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Designing With Physical Computation

Design

Designing With Physical Computation

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February 16, 2026

Cognitive Bloom Reimagines AI

AI + Machine Learning

Cognitive Bloom Reimagines AI

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February 15, 2026

Post-Digital Craft Is Not Nostalgia

Emergent Practices

Post-Digital Craft Is Not Nostalgia

Hybrid fabrication, robotic systems, and procedural design are redefining craft after digital saturation

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February 17, 2026

Latest

Fashion

Robotic Couture at New York Fashion Week

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February 18, 2026

Robotic Couture at New York Fashion Week

robotics

Electric-Field Shapeshifting Robot

, and Staff Writer

February 16, 2026

Electric-Field Shapeshifting Robot

Future Tech

UT Austin Develops CRAFT 3D Printing Method

, and Staff Writer

February 16, 2026

UT Austin Develops CRAFT 3D Printing Method

Future Tech

Soft, 3D Bioelectronics developed by the University of Hong Kong

, and Staff Writer

February 11, 2026

Soft, 3D Bioelectronics developed by the University of Hong Kong

Blockchain

Tezos and HEK Basel Partner

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February 10, 2026

Tezos and HEK Basel Partner

News

Robotic Couture at New York Fashion Week

Fashion

Robotic Couture at New York Fashion Week

, and Staff Writer

February 18, 2026

Electric-Field Shapeshifting Robot

robotics

Electric-Field Shapeshifting Robot

, and Staff Writer

February 16, 2026

UT Austin Develops CRAFT 3D Printing Method

Future Tech

UT Austin Develops CRAFT 3D Printing Method

, and Staff Writer

February 16, 2026

Cognitive Bloom Reimagines AI

AI + Machine Learning

Cognitive Bloom Reimagines AI

, and Staff Writer

February 15, 2026

Soft, 3D Bioelectronics developed by the University of Hong Kong

Future Tech

Soft, 3D Bioelectronics developed by the University of Hong Kong

, and Staff Writer

February 11, 2026

Tezos and HEK Basel Partner

Blockchain

Tezos and HEK Basel Partner

, and Staff Writer

February 10, 2026

US Copyright Office Reaffirms Human Authorship in AI Works

Society

US Copyright Office Reaffirms Human Authorship in AI Works

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February 6, 2026

Creative Power Is Layered, Not Replaced

Tech Tools

Creative Power Is Layered, Not Replaced

, and Staff Writer

February 2, 2026

Future Tech

Electric-Field Shapeshifting Robot

robotics

Electric-Field Shapeshifting Robot

, and Staff Writer

February 16, 2026

UT Austin Develops CRAFT 3D Printing Method

Future Tech

UT Austin Develops CRAFT 3D Printing Method

, and Staff Writer

February 16, 2026

Algorithmic Visibility

AI + Machine Learning

Algorithmic Visibility

, and Staff Writer

February 14, 2026

Soft, 3D Bioelectronics developed by the University of Hong Kong

Future Tech

Soft, 3D Bioelectronics developed by the University of Hong Kong

, and Staff Writer

February 11, 2026

AI + Machine Learning

Anemoia at MIT

, and Staff Writer

February 10, 2026

Algorithmic Ecologies

AI + Machine Learning

Algorithmic Ecologies

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February 4, 2026

Designing Trust in AI

AI + Machine Learning

Designing Trust in AI

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February 1, 2026

Aesthetics of the Dataset

AI + Machine Learning

Aesthetics of the Dataset

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December 2, 2025

Emergent Practices

Post-Digital Craft Is Not Nostalgia

Emergent Practices

Post-Digital Craft Is Not Nostalgia

, and Staff Writer

February 17, 2026

Speculative Protocols

Design

Speculative Protocols

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January 30, 2026

AI + Machine Learning

Circular Data

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December 13, 2025

Designing the More-Than-Human City

Architecture

Designing the More-Than-Human City

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November 30, 2025

The Design-Tech Continuum

Design

The Design-Tech Continuum

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October 25, 2025

Expanding Immersive VR

Arts

Expanding Immersive VR

, and Staff Writer

October 19, 2025

The Rise of the Researcher-Artist

Arts

The Rise of the Researcher-Artist

, and Ken Krantz

September 26, 2025

Data Made Tangible

Design

Data Made Tangible

, and Staff Writer

September 23, 2025

Materials + Methods

Designing With Physical Computation

Design

Designing With Physical Computation

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February 16, 2026

When Materials Compute

Materials + Methods

When Materials Compute

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February 8, 2026

Living Materials at Scale

Sustainability

Living Materials at Scale

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February 2, 2026

Smart Materials and Responsive Building Envelopes

Architecture

Smart Materials and Responsive Building Envelopes

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January 17, 2026

Materials That Behave

Materials + Methods

Materials That Behave

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January 16, 2026

Regenerative Intelligence

Materials + Methods

Regenerative Intelligence

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November 28, 2025

From Data to Matter

Generative

From Data to Matter

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October 28, 2025

Architectures of the Low-Tech Future

Architecture

Architectures of the Low-Tech Future

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September 22, 2025

Projects

Your Palm is My Universe, Pipilotti Rist and the Shape of Immersion

Arts

Your Palm is My Universe, Pipilotti Rist and the Shape of Immersion

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August 31, 2025

Ed Atkins at Tate Britain — Digital Tools, Human Residues

Arts

Ed Atkins at Tate Britain — Digital Tools, Human Residues

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August 16, 2025

Reprogramming the Landscape

Arts

Reprogramming the Landscape

, and Staff Writer

August 15, 2025

Life in a Different Resolution

Arts

Life in a Different Resolution

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August 11, 2025

Ogene MIDI, Code of Connection

Arts

Ogene MIDI, Code of Connection

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July 20, 2025

Projects

Whispers

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April 10, 2025

YOU:MATTER is a, Soul-Stirring Immersive Experience

Emergent Practices

YOU:MATTER is a, Soul-Stirring Immersive Experience

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April 7, 2025

Museum of the Moving Image Presents the First Look Festival

Projects

Museum of the Moving Image Presents the First Look Festival

, and Staff Writer

March 13, 2025

Good Reads

Contemporaneity in Embodied Data Practices

Good Reads

Contemporaneity in Embodied Data Practices

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August 2, 2025

DeepAesthetics, Computational Experience in a Time of Machine Learning

Good Reads

DeepAesthetics, Computational Experience in a Time of Machine Learning

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May 2, 2025

Technotopia, A Media Genealogy of Net Cultures

Good Reads

Technotopia, A Media Genealogy of Net Cultures

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April 5, 2025

How Artifacts Afford, The Power and Politics of Everyday Things

Good Reads

How Artifacts Afford, The Power and Politics of Everyday Things

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March 7, 2025

Cyberfeminism Index

Good Reads

Cyberfeminism Index

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February 19, 2025

Bioethics and Brains, A Disciplined and Principled Neuroethics

Good Reads

Bioethics and Brains, A Disciplined and Principled Neuroethics

, and Staff Writer

February 11, 2025

Quantum Ecology: Why and How New Information Technologies Will Reshape Societies

Good Reads

Quantum Ecology: Why and How New Information Technologies Will Reshape Societies

, and Staff Writer

December 18, 2024

Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence

Good Reads

Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence

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December 18, 2024