Tag: LONDONDESIGNFESTIVAL

Devoted readers will recall our excitement for 'Outrace,' the light sculpture/installation made from Audi production robots, that was slated for the London Design Festival -- and it's finally arrived! Check out video of the installation after the break, or go to Outrace.org to send a message; the 'bot will trace said missive in the air with its LED appendages, which will then be translated into a ...

We're super excited for New York Design Week, but we'd be even more excited if the city were getting its very own robot "octopus" to mark the occasion. That's what London will get for its London Design Festival in September, when design outfit Kram/Weisshaar will install a six-armed robot called 'Outrace,' borrowed from the Audi production line, in Trafalgar Square. (And yes, we're aware that ...

For those of us too busy to even act impatient, artist Nik Ramage has created Fingers, a creepy robotic hand cast from his own that will rhythmically drum out frustration for you. A design joke more than a useful gadget, the resin Fingers makes a state of eternal edginess manifest, since they do little else than evoke the original disembodied hand, Thing from 'The Addams Family.' Ramage designed ...