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Architecture and design events to look out for in 2015
Architecture and design events to look out for in 2015.
Miffy creator Dick Bruna – the art of reduction
The little cartoon Miffy is famous the world over, from her native Holland to Japan, where they build football pitch-sized illustrations of her in tulips. Her creator, the recently retired graphic illustrator Dick Bruna, has made a career of stripping characters down to their very essence.
Erik Spierkerman on artificial intelligence
AI is short for Artificial Intelligence, but don’t we need to define what is human intelligence first? Maybe AI should stand for Alien Intelligence; for a different way of looking at things rather than a computerised method of working things out, says Erik Spiekermann. Founder of MetaDesign and FontShop, Erik Spiekermann is a teacher, author, designer and partner at Edenspiekermann.
Opinion: Experiments into working practices yield surprising results
Visitors to Clerkenwell Design Week found themselves taking part in a series of scientific experiments aimed at examining at workspace design and management. The results point to seismic possibilities.
Milan Expo 2015 – a look at this year’s pavilions
All eyes will fall on Milan this May for the opening of the 2015 World Expo. Here, we highlight just some of the pavilions to look forward to, while Herbert Wright meets the British pavilion’s designer, Wolfgang Buttress.
A letter from 40,000ft – aboard Virgin Atlantic’s new Dreamliner
Johnny Tucker doesn’t strap in for the inaugural flight of Virgin Atlantic’s latest aircraft — the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner — he’s too busy whooping it up at 40,000ft with London’s hippest DJs at the decks.
Women Fashion Power – review
Rebecca Swirsky reviews the Design Museum’s exhibition Women Fashion Power, which is on until 26 April 2015.
Neri&Hu at this year’s IMM Cologne
Shanghai architect Neri&Hu is creating the focal point for January’s IMM Cologne furniture fair. Johnny Tucker was in Shanghai for the announcement, and then caught up with practice co-founder Lyndon Neri again in London to challenge him about some of the notions behind the scheme.
SCIN curates materials feature at Architect@Work
Material specialist SCIN is curating the materials feature at Architect@Work and the focus is on facades
Reporter – Surface design show 2015
We look forward to seeing The Surface Design Show, in London next month.