No Robots Please! is an elementary school workshop by bioengineer Alan Outten where he introduced children to alternate design concepts and prompted them to invent their own. He began by introducing images mind-altering works such as the Eames’ Powers of Ten, Auger + Loizeau’s Audio Tooth, Raby + Evans’ Meat-eating products and Vacanti’s Human ear on mouse. They then produced design sketches of their ideas, which are categorized into Super Plants, Altered Animals, Transportation, Transhumanism, Gadgets and Gizmos, Lifestyle, Personal Fabrication and Artificial Life. The workshop prompted brilliant product concepts, some of which are shown in this post. Best of all you can download the entire 313-page book free from kithkin.
