There are squids that, thanks to clever streamlining, can fly, but how do they do it?

Why aren’t commercial flights getting faster? This video digs into the technological and environmental problems facing supersonic flight.

Lingerie has been around for hundreds of years, but it wasn’t until the 1920s that a standardised cup size system was invented that changed underwear forever

All body implants have the problem of being temporary. Why is that?

How does the wing of an aircraft work?

Solar cars need to be as efficient as possible and are therefore completely streamlined. In this video, Luc Evertzen of Solar Team Twente tells you more about the importance of streamlining solar cars.

Cyclist Ellen van Dijk is a seven-time world champion and set the world hour record in 2022. In this video, she elaborates on why streamlining is important to her.

In search of the ideal streamline, people often look to nature. But what are we actually talking about when we talk about streamlined animals?

What is a streamline? And what is aerodynamic resistance or ‘drag’?

Why are the CO2 emissions of sneaker production so high? And what can be done about it?

Edson and Gee look back on the development of Patta with anecdotes about a number of sneakers and shoes.

Nowadays, sneaker culture is a global phenomenon, but it was born locally, even before the rise of the internet. The series Sole Origins takes you to the cities that have had a great impact on this.

How come the goth subculture keeps popping up? Under what circumstances did this subculture arise, and what will goth look like in the future? This livestream answers all these questions and more.

Goth is widespread in our contemporary culture. How is this enchanting world formed? Why is goth so popular? How come almost every one of us recognizes something of ourselves through this dark and morbid aesthetic?

“A little world in which the big one holds its tryouts”, is how guest curator and professor Bart Lootsma describes the development of Austrian avant-garde movements in the 20th century. In this lecture series, Lootsma places the so-called ‘Radical Austria’ of the 1960s in the context of the long Austrian tradition of art and design.

Curator and architectural historian Bart Lootsma shows you around the ex­hi­bition. He reflects on several key works by important Austrian designers active in the 60s and 70s.

Parallel to the exhibition, architectural­theory.eu presents a selection of films on and by the protagonists of the exhibition, made for and broadcasted by the ORF. The films are as radical as the people, ideas and work in the ex­hi­bi­tion. They provide a unique snapshot of Austrian culture in the 60s and 70s.

From psychedelic inflatable buildings to shock­ing per­for­man­ces, from cultic cities to cy­ber­ne­tic fashion. Bart Lootsma and Jeroen Jun­te will guide you through the exhibition and talk to experts from this period in de­sign his­tory.

In this series of videos, contemporary designers respond to quotes from Victor Papanek to find out if his ideas are still relevant. Klaas and Maybe of the Academie voor Beeldvorming use art to tackle social issues and to change the image around them.

In this series of videos, contemporary designers respond to quotes from Victor Papanek to find out if his ideas are still relevant. Petra and Simone from Social Label develop design together with top designers and people with a distance to the labor market.

In this series of videos, contemporary designers respond to quotes from Victor Papanek to find out whether his ideas are still relevant. Tessa and Rolf from Minitopia create innovative, sustainable residential locations, in which there is plenty of room for solidarity and togetherness.

Alison J. Clark, the exhibition’s co-curator, shows a beautiful silk scarf printed with a motif intended to confuse facial recognition software. It’s the designer’s way of criticizing how governments and corporations are using this technology.

Alison J. Clark, the exhibition’s co-curator, reflects on a seemingly unassuming toy, the ‘Fingermajig’. She shows how inclusive design can lead the way to a more democratic and equal society.

Alison J. Clark, the exhibition’s co-curator, presents the ‘Big Character’ poster, which shows at a glance what Papanek’s social and design criticism was all about.

Could a machine ever satisfy our need for a hug? The designer Bart Hess talks in this video about Lucy McRae’s work Future Day Spa.

Research assistant Moyra Besjes talks here about The Fabricant – a digital couturier whose collections have never seen a needle, thread or fabric. The materials used to make these designs are algorithms.

Sales of sex toys rose 94% during the Covid crisis and the development of Virtual Reality porn has also shifted up a gear. What role might virtual and digital sex play in a physical world?