air-fashion-accessories-change-colour-design-selfridges-london/ The Unseen’s Air fashion accessories change colour in different climates.

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/06/26/herman-miller-studio-7-5-metaform-portfolio-foam-hackable-office-furniture-system/ A ‘hackable office system’ that allows anyone to adapt spaces immediately without needing hardware to install it.

Architecture

http://www.designboom.com/architecture/a-model-of-dreams-danish-pavilion-venice-biennale-06-03-2016/ ‘A model’ seeks to create an architecture which reflects the dreams of many. The result is so-so but the thinking is interesting nonetheless.

http://www.archdaily.com/787521/seychelles-makes-first-venice-biennale-appearance-with-between-two-waters-exhibition/ Curators and architects describe eloquently how the Seychelles architecture has been informed by ‘two waters’: the rain, and the sea.

Anything I should read?

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