WEEK IN REVIEW

INTERVIEW: RANDOM INTERNATIONAL ON 'NO ONE IS AN ISLAND' AT FRIEZE LONDON 2021

designboom spoke with random international on the occasion of the first public performance of 'no one is an island' at frieze london 2021. developed by the studio in collaboration with BMW i, studio wayne mcgregor and superblue, the kinetic performance presents a gesamtkunstwerk of artificial intelligence, contemporary dance and theatrical scores of music. read our conversation in full here, and discover more recent interviews here.

THE OCEAN CLEANUP TESTS ITS LARGE-SCALE CLEANUP SYSTEM TO GREAT SUCCESS

the ocean cleanup has achieved their largest ocean plastic catch to date in a single extraction during the final test of system 002. the company, which was nominated for THE DESIGN PRIZE 2019 in the category ‘social impact,’ is certain that cleaning up the great pacific garbage patch – a collection of marine debris in the north pacific ocean – is now possible.

BESPOKE ERGONOMIC SHOES MADE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES

israeli designer tidhar zagagi takes to the streets with his wooden cart, or what he calls his ‘one-man shoe factory’, to make bespoke ergonomic shoes for passersby in just a few minutes. called ‘pixel shoe’, the project makes use of the speed and plasticity of PU foam casting to quickly produce affordable kicks, molded to the exact shape of the customer's sole and fused to their socks. see more submissions by our readers here, and find out how to upload your own project here.

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