Cover: Hendrick Avercamp’s ‘Ice Scene’ (c. 1610). Wikimedia Commons How fashion adapted to climate change – in the Little Ice Age Hendrick Avercamp’s ‘Ice Scene’ (c. 1610). Wikimedia Commons Lane Eagles, University of Washington One could say the consequences of the planet’s warming climate can be seen on fashion week runways and the shelves of …
Cover: A fern repeats its pattern at various scales. Michael , CC BY-NC Fractal patterns in nature and art are aesthetically pleasing and stress-reducing A fern repeats its pattern at various scales. Michael , CC BY-NC Richard Taylor, University of Oregon Humans are visual creatures. Objects we call “beautiful” or “aesthetic” are a crucial part …
Cover: Victoria Jones/PA Wire Andy Warhol still surprises, 30 years after his death Catherine Spencer, University of St Andrews During the last 13 years of his life, Andy Warhol made 610 time capsules. The artist stuffed these parcels with found objects and everyday ephemera, before consigning them to storage. When the Andy Warhol Museum in …
cover credit CES – Under Armour Founder and CEO, Kevin Plank, delivered a keynote at CES 2017 The annual premier tech conference held in Las Vegas is attracting close to 200,000 technologists from all around the world. Kevin Plank, Founder CEO Under Armour Keynote by : Karina Mendoza Calayag Credit CES …
cover credit CES – Attendees test new technologies at CES 2017 The annual premier tech conference held in Las Vegas is attracting close to 200,000 technologists from all around the world. CES 2017 Startups by : Karina Mendoza Calayag Credit CES Startups at CES 2017 See the newest ideas, services and tech products …
Cover: A dress by designer Iris van Herpen, who, with her runway designs, challenges common fashion norms and beliefs. Zach Balbino/flickr, CC BY-ND Can technology help fashion clean up its act? A dress by designer Iris van Herpen, who, with her runway designs, challenges common fashion norms and beliefs. Zach Balbino/flickr, CC BY-ND Suzanne Mancini, …
Cover image: Wedding ensemble, Karl Lagerfeld (French, born Hamburg, 1938) for House of Chanel (French, founded 1913), autumn/winter 2014–15 haute couture, back view; Courtesy of CHANEL Patrimoine Collection. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope Costume Institute’s Spring 2016 Exhibition to Focus on the Handmade and Machine-made in Fashion …
Cover: Kurokawa’s Toshiba-IHI Pavilion, Osaka Expo 1970. Takato Manui/Wikimedia One of the great laboratories of the future and its side-effects is science fiction. ‘The wall flickered partially out of existence as he stepped through to the corridor,’ wrote Arthur C Clarke in his novel The City and the Stars (1956), ‘and its polarised molecules resisted …
Cover: Picasso’s The Young Ladies of Avignon (1907) scored extremely high when entered into the creativity algorithm. Wally Gobetz/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Which paintings were the most creative of their time? An algorithm may hold the answers Picasso’s The Young Ladies of Avignon (1907) scored extremely high when entered into the creativity algorithm. Wally Gobetz/flickr, CC …
Cover: When is a map not a map? When it’s a diagram. Roger Wollstadt Sublime design: the London Underground map When is a map not a map? When it’s a diagram. Roger Wollstadt Louise McWhinnie, University of Technology Sydney What makes a design “classic”? That it stands the test of time through continued use, critical …