Matter Still Matters (in The Immaterial Age)
6 Apr, 2019
Text by Silvia Pizzocaro The recurrent arguments of immateriality, with its claims for shapeless functions and for information as raw material, continue occurring in a
Text by Silvia Pizzocaro The recurrent arguments of immateriality, with its claims for shapeless functions and for information as raw material, continue occurring in a
Text by Kirsi Niinimäki, Camilla Groth & Pirjo Kääriäinen New Silk is a 4-year material research project conducted at Aalto University aiming to produce new
Interview by Lidia Ratoi Technology is viewed in different manners. Some see it as positive. Most see it as negative. Some are neutral. However, there
Text by CLOT Magazine ELISAVA is a centre specialising in design and engineering located in the center of Barcelona, close to Les Rambles, attached to
Text by CLOT Magazine Heading For Extinction (and what to do about it?)… The planet is in an ecological crisis: we are in the midst
Interview by Agata Kik When we cannot make sense of all the information with which we are bombarded each day, when we cannot use reason
Text by CLOT Magazine A new exhibition is opening at STATE Studio Berlin, Living Canvas, by Fara Peluso, a Berlin based designer and artist. The exhibition consists
Interview by Tina Gorjanc Euglena is a genus of more than 1,000 single-celled flagellated (i.e., having a whiplike appendage) microorganisms with plant and animal characteristics.
Text by CLOT Magazine Lots have been said and written about human enhancement, robotic prosthetics, cyborgs and even human-animal communication augmentation. But what about plants?
Text by CLOT Magazine This Thursday 13 Biofabricate, the annual summit on grown materials, comes to New Lab in Brooklyn to celebrate its fifth anniversary.
Interview by Allan Gardner Studio Drift was founded in 2007 by Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta. Their work explores the relationships between humans, nature and
Text by CLOT Magazine Architect, urban designer and ecologist Claudia Pasquero and architect, author and educator Marco Poletto founded in 2005 ecologicStudio, an architectural and
Interview by Tina Gorjanc In the past couple of years, the discipline of material innovation has seen an increasing number of interdisciplinary collaborations, which are
Words by Lidia Ratoi 3D Printing is an increasingly popular fabrication technique – we are witnessing many materials, from plastic to bio-resin, machines such as
Interview by Tina Gorjanc Over the last couple of years, the fashion and textile industry has taken a great interest in the new possibilities that
Text by CLOT Magazine The infamous ‘Monster of Whitechapel’, a 130-tonne ‘fatberg’, is a huge clump of oil, rubbish and waste which block up the
Text by CLOT Magazine On the 22 of September, Istanbul Design Biennial opened its doors to the public, and it will run through to November
Words by Tina Gorjanc Open Cell, a community-led-non-profit creative space, opened its door with the Biodesign Here Now festival on the 19th of September as
Text by CLOT Magazine They say smell is one of the most powerful evocative of the senses. Memories seem intricately bound to certain smalls and
Text by CLOT Magazine Arcade East, London College of Fashion’s new project space, was developed to host a themed season of events and installations focusing