Nano Supermarket
The NANO Supermarket presents speculative nanotech products that may hit the shelves within the next ten years: medicinal candy, interactive wall paint, a wine which taste can be altered with microwaves, a twitter implant, invisible security spray and much more. Visit the shop, taste & test our products and experience the impact of nanotechnology on our everyday lives.
Nanotechnology is an emerging field of science that deals with the manipulation of structures on an atomic and molecular scale – the size of one billionth of a meter. It is often seen as a trend in material science, but has much deeper implications. Nanotechnology radically intervenes with our notion of what is natural. It may realize the dreams people have of themselves and significantly improve our lives, but may also have its downsides.
The NANO Supermarket features debate–provoking nanotech products submitted by designers, technologists and artists from six different countries. They were selected by a jury of nanotech experts and design experts. Our products are both innovative and useful as well as uncanny and disturbing. They function as scenarios for potential nano futures, that help us decide what nano future we actually want.
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Tour Dates
- 11-11-11
- Vila ArenA, Amsterdam
- 17-03-11
- Evoluon, Eindhoven
- 09-03-11
- Pamplona, Spain (Map)
- 02-02-11
- Leidseplein, Amsterdam
- 23-10-10
- Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
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Contributors
- Nano Product Designers
- Nicolas Nelson – Nano Sock
- Jonas Enqvist – Wall Smart
- Vanessa Harden & Tomasso Lanza – Skin Paper
- Matt Johnson, Roger Ashby, Isabel Lizardi, Rafat Malik, Bibi Nelson, Becky Pilditch – Bare Conductive
- Mike Thompson – Latro Algue
- Paul Frigout – Nano Detector
- Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, James King – Echromi The Scatalog
- Jan van der Asdonk – FluDoc
- Niko Vegt – DNA World
- Marco van Beers – The Necklace
- Hendrik-Jan Grievink – Twitter Implant
- Mensvoort, Grievink, Daas – Nano Wine
- Stephan Hoes – Epicur Pralines
- Tobie Kerridge, Nikki Stott and Ian Thompson – Biojewellery
- Susana Soares – NanoBioPlants
- Orestis Tsinalis, Ruben Daas – NanoLift
- Creative Director
- Koert van Mensvoort
- Initiators
- Marco Rozendaal
- Koert van Mensvoort
- Art Direction
- Hendrik-Jan Grievink
- Exhibition Design
- Maze de Boer
- Product Model Masters
- Jan van der Asdonk
- David Menting
- Wiel Pijls
- Graphic Design Team
- Hendrik-Jan Grievink
- Ruben Daas
- Michael Kluver
- Video Commercial
- Studio Smack
- 3D Printing
- Chet Bangaru, D.Search-Lab
- Realization Nano Bus
- Bordbusters
- Jury Members
- Ronald van Tienhoven (Chair) – Artist, Design Educator
- Bas Haring – Philosopher, Writer, Professor Leiden Universtity
- Bert Meijer – Distinguished University Professor in the Molecular Sciences, TU/e
- Dave Blank – Professor Inorganic Materials Science, TU Twente
- Karin Spaink – Writer, columnist, activist
- Lucien Hanssen – Academic Entrepreneur, Promoter of imagination in Science
- René Janssen – Professor in physical organic chemistry, TU/e
- Rinie van Est – Trend Catcher, Rathenau Institute
- Taco Stolk – Artist, Founder department of Genetic Design
- Organizing Team
- Krista te Brake
- Marco Rozendaal
- Koert van Mensvoort
- Marieke Kruithof
- Lucas Asselbergs
- Organizers
- Next Nature Institute
- TU/e Industrial Design
- TU/e Studium Generale
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TV Commercial
The NANO Supermarket commercial shows some of our products in daily life.
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Supermarket Folder
This Nano Supermarket Folder is being distributed alongside the regular commercial folder material in the neighborhood.
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Product Examples
| Wallsmart – Interactive wallpaint
This paint gives you the freedom to change the colour of your walls with the push of a button. Just paint any surface once with the product and nano particles in the paint will give you the option to change colour just by choosing on from the accompanied computer program. If you get fed up with your choice just pick a different colour and the walls will change instantly into the desired hue.
Enabling technology: Magneto chromatic nanorods |
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| NanoSock – Self dressing sock
A lot of elderly people experience the loss of flexibility. In daily live this presents these people with a lot of practical problems. One of them, for instance, is bending over to pull up your socks while getting dressed. Many seniors now, have to rely on outside help to get them ready for the day. This is something that undermines their sense of independence and their overall dignity. The Nano Sock offers a solution to this problem. Through miniscule moving particles in the fabric, the sock pulls itself all the way up without any help. The energy to do this is generated entirely through the sock’s own movement that causes static electricity that powers the moving parts.
Enabling technology: Nano Electro-mechanical systems |
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| SelectaDNA security paint
Once something gets stolen it’s often hard to trace back the original owner. To make the lives of thieves as hard as possible a lot of ingenious ideas already made their way to the anti-theft market. From engraving serial numbers into bike frames to GPS trackers in cars. But how about grandfathers clock or your blu-ray-player? How can you easily mark them? With the Selecta DNA Kit you can invisibly mark all your possessions through a unique strand of synthetic DNA. Just swipe a little bit of the DNA onto your most beloved stuff so that there is always proof of the fact that the items belong to you.
Enabling Technology: Synthetic DNA |
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| NanoLift – Physical Photoshop
What would your life look like if you had the ability to change the shape of your face on a daily basis? Not just retouch parts through make-up but actually alter the physical form of your face. The Nano Lift is a product that could make this a reality. All it takes is one trip to the cosmetic surgery clinic, where they will inject a grid of tiny magnetic nano particles into your skin. From then on you can adjust these particles at home with the accompanied magnetic stick. The particles are connected with your skin, so adjusting the grid means physically changing your face.
Enabling Technology: Magnetic Nanoparticles |
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| Programmable Wine
Each course of a fancy diner should be accompanied with a soothing wine. But why buy each different type separately when you can get them all out of one bottle? Nano Wine is a basic grape product that is mixed with nano sized flavour capsules. When exposed to microwaves these capsules release their flavour. Different wattage and duration of exposure means you create a different type of wine. Just open the vanilla capsules when you are in an Australian mood. Truffle puts you in an Italian atmosphere and for a smooth Merlot won’t have to do anything.
Enabling Technology: Nano encapsulation |
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