AI is a tool for deep contemplation rather than quick gratification in Cognitive Bloom, a device concept created by industrial design studio Map Project Office and recent Royal College of Art graduate Chanwoo Lee. More about AI-powered Cognitive Bloom device provides prompts for self-reflection
Universal Design Studio and Map Project Office have overhauled the New Balance flagship store on London's Oxford Street, casting it in ten different shades of the sportswear brand's signature grey. More about New Balance revamps London store to show off "the diversity of grey"
Promotion: interdisciplinary collaboration is crucial to the future of design studios, members of design collective The New Standard said in a talk hosted by Dezeen during NYCxDesign 2024. More about "If we're doing our jobs, we're not thinking about design in a silo" say The New Standard directors at NYCxDesign
Design studios Map Project Office and Modem have developed a concept for a diagnostics kit backed by artificial intelligence that would allow patients to perform basic triage on themselves. More about Smart Aid Kit uses AI to remotely diagnose and manage health conditions
Design office Made Thought is teaming up with Universal Design Studio and Map Project Office to form a new design collective, after selling a majority share to digital agency AKQA. More about Made Thought to form The New Standard collective with Universal Design Studio and Map
Architecture and interior design practice Universal Design Studio has completed its own office interior and that of its sister company Map Project Office. More about Universal Design Studio and Map relocate to office that showcases their process
Map Project Office and Universal Design Studio have worked with IBM to create the Q System One, the world's first quantum computer intended for business use. More about Map, Universal Design Studio and IBM collaborate on world's first commercial quantum computer
Pentagram and Map have set out to prove that computer hardware doesn't have to be "cold, dark boxes", by designing colourful products for machine-learning technology startup Graphcore. More about Pentagram and Map create bold visual identity for Graphcore's computer hardware
Digital agency AKQA has purchased a majority stake in two companies set up by Barber and Osgerby: Universal Design Studio and Map. More about Barber and Osgerby sell stake in Universal Design Studio and Map
London design studio Map Project Office has created a minimal compass that pairs with a smartphone app to point cyclists through the city (+ slideshow). More about Map's BeeLine bicycle compass guides cyclists with a single arrow
Barber and Osgerby's creative consultancy Map and technology company SAM have designed a kit of "building blocks" aimed at simplifying the creation of internet-connected products (+ slideshow). More about SAM and Map create Internet of Things toolkit for building connected products
New York 2014: California design brand Sabi has collaborated with London-based MAP Project Office to create a collection of wall storage products for the bathroom. More about Sabi previews bathroom accessories range by Barber and Osgerby's MAP
Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby's creative consultancy MAP has designed a build-your-own computer kit (+ slideshow). More about Kano computer kit by MAP
London Design Festival: the first project by MAP, the new studio of designers BarberOsgerby, is the exhibition design of a digital laboratory at London's Science Museum, where visitors can interact with internet-users around the world using musical instruments and robots (+ slideshow). More about Google Web Lab by Universal Design Studio and MAP
Hong Kong architects MAP Office have installed a point for viewing the city through two pairs of binoculars in Hong Kong as part of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, which opened this week. More about Bloody Haze by MAP Office