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To upgrade techno, this engineer plays his own robots

Moritz Simon Geist started tinkering to fill a gap. “I want to have electronic music… where you can walk inside it and have this LSD experience.”

To upgrade techno, this engineer plays his own robots

This stunning 3D “visual novel” explores life in a future city-state circa 2029

Welcome to Abraxa.

This stunning 3D “visual novel” explores life in a future city-state circa 2029

Someone fell into artist Anish Kapoor’s bottomless pit sculpture

Or, an accounting of the most absurd art-world accidents in recent history.

Someone fell into artist Anish Kapoor’s bottomless pit sculpture

For Disney Theatrical, video fuels the Broadway star

Andrew Flatt, who oversees marketing for Disney’s live entertainment, explains how video and social media have become more vital ways to fill theater seats.

For Disney Theatrical, video fuels the Broadway star

Basically, stop complaining about smartphones at museums

In a new survey, 91% of people found mobile technology made it dramatically easier to access information about artists.

Basically, stop complaining about smartphones at museums

How Aphex Twin’s “T69 Collapse” video used a neural network for hallucinatory visuals

“I feel I’m still merely scratching the surface.”

How Aphex Twin’s “T69 Collapse” video used a neural network for hallucinatory visuals

How the Smithsonian is turning its art exhibitions into virtual reality experiences

The iconic museum recently announced a partnership with Intel and Linden Lab (creators of Second Life) that turns its current exhibition, No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man, into a virtual experience on Linden Lab’s social VR platform.

How the Smithsonian is turning its art exhibitions into virtual reality experiences

This design studio wants to give VR its iPhone moment

The Air Hand promises to be everything today’s VR systems aren’t: Sleek, cool, and effortlessly usable.

This design studio wants to give VR its iPhone moment

The Warhol Foundation puts $3.6 million toward art for social good

The arts organization is putting money toward projects that explore climate change and racial inequities.

The Warhol Foundation puts $3.6 million toward art for social good

This theater company rebuilt the Titanic and sinks it in a lake every night

“Well, that’s something you don’t see every day.”

This theater company rebuilt the Titanic and sinks it in a lake every night

This beautiful art installation looks like Photoshop. It’s not

It looks like a video glitch, but it’s actually clever color theory at work.

This beautiful art installation looks like Photoshop. It’s not

This artist made a grappling hook for each border wall prototype

It’s “my way of saying . . . there is always a way to overcome a division,” says Ramón Jiménez Cárdenas.

This artist made a grappling hook for each border wall prototype

This is your brain on Cirque du Soleil

The beloved entertainment giant is working with a neuroscientist to try to measure the emotion of awe. It’s all in the name of designing better shows.

This is your brain on Cirque du Soleil

The Knight Foundation awards 5 grants to make art more accessible through tech

Hey Alexa, tell me about the exhibition at the Smithsonian Design Museum?

The Knight Foundation awards 5 grants to make art more accessible through tech

Watch out, Netflix and HBO: NASA’s Cassini coverage earned an Emmy nomination

First space, then Hollywood.

Watch out, Netflix and HBO: NASA’s Cassini coverage earned an Emmy nomination

The Internet Archive is helping these artists get inspired by digital history

Wayback to the future.

The Internet Archive is helping these artists get inspired by digital history

Let Damien Hirst and Yayoi Kusama art-splain their work with this high-tech museum guide

Hirshhorn’s new museum guide lets visitors scan the art with their phones to unlock the story behind it.

Let Damien Hirst and Yayoi Kusama art-splain their work with this high-tech museum guide

Meet the AR startup that wants to give live theater an augmented makeover

Sasha Kreindlin, CEO of ARShow, hopes augmented reality is the next stage frontier. Will stage-loving audiences buy it?

Meet the AR startup that wants to give live theater an augmented makeover

This music festival will be ticketed entirely through blockchain

The inaugural BestLife Music Festival is scheduled to take place in Miami on September 15.

This music festival will be ticketed entirely through blockchain

Can AI have good taste? Auction giant Sotheby’s is counting on it

Sotheby’s acquired startup Thread Genius, whose machine learning tech can discern clients’ artistic and style leanings–and suggest customized purchases.

Can AI have good taste? Auction giant Sotheby’s is counting on it

Impact

The pandemic inspired a new wave of conscious consumerism—but only temporarily

How easy will it be to update the COVID vaccine if the virus mutates too much?

21 reasons to hope in 2021

News

Chobani offers workers paid time off to get coronavirus vaccines

Ava DuVernay and Array will make exclusive audio series for Spotify

Taking on additional responsibilities at work? You’re not alone

Co.Design

Want to succeed in design and business? Support women

You see salad but think fries: Why this new lettuce branding looks like fast food

Grocery stores were already in flux. The pandemic could change them forever

Work Life

‘He’s like Tony Stark and she’s like my mom’: How workplace praise diverges between men and women

A 5-point plan for becoming the best mentor you can be

4 steps companies should take in the aftermath of January 6