Explore - Technology

The Future of Driving

San Francisco–based industrial designers Mike Simonian and Maaike Evers sit down with Dwell's Editor-in-Chief, Sam Grawe, to talk about their thoughts on the future of transportation.

10.20.09
The Bathroom Reinvented: Hyphae

Ecologist Brent Bucknum, principal of Hyphae Design Lab in Oakland, California, shares the ABC's of re-routing a home's waste water (greywater) to sustainably irrigate gardens and other green...

07.22.09
The Bathroom Reinvented

Industrial designer and London–based Dwell contributor Virginia Gardiner shares the ins and outs of her low-cost, low-tech concept for a waterless toilet system.

06.16.09
Emerging Designer: Jake Barton

Jake Barton is designing a new breed of museum, one that favors local voices over curatorial authority. They are places for dialogue, not lectures.

02.26.09
ACADIA 2009 reForm()

The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects, is proud to host "reForm()" -- A conference that explores how...

10.15.09
Crosley

In 1920 Powel Crosley founded the company that pioneered radio broadcasting and mass market manufacturing around the world. Dismayed with the $130 price tag for the radio receiver he promised to...

10.15.09
Sensitile Systems

The award-winning Scintilla transforms the way materials interact with light. Scintilla reconfigures and diffuses moving shadows, producing unexpected rippling patterns. Scintilla is a 100% acrylic...

10.04.09
Discovering the Unmonitered Underground City

ill Brown leads participants on a guided tour through Montréal’s underground city, pointing out the locations of surveillance cameras and discussing the role of surveillance in public...

10.03.09
FORD&CHING Website Relaunch

Please join FORD&CHING for the launch of their brand new interactive website. The event takes place at the FORD&CHING showroom located in the historical Kim Sing Theatre in downtown Los...

09.15.09
Greywater Installer's Course

This course is designed for people with either basic plumbing,landscaping, or permaculture skills who want to learn how to design and...

09.01.09
Situated Technologies: Toward the Sentient City

This exhibition is a critical exploration of the evolving relationship between ubiquitous computing, architecture and the city. It will imagine alternative trajectories for how various mobile,...

07.22.09
Design USA: Contemporary Innovation

This exhibition features outstanding contemporary achievements in American architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, communication design, corporate design, interaction...

07.01.09
NASA Astronaut Speaks about Recent Hubble Repair Mission

Dr. John Grunsfeld, a NASA astronaut and a Chicago native, will discuss and showcase images from his recent 13-day trip to the International Space Station for the final servicing mission for...

06.12.09
Sanyo

SANYO Electric Group, by developing unique technologies and offering excellent products and sincere services, seeks to become a corporation that is loved and trusted by people around the world. The...

05.26.09
Dreams Happen

Dreams Happen is a biennial fundraising event benefiting Rebuilding Together Peninsula (RTP) and hosted by Stanford Shopping Center. The event teams local architects and builders in the...

05.18.09
The Go Game’s Kiva.org FUNdraiser

The Go Game is an all-out urban adventure game using cell phones and flip cameras.Teams compete by following clues on wireless devices and hints planted in unlikely places, which guide teams to...

05.08.09
Electrolux

Electrolux is a world leading international appliance company. We are a part in the daily life of hundreds of millions of families around the world. Each year, some 40 million consumers in more...

05.02.09
Southwest Wind Power's Skystream

For 20 years, Southwest Windpower, Inc. has been bringing low-cost, reliable, clean energy to the world. As the world’s largest producer of small wind generators, we’ve pioneered new...

04.23.09
Hands-on Greywater and Rainwater Workshop

Interested in learning how to retrofit a home to collect rainwater and recycle greywater? Come to this double workshop on rainwater/greywater to learn how. The morning will be about rainwater...

04.13.09
Artist-in-residence Zhang Peili

Video artist Zhang Peili will discuss the history and future of video in China and will preview examples of his recent work. This panel discussion with feature Peili and Jane Farver, Director, MIT...

04.09.09