Chapel of the Intercession

Silhouette of chapel is taken from traditional Ukrainian wooden church tower. Surroundings of pinewood forest conditioned vertical shape of the chapel. Small floor area (9 m2) compensates by high interior space.

ONAK: A Canoe For Two That Folds Away Into a Box

Belgian’s Otto Van De Steene and Thomas Weyn wanted to travel with a canoe and be able to easily use it within the city, but there wasn’t anything on the market. They set out to design their own canoe

EUR Convention Center And Hotel, Rome

Designed by Studio Fuksas, Rome’s new convention center is nearing completion ahead of its opening in autumn 2016. Located in EUR, a historic district of the italian capital located south of the city core, the project will total 55,000 square meters.

Animal Metal Sculptures

Tokyo-based sculptor Taiichiro Yoshida makes sculptures from the ancestral technique of hot metal. Often, he represents animals such as birds, rabbits and monkeys. What composes his animals, and makes his work poetical, is that the metal is turned into little flowers to shape the animal. From copper and silver, he carves the feather of each bird, creating a link between his materials and nature.

BioLogic, A Shape-Changing Fabric That Vents When You Sweat

Teams from MIT Media Lab and the Royal College of Art have used bacteria to design a “bio-skin” fabric that peels back in reaction to sweat and humidity

Clothes created from the BioLogic fabric have vents that open in response to sweat

Innovator: Hiroshi Ishii
Age: 60
Title: Professor and associate director of MIT Media Lab, an interdisciplinary research group