Category: Design
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Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses with Prescription Safety Glasses to help remove any barriers to smart glasses adoption
A new technology aims to solve the safety eyeglasses and industrial smart eyewear problems. Vuzix, a leading supplier of Video Eyewear and Smart Glasses products announced that Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses are now available for the first time in a prescription capable safety glass format. Industry leader Rochester Optical has officially launched its ANSI (American National…
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Is wearable technology set to take over our wardrobes?
From Katy Perry’s LED-lit dress to smart soldier uniforms, Suzanne Bearne speaks to the small businesses innovating in smart fashion and wearable tech
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Welcome to Astana, Kazakhstan: one of the strangest capital cities on Earth
The flashy buildings of Astana rise up implausibly from the flat plains of oil-rich Kazakhstan to form a city stuck between a Soviet past and an aspirational present
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First private residence project of scale in London fully designed by a luxury fashion house
Versace Home for London’s Aykon Nine Elms fashion residences. There is a huge appetite for luxury property investments in London. Luxury real estate developer Dico UK Property Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Damac International Limited, has announced the first of its fashion residences in London with a 50-storey, 360 unit project with interior designs…
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The Stirling prize 2015: the virtues of quiet craft
The shortlist for this year’s Stirling prize is dominated by ‘whispering’ candidates – scrupulous designs of brick and timber
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How are protected views shaping cities?
In the battle between heritage and development, we face a ‘crisis of verticality’. But does an approach to planning based on protected views just turn the city into a museum?Which urban views would you protect?