this is the first of many posts from the science history museum in florence (museo di storia della scienza) – an armillary sphere (sfera armillare) representing the entire earth and plotting the extents of the sky in carved and guilded wood. commissioned by ferdinando 1 de’medici and built by antonio santucci in florence in 1588-1593 […]
Category Archives: product design
max air
designing the evolution of walking on air – having finally filling the whole sole with air, nike is getting nostalgic. every air max from the past 20 years is reviewed, and also available as a desktop background (pictured)
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design evolution
an old story, but a weird antenna: this little thing was designed to communicate between 5 television-sized satellites orbiting the earth. the only problem is, it’s almost impossible to design (by humans). instead, nasa used genetic algorithms capable of selecting between millions of options and refining the fittest – all within 10 hours. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=14394
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sexy burka
my vote for best-in-show at last night’s seamless fashion show is arabiia by the medialab’s ayah bdeir: a belly dancer transforming into a fully veiled woman on the runway (performed stunningly by meiver)
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