INTERVIEW: DESIGNBOOM MEETS TEAMLAB IN TOKYO
designboom visits 'teamLab planets tokyo' to experience the digital art museum's latest additions and speak with takashi kudo, communication director and teamLab’s spokesperson. the body-immersive museum opened in 2018 in tokyo's toyosu neighborhood, and has since garnered immense popularity with one in ten people visiting japan also visiting 'planets'. 'us humans recognize the world not only with our eyes but with every sense, and we bring this approach to our art. if we want to understand our world, we should be there with our physical bodies,' takashi kudo explains. read our conversation in full here, and discover more recent interviews here.
TRANSFORMING MUSSEL WASTE INTO ACOUSTIC TILES
seastex has come up with an innovative method to transform mussel waste into lightweight and fire-resistant acoustic tiles. utilizing the inedible byssus, commonly known as the mussel's 'beard', belgian designer sander nevejans has developed the ABC tiles, which can be mounted on walls and ceilings to capture and muffle sound effectively. see more submissions by our readers here, and find out how to upload your own project here.
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