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Nomad Objects

There was a time, back in the early 2000 when the word “nomad”, linked to “design” lost many of its ethnic traits to be associated to digital culture and dematerialization: it was the time of new nomads, when nomadism lost…

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HOW #SURFACE MATTERS

On April 13th, on the occasion of Milano Design Week (April 11-17), a meeting around the topic #SURFACE will be held at the headquarters of baba. The discussion will explore the relationship between trends, innovation and new materials: screens, mirrors,…

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Smart textiles

This year two big exhibitions about the merging of fashion and technology will be held at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The exhibitions will explore the new patterns of collaboration between scientists, engeneers…

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”A factory in Japan will be the first fully robot-run farm, with a team of automated systems handling every step of the farming process, from watering seeds to harvesting crops. The only part of the process requiring human imput is…

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