In 1926, architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky designed the first modern kitchen, a streamlined kitchen.
Bicycle paths have a major impact on cycling culture in the Netherlands and on what the Netherlands looks like. What is involved in designing a cycle path?
The Netherlands is known worldwide as a cycling country, but this didn’t happen overnight in the Netherlands either. For a while it even seemed that the car would win at the expense of the bicycle.
Can’t get enough of the wild 60s in Austria? Then listen to the podcast tips that we have put together for you here. From the actions of feminist icon Valie Export to Gernreich’s monikini, and from Wolf D. Prix’s revolutionary ideals to Wilhelm Reich’s unusual ideas about sexual liberation.
Papanek called on designers to design for disabled people and to involve them in the design process. He also argued that designers need to be aware of the cultural context of their work. Annemiek van Boeijen designed a sports wheelchair and works in the field of ‘Culture Sensitive Design’ .
Most people don’t have to think twice about using a public toilet. But for transgender people it’s a different story. Discover the history behind the design of public restrooms and find out how the future of the inclusive toilet might look.
Design for the Real World states that few professions are more harmful than that of industrial designer. This podcast makes the point painfully clear. Virtually everything around us has been designed with a man in mind. With fatal consequences for women.
This five-minute podcast offers a neat survey of Victor Papanek’s work. Alison J. Clarke, the exhibition’s co-curator, discusses Papanek’s life, his critique of American consumer culture and his social influence.
Podcast on the steadily shrinking divide between human and machine. What is the potential for a deep, intense relationship with artificial lovers?
Interviews with cyborgs, cyberbullies, neuroscientists and a police chief, who reflect on whether computers are changing us as human beings.
Why are people so obsessed with the idea of immortality? Meet the transhumanists who are convinced that a cure for ageing is within reach and that within a few decades, we’ll no longer face death
Paul suffers from anxiety attacks. But rather than going to a psychologist, he decided to write a computer program to solve his problem.
How a simple chat robot from the 1960s turned out to meet a deep-seated human need.
From Invisibilia – our favourite podcast. What happens when you give artificial intelligence your unconditional love?
