Stories by James Pallister
Drawing in 3D will soon be as “intuitive as sketching with paper”
Clothes will shrink to fit “at the push of a button” within five years
Work with Indian craftsmen to keep handcrafting skills alive, says designer Prateek Jain
Lady Gaga’s flying dress offers vision of how “we may all travel in ten years time”
These gloves will “change the way we make music,” says Imogen Heap
Competition: two Future Everything conference passes to be won
Software advances are “blurring boundaries between design disciplines”
Kengo Kuma urges architects to “be humble”
Hugh Strange Architects slots architectural archive inside old farmyard barn
BRCK portable internet router by Ushahidi “designed to work anywhere”
Wearable technology needs to “transcend the world of gadgets”
Synthetic materials can “behave like living cells”
Set design studio in Japan by Mattch plays with theatrical imagery
Noel Dominguez inserts timber cube house into Parisian garden
Don’t surrender to “standardised products” says Indian architect Anupama Kundoo
Computers that “understand us as much as we understand them” will transform design
Glowing trees could be used “instead of street lighting” says Daan Roosegaarde
“We need to think of our bodies as works in progress”
3D-printed mushroom roots “could be used to build houses”
Brick colonnade screens renovated hunting lodge by DMOA Architecten
Wearable technology will “transform the doctor-patient relationship”
Property prices are “castrating the whole notion of city life”