Design

Yōkobo: Finding a Discreet Place for Robots in Connected Homes

Can connected homes make room for a new type of animated object? The product of a Franco-Japanese research project, Yōkobo, is a “robject” that attempts to communicate with humans in its own sensitive, poetic and minimalistic way. The initiative won the 2021 Kawaii Kansei Design Excellence Award.
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Yōkobo

Behavioural objects in the home: laying the foundations

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Designing self-trackers: from measurement to behaviour changes

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The chipset industry has reached boiling point

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Additive manufacturing is making its mark

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Data sharing, distributed factories: open source against Covid-19

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Fairphone 3 and Livebox 5: more “responsible” devices

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