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Browsing Kinetic Nature

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Perspillicum by Lightning + Kinglyface, photography Ryan Hopkinson
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Luxury

The Living Machine

What we once knew as nature continues to change under the impact of industrialisation. Drawing on the tensions shaping this new landscape, artists and designers are creating hybrid concepts where nature is augmented with high-tech qualities.

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Fashion

Submerged

Environmentalists’ concerns about the planet’s dwindling natural resources are inspiring radically futuristic spatial concepts, Brandstanding campaigns and mindful product lines that prompt us to rethink our relationship as consumers with the world’s oceans.

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Design

Piping hot: Interactive installation for oil company makes waves in Norway

Oslo – Breaking the Surface is a collaborative art project between a collective of Norwegian design agencies that emulates an underwater world.

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Design

Rise and shine: Melbourne Pavilion in full bloom for creative arts festival

Melbourne – The inaugural MPavilion has officially opened to the public, and is home to a four-month festival of architecture, design and creative arts.

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Design

Sensing space: Responsive installation at Design Miami/ Basel

Basel – Industrial designer Jamie Zigelbaum has created a striking digital installation for Design Miami/ Basel that responds to human movement.

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Marketing & Branding

Fauna Fetish

In our increasingly digital landscape there is a recurring preoccupation with the natural world.

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Design

Window tunnel: Kinetic installation mimics nature

Lugano, Switzerland – Swiss artist Zimoun is known for making architectural installations that explore layers of sound. For his latest work, '36 ventilators, 4.7m³ packing chips', he transformed the windows of the Art Museum Lugano into wind tunnels, with a flurry of Styrofoam popcorn fluttering against the windows in a white noise soundscape.

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Design

Taking the temperature: Exhibition explores heat and cold

Milan – Creative research centre Fabrica has brought a dose of fresh air to air conditioning system maker Daikin by exploring the concept of temperature through a series of artistic and sensory installations, named Hot & Cold, at the Garage Milano.

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Luxury

Design Miami/ 2013

Classic natural and earthly forms were re-interpreted at Design Miami/ this month. With a combination of rich materials and textures, designers explored sensory surfaces and geological formations.