IA DESIGN A VISUAL JOURNEY of KNOWLEDGE
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IN THIS ISSUE SPECULATIVE DESIGN BIO HACKING SYNTHETHIC BIOLOGY CRITICAL DESIGN MARGUARITE HUMEAU Nelly Ben Hayoun
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Looking beyond the horizon of this decade or even the next, the future of food and how we will eat it hand, humans possess unprecedented power to shape Nature to our appetites as science and tech delight to the mouths of large swathes of the global population. However, our continued alimentary p side effects of our success as a species place increasing strain on the delicate systems that sustain self-inflicted threats to human survival slowed only by our ability to interfere our way out of impendin
London-based BurtonNitta is an interdisciplinary art and design studio that revels in grappling with th tion. The duo’s growing body of speculative work provides a provocative glimpse of possible worlds the lens of food futures and the rituals that could arise from these design objects.
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t seems obscured by a curious paradox. On the one hnology deliver untold abundance, convenience and prosperity is simultaneously uncertain—ecological n us. So an age-old arms race continues in the form of ng disaster.
he potential and limitations of human culinary evolushaped by nascent scientific discovery, often through
WHAT Possible futures These include the kinds of futures that “might happen” - all the kinds we can imagine (the “warp drive” of Star Trek is a good example), these might also involve transgressions of currently-accepted physical laws or principles. Plausible futures These cover those futures which “could happen” according to our current knowledge of how things work. They stem from our current understanding of physical laws, processes, causation, systems of human interaction, etc. Probably futures These contain those which are considered “likely to happen”. It is a simple linear extension of the present and often called “business-as-usual”. Preferable futures By contrast, these are concerned with what we “want to” happen; in other words, these futures are largely emotional rather than cognitive, and derive from value judgements. Because values differ between people, this class of futures is quite varied
SUPERHEROS eries of helmets aiming at providing its wearer with ‘super-vision’. The Periscope with movable eyes can cancel the presence of people within a room. Whilst the 360 creates an ‘out of body’ perception allowing to see 360 degrees around.
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EVEN THOUGH SPECULATIVE DESIGN SEEMS LIKE DESIGNING A FLYING SAUSAGE AND A CRAZY HUMAN ANDROIDS WITH NO REASON, THERE IS A DEEP PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT RESEARCH SYNTHETHIS PROCESS. IN ORDER TO EXTRAPOLATE NEW CONCEPTS CONCEPTS AND OF COURSE A NEW DESIGN WE NEED TO REFLECT ON THE FUTURE THAT WE LIVE AND WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH IT.
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CHOOSE YOU FUTURE
PROBABLY FUTURES
CHOOSE YOU AUDIENCE
ANALYZE BE CRITICAL
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AQUAPONIC SYSTEM
SPIRULINA SUPER FOOD aquaponic system The food of the future
BIO HACK
BREAKING THE BRIDGE BETWEEN TECH AND HUMANS
First of all WHAT IS BIO HACKING. It seems as more we advance in technology our body finds a need to advance with it to. We dont want to be obsolete or left over entirely human. So now you can enhance your self to do stuff like opening doors with your hand YEP because the first super power that we want to achieve is opening doors. In a paralel universe we kind of do hate keys. So Dangerous things a company that specialices in bio-hacking have answer all our prayers. NEW BIO IMPLANTS for under our skin with the ability to pair RFID cards and open smart locks
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BIO IMPLANTS
It is apperantly very easy to do it, so why not? RIGHT. Well I guess it will co implant yourself a small rice made out of bio glass in order to survive and company not only sells implants but also bio magnets, you know just beca tromagnetic fields near us. All of this may sound a little bit crazy but seriou have implantent ears on their arms or an anthena just to analyze color. It us what we desired; but not any more. INSIDE THE SKIN is the real deal.
