Our societies, as we know, change and evolve in keeping with more or less latent needs, and if design concurrently makes these developments its own, accompanying them and giving them shape, then the growth of median age and life expectancy is an urgent issue that design has to embrace and address
A focus on sustainability in a comparison between smart materials and technology
The Dutch FRAME Magazine ponders whether smart materials are perhaps more valuable resources for design than technology itself, in dialogue with an exceptional designer: “the most effective solutions don’t all rely on the latest technological advances. Pulling from her training in biology, Los Angeles-based Doris Sung, founder and principal of DOSU Studio Architecture, has dedicated her career to finding architectural applications for self-sufficient smart materials that better respond to nature and human needs” (read here the complete article)
Magazine: FRAME
Country: Netherlands
Article: “Will smart materials prove to be more valuable to design than technology?”
Author: Adrian Madlener
Photo: courtesy FRAME
8 February 2022
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