MATERIALECOLOGY: Neri Oxman: ABITARE The New Materialism

Sunday, May 18, 2008

ABITARE The New Materialism

The New Materialism is a profile on MATERIALECOLOGY published on this month's ABITARE magazine (the May issue). Read the full online story here (link below). The essay was written by the brilliant Bruce Sterling who is considered one the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. Sterling is interested in exploring the relationship between life and technology and runs a seminal blog for Wired magazine. In 2005 he became the first “visionary in residence” at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Thank you, Bruce, for an uplifting and, indeed, an epic account of hack culture. I swear not to die by it. Make sure to check in seven (good) years.
The New Materialism by Bruce Sterling
About Bruce Sterling
WIRED Magazine
Beyond and Beyond

materialecology

materialecology was formed in 2006 by Neri Oxman as an interdisciplinary research initiative that undertakes design research in the intersection between architecture, engineering, computation, and ecology. As such, this initiative is concerned with material organization and performance across all scales of design thought and practice. As such, it seeks to promote and define a design research agenda which is ecological in nature, in ideology and in material practice; it aims at embracing the evolving elements of change in both (and indeed related) social constructs and environmental descriptions of the ever changing built environment. materialecology undertakes research in advanced digital applications for architectural practice and pursuits their contribution to a design paradigm promoting generative design processes.