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E-phone, nuevo concepto de smartphone con pantalla e-ink

E-phone, nuevo concepto de smartphone con pantalla e-ink #Teléfonos #Tecnología #Noticias

Si hay una característica en concreto que a los distintos fabricantes de smartphones les encanta jactarse, es de las pantallas de sus teléfonos. Samsung por ejemplo, presume de sus pantallas Super AMOLED, que nos ofrece unos colores más vivos y mejores ángulos de visión, a Sony le encanta presumir de sus pantallas Bravia y Apple apuesta por sus pantallas Retina. Es por esto, por lo que no tiene…

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[hyperallergic]

Breeding the Perfect Chair

The procession of Chairgenics (image courtesy FormNation)

Good or bad, every experiment starts with…

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[robertkloos]

From October 16, 2013 until April 1, 2014 the Museum of Art and Design in New York will feature various Dutch designers and studios in the exhibition Out of Hand: Materializing the Postdigital, which explores the many areas of 21st-century creativity made possible by advanced methods of computer-assisted production known as digital fabrication. Including ByAMT (Alissia Melka-Teichroew), Demakersvan, Formnation (Jan Habraken), Joris Laarman, Lucas Maassen, Marloes ten Bhömer, Unfold (Claire Warnier and Dries Verbruggen), Daan van den Berg, and Dirk Vander Kooij. In addition  Shapeways is partnering with MAD for the exhibition and will host Out of Hands / Hands on,  an educational and interactive space on the Museum's second floor where visitors will be able to experience 3D design and printing firsthand. http://bit.ly/19DpL0a

[ryanpanos]

Chairgenics - Breeding Chairs | FormNation | Via

How many chairs have already been designed and how many more will be designed in the future? How can this form evolve? Which combination of elements will lead to the creation of the perfect chair? How far can technology assist in perfecting design and optimizing production? These are just some of the questions that concern Jan Habraken and his team of designers at FormNation, a New York based European design studio specialized in architecture, product and environmental design. Following Darwinian Theory, after commencing a scientific inquiry, Habraken's chairs evolution theory led to the Chairgenics project: a quest to breed the ultimate chair by combining the right elements in order to move towards genetic perfection.