Blog posts September 2011
Innovative clothing of the future: are we finally getting the cool stuff we've always dreamed of?
Come on. Admit it. By now you thought we’d all be wearing clothes that would be unrecognisable from the shirts and trousers of the 20the century. Like the coat in Back to the Future that adjusted itself to fit tiny McFly. But where are they? They’ve been taking sooooooo long to arrive. Do you feel cheated? I do. Science fiction films promised all sorts of cool stuff would be here by now. Hover boards. Robot maids. Microwaves that turn tiny pills into roast chicken or pizza.
Every so often you get a taster, predicting that they’...
Food Innovation Friday: Food, a language we all speak?
Discovering what Brixton tastes like with local residents, Bixton Splash 2011
My first month at the Innovation Unit coincided with my last month of study at Kingston University. I just finished my MA in Design for Development, a...
Favourite Service #3: X marks the spot
What’s the smallest, cheapest public service you can imagine? In New York in the summer, they wheel little carts into public areas that connect to the water system and provide six water fountains in a line. As the city boils, that’s a vital public service. In Whistler, picnic sites are accompanied by snowboard tools for public use, tethered by ropes. In Moscow, picnic sites have chessboards on the tables, turning them into some of the cheapest public playgrounds in the world.
I was reminded of these examples last week at the...
