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Those biophysical forces are like universal zoning rules for the biofilm cities: they govern how the inhabitants obtain food and building materials, how they can move and how they interact with one another. Just as urban planners use their knowledge of civil engineering principles and regulations to build better cities for people, microbiologists and bioengineers can use these rules to make objects more or less hospitable to the billions of cells that live in and around us. — Quanta Magazine
Biofilms are, essentially, omnipresent clusters of bacteria that foul everything from sewer lines to our teeth—99.9 percent of the simple cells called prokaryotes default to living in those close quarters among millions of their compatriots. Extracelluar matrix, a sticky combination of... View full entry
With a press release that makes references to Banksy's iconic global stencils, the new digital architectural stencil set from Morpholio enables architects to instantly make customizable stencils of complex designs, from faces to condo layouts to intricately shaded trees. The initial image can... View full entry
You might be unsure of exactly what you’re looking at when you first see the images in Roland Fischer’s series “Facades.” [...]
“I noticed all these new buildings mushrooming everywhere, giving the impression that they could as well be from any other major town in the world,” Fischer wrote via email. “I thought that this was a new urban visual experience, a consequence naturally of the then still new process of globalization.”
— slate.com
Cicil Street, Singapore, 2002, 180 x 125 cm (71 x 49 1/4 inches)Highschool, Utrecht, 2013, 180 x 125 cm (71 x 49 1/4 inches)Suntory Tokyo, 2014, 180 x 125cm (71 x 49 1/4 inches)Bank of America, Atlanta, 2005, 180 x 125 cm (71 x 49 1/4 inches)WTC, NY, 1999, 180 x 125 cm (71 x... View full entry
