Some of you might remember that I flew to London in May to participate in a roundtable discussion for Sony Europe. Here are, finally, the videos from our discussion about how technology in the home has changed over the past 50 years; The function of the TV, both in the past as well as in the future; The function of the living room and how the use of that space has changed over time; What the ideal living room looks like; What the future TV will look like.

See more videos from the round table discussion after the jump, or check out Sonys profile on Youtube.

(more…)

Eunsuk Hur is a textile designer who is looking to push the boundaries of fashion and interior design by exploring different materials and approaches leading to new textile futures. With her modular system of textile pieces called Nomadic Wonderland , she has manage to make a textile that can be transformed into everything from a high fashion dress, to a wall decoration or even a rug. It’s only your creativity that can stop you when it comes to the Nomadic Wonderland. Press + to see some amazing photos!

(more…)

Barcodes, or UPC symbols, take up quit a lot of space on almost every packaging out there. The barcode it self is usually just a boring black and white group of lines and numbers, but hopefully more designers will start thinking about how to integrate the barcode to their future packaging-designs, in the best possible way. Here are some really nice examples on someone who’ve done just that; the Swedish design studio Amore! Over you see a barcode turned into a rain-cloud that Amore did for a Korean yoghurt brand and if you press more (+) i´ll show you some other great examples well! (more…)

…and if so, would it even be considered a car if no one drives it?

Mike and Maaike has designed ATNMBL; a concept vehicle for year 2040 that represents the end of driving and an alternative approach to car design.  The “car” has no steering wheel, brake pedal or driver seat but will instead ask you to type in your destination and it gets you there thanks to sophisticated GPS sensors and a navigation database.

(Click on the plus-sign under to continue reading and to see more pictures of ATNMBL)

(more…)

If you read this blog regularly you should know by now that I have a little hang up for jellyfishes. And I am happy to see that jellyfishes are a big inspiration to others as well, now that they are popping up in products and animations. The most magnificent jellyfish-thing I saw at Salone del mobile was the amazing Canon installation of Neoreal at Trienale. Huge organic shaped screens, soft music and interactive projections on the screens gave the room the sensation of an underwater world. Thanks to advanced projection technology the beautiful jellyfishes would appear on the screens as you got close to it. a collaboration between architect Akihisa Hirata and interactive artist Takahiro Matsuo. (more…)