How Textile Designers Can "Hack" Fabrication Technologies and Techniques
For this six-part series, Metropolis asked the textile industry's foremost experts what inspires them—here's what Susan Lyons, president of Designtex, told us.
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MIT's Self-Assembly Lab Showcases a New 3D Printing Process at Design Miami/ 2017
The new technique, dubbed Rapid Liquid Printing, has broad potential to make 3D printing cheaper, faster, and more versatile.
New Book from MIT Honors Pioneering Graphic Designer Muriel Cooper
Cooper is not in the pantheon of "great men" of graphic design, despite being the rare or even singular figure whose achievements were marked in both print and digital media.
MIT Researchers Develop All-in-One Robotic Furniture System
Developed with Yves Béhar, Ori hopes to solve the problem of cramped urban living with app-based, "smart" furniture.
Could Sewage Sensors Help Us Address the Opioid Crisis?
A new start-up believes that wastewater analysis could empower cities to proactively tackle the opioid epidemic.
MIT, Steelcase to 3D Print Custom Designs on Demand
In its quest to create the ultimate customizable furniture, Steelcase teamed up with MIT to develop a new digital fabrication technology.
These Innovative Materials Will Redefine Our Future
The new book Transmaterial Next, by Blaine Brownell, catalogues remarkable innovations in material science, from the lightest substances ever made to self-assembling robotic cubes.
MIT on the Frontier: An Interview with Hashim Sarkis
We speak with MIT Dean Hashim Sarkis about the university's truly remarkable presence at this year's Venice Biennale.
MIT's Memory Matrix Installation: Preserving Culture in Digital Perpetuity
This installation physically and cryptographically commemorates monuments across the globe that have been destroyed by conflict.
Review: MIT Publications Tackle the Future of Infrastructural Innovation
Twin volumes from MIT's Center for Advanced Urbanism explore the cultural implications of infrastructure.
Can Laboratory Research Be a Kind of Design?
Researchers in labs across the country are getting their hands dirty and prototyping ideas at every scale, from molecules to cities. Their findings will have a profound impact on our world.
The "Sensing" City Is the Future of Urbanism
The Smart City isn’t enough. How might real-time data awaken the humanity in our buildings and public spaces?
Structural Seaweed? Tech Is Helping Designers Create New Building Materials
An increasingly robust body of research, conducted by an emerging generation of architects and designers, points the way to new methods of building and making.
Matter Design Has One Foot in Antiquity and Another in the Digital Age
The two partners at Matter Design excel at converting their avant-garde ideas into reality.
Will Smart-Surface Technology Overtake Us?
Now that technology can be embedded into virtually anything—walls, floors, ceilings, even carpets— we’re just starting to sort out the implications.
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