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Radio smow: A Chairs Playlist
As we’ve oft noted in these pages, not only have designers since time immemorial had a particular fascination for chairs, but society a particular predilection. Arguably the two are related and can be...
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smow martimás. Or, how the smow network can be considered (almost) Hanseatic
The only FAQ not answered by the smow FAQs is the one that begins, “What is smow……..?” And as smow grows and grows so too does the F with which the Q is A’d. The answer in one sense is very simple,...
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smow Song Contest 2018
Following smow Lisboa’s surprise victory in the 2017 smow Song Contest, the Portuguese capital is preparing to host the 2018 song contest: a contest being staged very much in context of the...
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Freiheit 2.0 Stuttgart: Big Data, You & I
If swarm intelligence describes natural systems where individuals pool their resources for the benefit of the community, then Big Data can be considered a form of swarm intelligence appropriated by...
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Freiheit 2.0 Stuttgart – Freedoms on Parade
During June 2018 the participative art installation Freiheit 2.0 in Stuttgart is exploring issues around Big Data, artificial intelligence and the future of our relationships with the digital, virtual,...
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#campustour 2018: Rundgang, Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen, Germany
In October 2017 the Design Department of the Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen moved into its new home, the so-called Quartier Nord designed by Stuttgart based MGF Architekten. The 2018 Folkwang...
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#campustour 2018: Rundgang, Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach, Germany
Whereas Frankfurt can, and very loudly does, claim to the birthplace of the German poet, playwright, scientist, statesman, etc, etc, etc Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, nearby Offenbach was not only the...
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smow Blog Design Calender: August 23rd 1915 – Happy Birthday Paul...
Multi-storey car parks are many things to many people. For skateboarders a playground, for love-torn teens a place of privacy, for authors and film-makers an all too easy metaphor, and for yet others...
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Radio smow: A Beds Playlist…….
Slowly but surely the temperatures across Europe begin to fall, along with the leaves and the hours of daylight. Hibernation approaches. And by way of an accompaniment to the imminent long sleep, a...
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Radio smow: A Shelving Playlist…….
Following the #smowblogfact revelation from Vitra Work at Orgatec Cologne 2018 that the smow blog office is devoid of shelving, we were inundated with an e-mail asking why? why has the smow blog office...
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