design technology
Ideas
“We just need to make the revolution irresistible”: A story about hemp
In the second of a two-part exploration of hemp in today’s built environment, we consider risk and reward.
Events
The age of hemp? Aesthetics, legalities and the promise of carbon-neutrality
In the first of a two-part exploration of hemp in today’s built environment, we consider aesthetics and why the material hasn’t been used more widely.
Articles
Introducing the Here Before Collection, a collaboration celebrating Indigenous art
Dreamtime Flooring, a 100 per cent Indigenous-owned business, has partnered with renowned carpet manufacturer Godfrey Hirst to launch the Here Before Collection.
Ideas
Comment: Can we please stop designing for the set of Blade Runner?
Simon Liley, Principal Sustainability Consultant at Cundall, writes about how cyberpunk dystopias haven’t (quite) come to pass yet – and how designers can avoid them.
Ideas
BLP’s Bettina Bartos on science, technology and healthcare design
To mark International Women’s Day 2024, we hear directly from the BLP Principal who has forged an impressive career designing in and around healthcare, science and technology.
Project
Smart Home Meets Traditional Retail By Spacemen
China-based interior design firm Spacemen has created a showroom and experience centre for well-known technology brand Haier that is both futuristic and minimal yet also, at times, homey.
People
Xavier De Kestelier of HASSELL: On A Design-Tech Odyssey
After reaching the final stages of NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge for Mars, Xavier De Kestelier, Principal and Head of Design Technology and Innovation at HASSELL, shares his thoughts on the latest computational and technological tools in the design studio.
People
The Design Technology Odyssey Of HASSELL’s Xavier De Kestelier
After reaching the final stages of NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge for Mars, Xavier De Kestelier, Principal and Head of Design Technology and Innovation at HASSELL, shares his thoughts on the latest computational and technological tools in the design studio.