ome a time where you even keep up on society. The ause we want to feel elecusly there are guys that se to be external gadgets
QUANTIFIED/SELF
Naomi Kizhner Ever wake up and think to yourself, Man, it is only a matter of time before machines start using humans as a Matrix-style energy source? If yes, then (A) you might want to scale back on the edibles, and (B) Energy Addicts—an “invasive” jewelry concept by Israeli industrial designer Naomi Kizhner, which works by extracting power from your bodily fluids and movements—will scare the living crap out of you. “There are lots of developments of renewable energy resources, but the human body is a natural resource for energy that is constantly renewed, as long as we are alive,” Kizhner says. The designer developed the jewelry as part of her final project at Jerusalem’s Hadassah College, where she considered the ways in which the human body might solve Earth’s looming energy crisis. Kizhner’s preliminary plans for jewels include the E-pulse Conductor, which tracks electric spinal pulses, the Blinker, which sits on the nose and makes energy out of (yes) blinks, and the Blood Bridge, which translates energy from your red blood cells.
ENHANCING HUMA
The creation of the Seismic Sense wearable prototype allows Moon and the team to learn and reflect about how the sense might operate as a permanent implant. This device is an example of an ‘exosense’, an external sensory organ. This means it is designed to be worn and felt consistently, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The constant stream of sensations will allow Moon to develop an instinctual relationship with global seismic activity. The wearable works by communicating over a cellular connection with a cloud-based server, which regularly parses a public US Geological Survey data source for new quake data. When seismic activity is detected, the intensity, distance and duration are represented by small vibrations felt by the wearer. This interaction is based on an existing implant Moon has in her arm, which responds simply to the intensity of earthquakes. As a dancer and choreographer, Moon intends to use the Seismic Sense in her performances, notably in the peice Waiting for Earthquakes. In this performance, Moon waits and responds to any sensations of seismic activity as she feels them
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BIOLOGY COULD CHANGE OUR ECONOMY This was the first time I was introduce to the world of biology. Until this day I thought tech will change our lifes. But the answer is not really in technology but in biology. If you think about it now everything is about the land and what we can grow for it. More and more handmade, organic and free range is more a staple. It has the power to change the market for real state development and economical growth
CRISPR
is a family of DNA sequences in bacteria. The sequences contain snippets of DNA from viruses that have attacked the bacterium. These snippets are used by the bacterium to detect and destroy DNA from similar viruses during subsequent attacks. These sequences play a key role in a bacterial defence system,[2] and form the basis of a technology known as CRISPR/Cas9 that effectively and specifically changes genes within organisms.[3] The CRISPR/Cas system is a prokaryotic immune system that confers resistance to foreign genetic elements such as those present within plasmids and phages[4][5][6] that provides a form of acquired immunity. RNA harboring the spacer sequence helps Cas (CRISPR-associated) proteins recognize and cut exogenous DNA. Other RNA-guided Cas proteins cut foreign RNA.[7] CRISPRs are found in approximately 40% of sequenced bacterial genomes and 90% of sequenced archaea.[8][note 1] CRISPR is an abbreviation of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats.[9] The name was minted at a time when the origin and use of the interspacing subsequences were not known. At that time the CRISPRs were described as segments of prokaryotic DNA containing short, repetitive base sequences. In a palindromic repeat, the sequence of nucleotides is the same in both directions. Each repetition is followed by short segments of spacer DNA from previous exposures to foreign DNA (e.g., a virus or plasmid).[10] Small clusters of cas (CRISPR-associated system) genes are located next to CRISPR sequences.
BIO ENGINEERING OUR FUTURE
iological engineering or bio-engineering (including biological systems engineering) is the application of concepts and methods of biology (and secondarily of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and computer science) to solve real-world problems related to life sciences or the application thereof, using engineering’s own analytical and synthetic methodologies and also its traditional sensitivity to the cost and practicality of the solution(s) arrived at. In this context, while traditional engineering applies physical and mathematical sciences to analyze, design and manufacture inanimate tools, structures and processes, biological engineering uses primarily the rapidly developing body of knowledge known as molecular biology to study and advance applications of organisms and to create biotechnology. This may eventually include the possibility of biologically engineering machines and 3D printing that re-order matter at a molecular scale.
