Second Skins, building the fundament
To develop a strong, coherent and relevant project, it is important to build a good foundation. Within this process, it is essential to always keep your main goals in mind. What are we working towards, why and for whom are we doing this? These questions …
Assa Ashuach – Footwear Time Based Design
Project title: Footwear Time Based Design / Assa Ashuach at assastudio.com The initial ReFream project phases focus on research, concept generation and some initial experiments. Meeting the project partners was very fruitful and in the past few weeks, we have managed to cover a wide …
POSTNATURAL PROSTHESES: THE PROTECTIVE MASK
We are Filippo Nassetti and Vincenzo Reale, and much of our work focuses on changing the notion of prostheses, from medical devices, to artworks and fashion products. Our previous work aimed at transforming artificial implants replacing missing body parts (“prostheses”), into technological extensions and augmentations …
syntropia
syn·tro·py (sin’trō-pē), The antithesis of entropy, is the tendency towards energy concentration, order, organisation and life. The foundation of the project Syntropia are two individual projects Ra(h)menschuh by Sophia Guggenberger and Syntropic Materials by Eugenia Morpurgo. Ra(h)menschuh is an investigation into alternative construction methods …
New Blue. Novel material of recycled denim – first steps in the collaboration with Re-Fream.
Material and product designer Tim van der Loo and techno-anthropologist Sandra Nicoline Nielsen entered the ReFREAM collaboration based on a very simple idea. The co-research idea is to build on an existing fabric created as part of the circular garment project New Blue, further developing …
Ignotum project introduction
This is our first blog post for our Re-FREAM project Ignotum. My name is Jan, and I am one of the founders of WertelOberfell. We are based in Berlin and Munich and have a strong background in industrial design and 3d printing within the design …
The combination of Art&Tech
Art and technology, two seemingly contradictory fields combined together, can create amazing projects. Today, technology is a new way to convey artistic designs and outlooks. In the fields of natural sciences, computer engineering, and other respective technology sectors, scientific creations are revolutionizing and reinforcing the …
Sustainable Design-Circular Economy
In project cooking new materials, one of the top priorities that we follow in our entire concept is sustainability and circular economy. While most industries are currently following a linear production model to meet the growth of market demand, our circular economy aims to redefine …