A friend recently taught me the term Solarpunk. It’s a genre of Speculative Fiction that focuses on a greener and more optimistic future. The “punk” is: that it’s actually going against the grain.
Here’s a rendering…
and here’s a project (in Singapore) which is considered Solarpunk.
This is mind-expanding and suggests a potentially sustainable means of fabricating textiles and so much more. Read/see more here.
I feel like Apple could have designed this 15 years ago and everyone would have gotten one.
Here are some of the ways laid out in this Metropolis Mag piece.
It’s truly inspiring the ways in which individuals and companies are handling/dealing with this virus by being adaptable, innovative and flexible. Watch this group of Tesla engineers describe how they re-used Tesla car parts to make a ventilator prototype with a dashboard touch-screen interface.
It’s quite a movement with so many pitching in - more info. here. Also, just found another simple face shield that only requires laser cutter (no 3D printing necessary).
I just joined this: https://www.make4covid.co/
It’s for Coloradans who are interested in making things or solving problems related this virus.
If you don’t happen to have a spare stylus and you need one in a pinch. Here are a few tricks to make your own out of common materials.
Good luck out there.
I’m planning to build this 18’ plywood boat in the spring. Just got drawings about 2 weeks ago and am slowly gathering materials. I’ll be sure to document progress and post at milestones. See more paddle or rowboats by CLC here.
This is one of those projects that beautifully merges what computers can solve for mathematically to facilitate what humans can construct physically. See more here.
Drum roll please. Here they are.
Phenomenal research and development is going into smart prosthetics. Some are better than the real thing. Check out more here.
Mies was arguably one of the masters of minimalism. The image below is from the Farnsworth House - completed in 1951. His limited palette paired with bold moves (ext. walls of glass) highlight his impressive editing skills.
Check out this piece on how farmers are creating electricity from animal and food waste in Massachusetts.
I love how this brutalist architecture from the 60’s-70’s looks like a ruin from a 1000 years ago. It was this family’s experimental project. See more info here.
Just what it sounds like. Danish company has high goals for preventing rivers from distributing garbage to oceans and collecting anything that’s already gotten through. Watch animation here.
Cambridge University students have created this new EV - it gets over 550mpg. Read more here.
High tech printing with Terminator 2 technology. More here.
Best to watch this with the sound turned down. Revealed geometry is fascinating to me. Watch.
Beautiful organic bamboo projects. See more here.
