Category: Technology

  • Innovation in AI Development: Stargate versus China

    The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has underscored the critical role of innovation in shaping the global technological landscape. The strategies of the U.S. and China diverge sharply. The U.S.-led Stargate Initiative exemplifies a centralized, corporate-driven model, while China’s state-backed ecosystem is geared towards decentralized, cost-efficient innovation. Innovation in AI hinges on balancing resource…

  • AI for designers: How to stay ahead of the curve

    1) Start with understanding what AI, ML, and deep learning are. Focus on concepts like supervised/unsupervised learning, neural networks, and data preprocessing. 2) Explore AI uses in design Generative design (e.g., Autodesk’s tools). Predictive analytics for user behavior. AI-driven prototyping and simulation. Personalization and customization. 3) Learn Programming and AI Tools Python is the most…

  • Design Integration: From Imitation to Ecosystem

    This article was first published in Fall 2005 in Designmatters by the Danish Design Center (DDC) as ‘Imiteret, kommercialiseret, oplevet: Sammenkædningen af design, virksomheder og denverdensøkonomiske udvikling’. Company structures changed dramatically over the course of the last century. The structures and processes behind the production of goods evolved, and with these also the relationships of…

  • Bubbles

    2020, the year of the pandemic, brought with it new popular words and phrases. “New normal”, “social distancing” and “flatten the curve” stand out, but also “travel bubble”. These new pop phrases have something interesting in common: they combine two semantic opposites in one phrase. “New” is about something we don’t know yet, the opposite…

  • Podchain, ownership and usership

    Car ownership was a fundamental idea of progress since Henry Ford came up with his Model T in the early 20th century. During America’s golden years, roughly from the nineteen- fifties until 9/11, owning a car was the first thing on every teenager’s mind. It was a sign of freedom and independence, the visible expression…

  • From Photoshop to Artificial Intelligence

    President Trump recently tweeted about allegedly photoshopped pictures of Melania. It shows that in our social media age, the task of editing images becomes increasingly important. The current market leader in image manipulation is Adobe’s Photoshop, namesake of the now common verb “photoshopping”. Photoshop is part of Adobe Creative Cloud, a subscription service for image software which…

  • Like friends, follow uses

    Digital machines such as smartphones frame behavior and instill new cultural and social practices. ‘Liking’, ‘sharing’, ‘following’ are relational activities which have been defined by social media and established as new normal in the shaping of human relationships. The phenomenon of communication devices prompting new behaviors and expressions is not new: for instance, the word “hello” did…

  • Digital fashion

    Three ideas for digital fashion:

  • Design DIY

    Until the late 20th century, the process of design was mainly top-down: design was being made by designers, produced by manufacturers, and branded by corporations. In the 21st century, these processes of production and consumption are being rethought. The design process has to become circular.

  • The 5 C’s: Design skills for the near future

    CODE Since the first introduction of CAD and 3d modeling systems, code is behind most products. With generative design, the code becomes the design itself. Big data about user behaviour in combination with machine learning and adaptive production methods (Industry 4.0) will make highly personalized and adaptive design solutions the new normal. To master code,…

  • Art, Design and the Elements

    Aristotle explained the elements in terms of what we might call sensual qualities: hot, cold, wet and dry. His main thought was that all materials are manifestations of different compositions of the elements. This idea – that the world consists of underlying elements – was fundamental in several ways. It implies that the world is…

  • Innovating education

    Government policies and interventions are powerful instruments that can change social and economic realities on the large scale. However, social reality is highly complex.

  • Analysing the Digital: Transformations, Territories, Frames and Uses

    While the digital is explained in itself by computer science, important questions for the humanities – such as how the Digital affects human behaviour, or how it impacts society and economy – are outside its scope. Different disciplines have provided answers, but there has been no integrated concept bridging these insights.

  • Evolutionary painter

    What if your sketches would evolve and start their own life with algorithms inspired by biology?