Interview with Sabrina Basten & Audrey Samson, part 2: On disposable electronics

August 9, 2011

This is the second part of the interview with Sabrina Basten & Audrey Samson. Read the first part here: Hackin’ some coils into wearables

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Audrey Samson & Sabrina Basten @Make Me! Festival in Belgrade
Photo: body pixel (cc)

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Interview with Sabrina Basten & Audrey Samson, part 1: Hackin’ some coils into wearables

My next interview from the Make Me! Festival frame includes artists / hackers Audrey Samson a.k.a. ideacritic (on the behalf of the Genderchangers project) and Sabrina Basten, who both led the workshop titled Electromagnetic Cityscapes – Roger 10-4.

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Audrey Samson & Sabrina Basten @Make Me! Festival in Belgrade
Photo: body pixel (cc)

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Sabine Seymour: Functional Aesthetics – Book Review

April 13, 2011

Sabine Seymour published her second book entitled Functional Aesthetics – Visions on Fashionable Technology few months ago, following her successful title Fashionable Technology from 2008.

Seymour takes everything into perspective. Firstly, the design of the book – binding and the concept are rather unique. The surface of the hardbook is covered with beige rip fabric showing softness and roughness of the used material at the same time.

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Functional Aesthetics by Sabine Seymour (2010)

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Interview with Star Simpson, part 2: Prototyping projects morph!

March 8, 2011

This is the second part of the interview with Star Simpson: Prototyping projects morph! Read the first part of the interview here: High Voltage Innovation

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Photo above: Star Simpson by Jeff Lieberman, taken from F-book
Photo bellow: Star Simpson, taken from F-book

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