It’s 4pm at Manchester’s newest rugby stadium. The pitch is empty, but inside, a group of city planners, architects, local government officials and IT nerds have spent the day imagining a world where street lights turn off when no one is around, public services as branding opportunities, park benches as charging...
German magazines Bauwelt and D-B2 organized a guided tour for architects during the fair. We were taken to several stands for product presentations from carpets to lighting and a focus on acoustics, sustainability and smart choices.
Object Carpet gave a presentation on how to use its online configurator in the...
Experts are now explaining what’s in store for the future of IoT and how to get there.
“Where design today focuses on physical products, design of the future will be about data-driven products and experience. Where innovation today is about creating new products, innovation of the future will be focused around...
Recently, Peter Taylor had an epiphany. He was at a restaurant with his young daughter who was annoyed that the lights were too bright. At home she was used to controlling the lights with her voice using Amazon Echo so she shouted:
“Alexa, lights off!”
The waiter was perplexed as to why a girl would talk to the...
Andrei Speridião designs connections. He moves beyond and between fabrication, technology, interactive objects and conceptual exchanges, developing innovative networks of people and things using digital thinking.
The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. The Brazilian designer was raised by a designer mother who...
Never get lost in your work environment again, and forget depending on a GPS or Wi-Fi. “The human-machine interface company” Daqri launched the Smart Helmet to enhance sensing capabilities outside the user’s traditional senses. The helmet fuses the company’s Intellitrack technology and native augmented reality...
The Fire Line Automatic 3 by Planika took first place for the iNovo iSaloni Tech award. An endless line of fire ignites due to the connection of multiple units, which are controlled with any smart device through a Wi-Fi system. The FLA 3 also connects to any Smart Home System and makes for a beautiful addition both...
Already on the American market for over ten years, SageGlass was presented for the very first time in Dubai at the construction fair Big Five in November 2015.
Its factory based in Minnesota produces glass that “tints on demand which helps save energy, reduce heat and glare and enables building occupants maintain a...
Despite the conveniences of modern technology, wires restrain us. Most of us have experienced the frantic search for a charger or electric plug as cell phone batteries run low (like the YouTube video below).
Corian surfaces by Dupont, a leading global brand for surface material, innovates stylish and durable products....