BIO MIMICRY
IMPOSIBLE BURGER MEAT MADE BY PLANTS
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Because we use 0% cows, the Impossible Burger uses a fraction of the Earth’s natural resources. Compared to cows, the Impossible Burger uses 95% less land, 74% less water, and creates 87% less greenhouse gas emissions.\ Our burger is made from simple, all-natural ingredients such as wheat, coconut oil, and potatoes. What makes the Impossible Burger unlike all others is an ingredient called heme. Heme is a basic building block of life on Earth, including plants, but it’s uniquely abundant in meat. We discovered that heme is what makes meat smell, sizzle, bleed, and taste gloriously meaty. Consider it the “magic ingredient” that makes our burger a carnivore’s dream.
TINA GORJA HUMAN LEATHER
The Pure Human range uses DNA sourced from la first collection, Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims, locks of the designer’s hair housed in perspex After extracting the genetic material and implemen culture, Gorjanc’s process involves harvesting the tissue. This would be tanned and processed into h the view to using it in bags, jackets and backpacks “The Pure Human project was designed as a critic that aims to address shortcomings concerning the logical information and move the debate forward u structures,” Gorjanc said
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confrontation between life and death, with the gallery transformed into part temple, part laboratory for the industrial production of an elixir for eternal life. At the heart of the space, two semi-abstracted white polystyrene sculptures based on Ancient Egyptian gods, Wadjet (King Cobra) 2015 and Taweret 2015, merge the organic nature of the human body with biological engineering. Accompanied by the synthetic sound of Cleopatra’s ethereal voice, this hypnotic yellow environment devised from poisonous black mamba python venom, evokes Cleopatra’s death and acts as a reminder of nature’s lethal powers.
CRITICAL DESIGN
This work in progress explores ways to potentially ev The project underlines how design can help us to un a ‘design noir’ perspective that alters the perception causes the feeling, but a machine.
The prototypes, built of a hacked ice spray dispenser evocation of bodily experiences that are usually conn to relate to an unpleasant event in the future, present rience of fear; constraint, as an experience of panic; a controlled through a nearby Arduino board. The boa live data from the internet, which are then represent
The devices demonstrate how low-tech prototyping c are not only bodily, but also actually emotionally evo
voke empathy and commiseration, even in times of supersaturated sadness. nderstand societal issues from a critical point of view, in this case, through of an emotional state through a change in its cause. No longer the mind
r, a motorized contracting rig, and an onion-filled amulet, allowing for the nected to emotional reactions bad news. The proposed emotions are chosen nt, and past, in the order they would normally occur: coldness, as an expeand lachrymatory excitation, as an experience of grief. All prototypes are ard is connected to a mobile phone through a computer, allowing it to read ted in an actuation.
can help us to explore new ways of interaction. In how much these ways can ocative has to be determined in future studies.
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At Nelly Ben Hayoun Studios, we have an ethos with our clients, staff and consultants. As pion mote the value of experiential design practices gagement. We want to win work on the strengt well as the merit of our design and knowledge. Dr. Ben Hayoun defines the Design of Experienc terms of scope, scale and method of engageme vironments, social systems and scenarios. As a of Experiences support the performance of pol public engagement through the use of events ( We propose an innovative formula for truly imm orative, multilayered, extreme and holistic app wider public. We like to be radical and specific use of academic research together with theatr comes to the targeted audience, however we li op experiences in the unexpected. We truly wo film, design, music and experiences. Our exper forms, with one narrative being told through m approach, we like to rethink the role of the des a social sculptor, an explorer, a mythologist an Under Dr. Ben Hayoun’s leadership, we have es record of delivering complex and often ‘imposs studio which integrates critical design, theatric periences.
s that enables collaboration and participation neers in the Design of Experiences, we pros, analytical and critical thinking in public enth and quality of our practice and projects, as . ces as extending the discipline of design in ent combining architecture, installations, ena multidisciplinary design practice, the Design litics, long term thinking and innovation in (music, film, design, semiotics) in institutions. mersive and meaningful experiences – a collabproach which is ultimately accessible to the c in our methods of engagement, making full rical and musical practices. We tailor our outike to surprise and therefore we always develork across different mediums including digital, riential design projects are planned as platmultiple channels. Through our bold cooperative signer as an instigator, a connector, an author, nd a provocateur. stablished ourselves with a successful track sible’ productions and we are the only design cal practices and multiplatform immersive ex-