Dezeen's top 10 designs for the metaverse from 2021
Lifelike virtual humans and an NFT house are among 10 metaverse designs blurring the line between the physical and digital world, which we've rounded up as part of our review of 2021. More
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Nike gets "metaverse-ready" with acquisition of virtual sneaker company RTFKT
Sportswear brand Nike has announced its acquisition of RTFKT, a digital design studio producing trainers and other collectibles that can be worn across different online environments. More
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Biopolymer Aguahoja III pavilion shows how "we can begin to redesign our built structures as if they were grown" writes Neri Oxman
Architect and designer Neri Oxman describes Aguahoja III, a pavilion robotically manufactured from organic matter, in this article prepared as part of Oxman's contribution to the Dezeen 15 festival. More
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Superflux selects five designs that realign humanity's relationship to the planet
A virtual garden where users can change genders and an online resource that maps ecological worlds feature in design studio Superflux's roundup. More
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Highlights from week two of Dezeen 15 include Space Popular predicting a "three-dimensional version of the internet"
The second week of the Dezeen 15 festival saw Space Popular demonstrating a new type of portal for the metaverse while Henna Burney celebrated salt as a material for the future. More
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Space Popular sets out its vision for digital portals made of virtual textiles
Day six of the Dezeen 15 virtual festival saw architects Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg of Space Popular explain their idea for "a civic infrastructure for virtual teleportation" in a live video interview. More
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Space Popular proposes a "civic infrastructure for virtual teleportation" to help people navigate the metaverse
In their manifesto for the Dezeen 15 online festival, architects Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg of Space Popular propose portals made of virtual textiles to transform the experience of passing between digital worlds. More
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Technology
Technology
Google's Material You design language enables more personal interfaces
Google will add a colourful "new set of capabilities" to its digital interfaces, allowing users to further personalise visuals on their phone and tablet screens. More
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Design
Design
Something Spaces web plugin showcases the work of Black creatives online
Creative agency Something and nonprofit organisation Where are the Black Designers? have created a web browser plugin that exhibits the work of Black creatives every time a new tab is opened. More
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Yusuke Shigeta reinvents traditional Japanese folding screen with digital animation
This one-minute video shows how artist Yusuke Shigeta has updated a traditional Japanese art form using digital modelling techniques. More
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Look Labs creates "world's first digital fragrance" as NFT
Berlin-based Look Labs has created a digital fragrance using near-infrared spectroscopy to create a digital reflection of the scent, which has been encoded as an NFT. More
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Formafantasma redesigns website to reduce "pollution connected to the internet"
Italian design duo Formafantasma has unveiled a pared-back website designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. More
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Li Edelkoort and designers discuss space and intimacy during the pandemic at DDW 2020
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort and designers Sabine Marcelis, Giorgio Gascia and Gianmaria Della Ratta took part in the final live discussion for the Dezeen x Dutch Design Week 2020 collaboration. More
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DDW designers join Dezeen for live discussion about privacy and the value of data
The value of personal data in today's society was the subject of this Dezeen x Dutch Design Week 2020 talk, featuring designers Julia Janssen, Isaac Monté and Lei Nelissen. More
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Digital artwork by Es Devlin voices accounts of atomic bomb witnesses
British set designer Es Devlin has created a digital artwork titled I Saw The World End to mark 75 years since the dropping of the atomic bomb over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. More
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Mobile phones at gigs impacted design of rapper Dave's recent live show
The set and lighting designers behind UK rapper Dave's Psychodrama tour took the lights on the audience's phones into account when creating the show. More
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Watch footage of Universal Everything's immersive VR experience
This captioned video shows a virtual reality experience created by Universal Everything, where a 5,000-strong crowd of simulated humans surges and swarms in response to the user's movements. More
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What Design Can Do campaigns combat sexual exploitation of children in Netherlands
Amsterdam-based design platform What Design Can Do has unveiled 13 campaigns against the sexual exploitation of underage children, as part of a design competition called No Minor Thing. More
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Drake's "super democratic" tour features 200 drones and a flying Ferrari
Two hundred drones, a digital LED floor and a flying yellow Ferrari were among the visual tricks used by creative director Willo Perron in the production of Canadian rapper Drake's latest tour. More
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Six graduates from Design Academy Eindhoven designing for the post-internet age
The internet is affecting the way we interact with the world around us, from the news we read to how we perceive fashion and beauty, as these six Design Academy Eindhoven graduates demonstrate. More
