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Slava Kozlov

Kanye West profiles the Dress probe, enthuses funs



Coincidentally, the same Dress probe was recently profiled by Kanye West, prominent American singer and produder, in his blog, KanYeWest Blog.

In addition to the hi-res images, Kanye also placed to the blog the video displaying Bubelle, an emotion-sensing dress,… Continue

Posted by Slava Kozlov on November 20, 2009 at 1:16am

Slava Kozlov

Design Initiatief uses Design Probes as an inspiration



I've recently spotted a video with a few Design Probes (Dress) by Philips Design used on the newly redesigned website of Design Initiatief, a Dutch organization helping companies to embed creativity and design into their business innovation practices. The video (in Dutch) explains how Philips Design explores possible futures by d… Continue

Posted by Slava Kozlov on November 20, 2009 at 12:30am

Andrew C Morrison

Digital Tectonics at the WSA welcomes you

Hi, I am currently completing my masters at the Welsh School of Architecture and invite you to look at our design studios blog at-

www.wsadt.net

I am currently compiling a thesis based on the ideology of self sustenance which has a lot of relevance to fans of the design probes 'home farming unit'. Hopefully we can develop a dialogue amongst both parties.

Posted by Andrew C Morrison on November 19, 2009 at 7:00pm

Stéphanie Griffiths

Managing Consequences - Trends & Attitudes

Hi, I have just attended an interesting debrief from the Futures Companie in London and I thought it could be food for thought for your community

• UK consumers are emerging from the economic crisis with new values and attitudes

• A new era of consumption is here – the Era of Consequences (after the Era of indulgence & the recession mindset)

• Key social drivers: Living with Uncertainty, Looking for Control, Considering Consequences

• 6 new sources of value represent footholds for market… Continue

Posted by Stéphanie Griffiths on November 5, 2009 at 5:51pm

Mademoiselle Sophie

Future of food at Electrolux does not seem much different...

WIth their molecular food printer, Electrolux seems to see the future of food in a very similar manner than Philips.

Check out here for their other innovations..

Is the Future that predictable that solutions end up being so similar? Comments anyone?

Posted by Mademoiselle Sophie on October 27, 2009 at 5:02pm — 1 Comment

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