New in paperback, this is an in-depth survey of today's best design and art production using digital technology in creative and unexpected ways. Troika, a multi-disciplinary art and design practice showcase nearly eighty of the world's most innovative designers and their designs, from crystal chandeliers displaying text messages to tooth implants which allow for near telepathic communication. Paola Antonelli, of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, contributes a foreword and interviews with four of the brightest lights in the field: Dunne & Raby, Ron Arad, Steven Sacks and Mashiko Kusahara. No design professional will be able to ignore this innovative book.
Foreword by Paola Antonelli • Introduction by Troika • 1. Design Nouveau - Digital Forms and Electric Beauty • 2. Augmented Art - Narrative Technologies and Immersive Experiences • 3. Guerrilla Artfare - Disruption and Hardware Hacking • 4. Twilight Technologies - Critical Design and Alternative Futures • 5. Interviews: Fictional Functions and Functional Fictions with Dunne and Raby; Bringing Ice to Macondo with Ron Arad; Technology as a Raw Material with Steven Sacks; Device Art - Media Meets Mass Production with Maschiko Kusahara • Appendix
