At this point, everyone has heard of the technological phenomena that is 3D printing. Forget action figures, basketballs or guns though, the future is here: the newest development in 3D printing technology is actually the technology to create living human kidneys from a 3D printer. Via Shanghaiist Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Fashion Goes East Side
A snap from the Design, Art & Fashion Fair (DAFF) in Shanghai during the Mid-Autumn Festival last week at the Shanghai waterfront. [Photos by Mike Cornelus courtesy of The Ice Cream Truck via Shanghaiist] Continue reading
Is 2D The New Black?
Here’s a turn-up for the books… whilst 3D printing teases us and pushes evermore at the boundaries of tech eccentricity, 3D objects get the 2D treatment to become bold and striking pieces of graphic design… Khansa’a Abu Naji is a Saudi Arabian designer who demonstrates just how easy it is to convert a physical object into … Continue reading
Escape From Tomorrow
One of the most intriguing Disney films to come out this year isn’t a Disney film at all. Apparently, Disney had no idea it was being made and now that they do, it’s a wonder that the people behind it aren’t getting sued. Escape From Tomorrow attracted a lot of attention at Sundance for its … Continue reading
The Fallen 9000
September 21st was Peace Day, a day to remind us that freedom costs dearly and maybe to also make us take a moment to look backwards as we run headlong towards whatever futures we feel like at any particular moment… A gift (or maybe a curse?) enabled by those who lost their lives so we … Continue reading
So This Just Happened_ Hewett Street Block Party, London
Out and about in EC2 yesterday, we came across a full-on ‘urban jamboree‘! Hosted by Protein®, the The Hewett Street Block Party is an annual event which celebrates it’s local creative community whilst also raising money for children’s charity ‘Hackney Pirates‘. Live music, games, workshop, street food and good times were had by all! Continue reading
Beyond 2014… BEYOND Vogue
A meeting of minds and a conversation in time between Vonn_R of Curated Futures and Not Vogue’s Steve Oklyn… We’re casting our gaze beyond 2014. In fact to be more precise, we’ve pitched up in 2023. Everything as we knew it in the “here and now” – socially, culturally, economically, politically – has altered. Beyond. … Continue reading
The Time Lord Cometh
Walking around Cardiff Bay on a sunny autumn lunchtime and who should we find has ‘landed’?? Continue reading
The Lost Future…
Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be. – F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Nice Quiet Place. Continue reading
Curated Futures 