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What will we eat in 100 years? Artists and speculative designers on the food of the future
In 100 years, will there still be honey and coffee on Earth? Will Haribo Goldbears go extinct, will we still be able to make paprikás krumpli (paprika potatoes), if the climate change doesn’t slow down? What strategies do researchers of the future of food and diet use in order
design
Taste manipulation by touch, or tactility in gastronomy
I think it won’t surprise anyone if I say that enjoying a meal isn’t limited to smelling and tasting it. With the spread of food design and gastrophysics, the multisensorial nature of eating and gastronomy becomes more well-known every year. While the most “popular” and most researched alternative
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We win, or we are wiped off the map | Interview with Mykola Riabchuk
We spoke with Professor Mykola Riabchuk, one of the most prominent experts on Ukrainian culture and public life, about changes in Ukrainian society, books, doomscrolling, historical chances, cursing, basic instincts, and of course, the war itself. The war interrupted his visiting lectureship in Paris, and he came to Warsaw for
architecture
Cohousing status report—or current issues in community living
Each year sees more and more projects offering alternatives to urban co-living and community housing. Co-living and cohousing are fundamentally about tackling loneliness and the housing crisis, while sustainability and environmental considerations are becoming increasingly crucial factors. But what makes such an initiative work in practice and how can it
architecture
Why is there no such thing as a perfect world? - In pursuit of utopian cities
A place founded on the basis of an ideology—perhaps this is the easiest way to define utopian cities, but these settlements are interesting not only because of their social significance, but they embody very special ideas. Whether it’s a postapocalyptic place or a spiritually separate commune, it can
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Around the work with a laptop—digital nomads
Sunshine, a sandy beach, a straw hat and a logged-in Teams platform—we first associate the exotic setting with a holiday, but for some, it is an everyday working environment. We tend to associate digital nomadism with smiling, cocktail-sipping and laptop-surfing people by the pool, but it is a more
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Virtual clothes: the rise of digital fashion
We have learned more about the online presence during the pandemic and the lockdowns than ever before. This enforced situation was, however, the perfect context, so to speak, for certain fields to develop. As a result of isolation, many areas have had to resort to unconventional solutions: virtual reality and
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Is it really the end of physical artworks? NFT vs. traditional art collecting
At the beginning of last year, most of us had never heard of the NFT (non-fungible token) acronym; however, in one year, the editors of the Scottish Collins Dictionary had already chosen it as the word of 2021. The new medium is fundamentally shaking up the art market: it redefines
