For his latest architectural project, Drew Seskunas didn’t design a house or a restaurant or a retail shop, but an interactive light installation, presented at the 2011 DMY in Berlin. Made of folded pieces of laser-cut aluminum ...READ»
Think of Berlin and adjectives like bright, shiny, and happy don't exactly spring to mind. But Matthias Heiderich has managed to capture something rarely seen in the city: its smile.
Heiderich, a self-taught photographer, has spent ...READ»
A good shopkeeper knows that to lure customers month after month, he has to freshen not just his stock, but the look of his space, too. That doesn’t come easy (or cheap). One pert little boutique in Berlin has a whip-smart solution: ...READ»
"People have carpal tunnel because hardware wasn't designed with humans in mind. The same problem exists with digital interfaces -- human elements are often left out of code," says Carolyn Guertin, a self-proclaimed cyberfeminist, ...READ»
In the world of strange bedfellows, YouTube and the Guggenheim would surely be the couple most likely to take the cake. Yet the museum has turned to the video-hosting site to source its creative talent for ¡ts forthcoming biennale of ...READ»
Most city maps are awkward, fold-up creations that fail for a variety of reasons. One, they're unwieldy. Two, potential bag-snatchers and pick-pockets can spot you a mile off--you might as well be holding an umbrella emblazoned with ...READ»
The Chinese have been engineering the weather for years and plans to geoengineer the climate to delay climate change are in the works, so is it any surprise that a proposal to build a huge artificial mountain in Berlin is gaining ...READ»