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Oct 30, 20249 min read
Exploring Shadows and Self: In Conversation About Rising River, the AI-Powered VR Experience
In an era where technology is increasingly used to deepen our understanding of the mind, Rising River stands out as a pioneering VR...
Oct 10, 20246 min read
Kevin Lee: Decoding Cultural Access Memory
At the intersection of technology and cultural critique stands artist Kevin Lee’s most recent piece, “Cultural Access Memory,” displayed...
Jun 5, 20245 min read
In Conversation: Yining Ge, Redefining Materiality in Furniture Design
Yining Ge (b. 2001, Hangzhou, China) is a furniture designer currently based in Providence, RI. His work, primarily in wood, extends into...
Dec 18, 20236 min read
In Conversation: Mingxuan Shen, Weaving Cultural Narratives Through Design
In the world of design, where creativity intersects with cultural narratives, Mingxuan Shen stands out as a beacon of innovation and...
Jun 22, 20235 min read
Digital Realities: Yilin Du's Exploration of Identity in the Virtual Frontier
The landscape of digital art is continuously evolving, propelled by artists who dare to question and challenge our perspectives. One such...
Apr 30, 20238 min read
In Conversation: Varini Nathany On Empathy, Memory, and Design
Varini Nathany is a graphic designer, a serial doodler, and a motion design enthusiast. Hailing from the vibrant city of Kolkata, India,...
Apr 21, 20235 min read
Data Fever: Ephemeral Realism, Eternal Reverie by Yunjia Yuan
No one ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river, and they’re not the same person.” ——Heraclitus Can data be...
Apr 5, 20238 min read
In Conversation: Nonhuman and Bio-mythical Cosmologies of Yiou Wang
Yiou Wang is an experimental multimedia artist and game/interaction designer whose works explore the nonhuman agency, mind-body...
Feb 20, 20237 min read
In Conversation: Xinyi Wu
Xinyi Wu is an interdisciplinary creator who works at the intersection of art and science. She graduated from the School of Design and...
Jan 16, 20233 min read
THIS STATEMENT IS FALSE by Kevin Lee, on machine intelligence, truth, and control
An interactive AI art installation designed to provoke thought into AI’s role in our lives through a conversation with GPT3.
Dec 15, 20224 min read
In Conversation: Breathe A Plant by Triss Qian
Breathe a Plant is an interactive installation that allows the audience to sense the inner connection between humans and plants.
Dec 5, 20222 min read
Bio Embellishments by Aradhita Parasrampuria
Artist Aradhita Parasrampuria has created a collection of pieces utilizing biodegradable algae-based embellishments that transform with...
Nov 28, 20225 min read
SFERÅ | Service Futures: Empowering reflective action
Service Futures: empowering reflective action is a sphere of service design shared learning and reflection towards a regenerative future.
Nov 17, 20223 min read
Democratopia by Lina Dovydenaite: A speculative future of Data-Driven AI-Supported Direct Democracy
Artist Lina Dovydenaite speculated on the concept of data-driven direct democracy in virtual public spaces of futuristic city scales.
Nov 15, 20223 min read
Self-Care by Lyndsey Walsh: Questioning bodily identities associated with disease, gender, and care
Self-Care confronts the inheritance of bodily trauma and the impact of the medical gaze and surveillance on the so-called "female body".
Nov 14, 20223 min read
In Conversation: Astro Tofu by Yinglun Mao
AstroTofu is a design fiction project investigating a new notion of futurism, the 'Soilfuturism', through the lens of space exploration.
Nov 7, 20222 min read
In Conversation: A Journey from Depression to Self-healing through A VR Escape Game by Xizhen Ning
Artist Xizhen Ning took to courage to reflect on her depression and projected her ongoing journey of self-healing into a VR game, Journey.
Nov 7, 20223 min read
In Conversation: Self Evolution from Guihan Lu's Series, Self Theater
Self Evolution, by Guihan Lu, is a projection mapping installation that plays with theater and self-portraiture.
Nov 6, 20222 min read
"Querklang": Exploring Contemporary Music Through (Re)Constructing Graphical Scores
"Querklang" is a 156-page book investigating the relationship between graphics and musical scores.
Nov 3, 20223 min read
Plant-based data storage: Imagining a symbiosis between plants and data
Speculative designer Xiaofan Jiang and design technologist Xintong Tan imagined a world where data and plants form a symbiotic relationship.
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