Regine Debatty – Onstage Book review
At the Next Nature Power Show 2011 Regine Debatty, art critic and famed blogger at www.we-make-money-not-art.com, presented a live on stage review of the Next Nature book.
What is Next Nature?
With our attempts to cultivate nature, humankind causes the rising of a next nature, which is wild and unpredictable as ever. Wild systems, genetic surprises, autonomous machinery and splendidly beautiful black flowers. Nature changes along with us.
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Meanwhile in the Next Nature Lab
Last week, the young and talented designers of the Next Nature lab at the Eindhoven University of Technology presented their end of semester works in an internal exhibition. There are 58 designers & 10 coaches active in the next nature theme.
Projects range from autonomous sailing boats, to smoke bracelets, to adaptive medical systems, to lab-grown meat visualizations. Some snapshots.
DIY autonomous sailing boat by Sina Kazeni.
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Hendrik-Jan Grievink – From Blog to Book
How to transform a blog into a book? At the next nature powershow designer Hendrik-Jan Grievink explained how over 1600 blog posts on nextnature.net were re-designed & re-edited into a must-read coffee table book.
Warp to the book page: NEXTNATURE.NET/BOOK
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NANO Supermarket – Introducing the Jury
Little over two weeks left to submit your speculative product idea for the Nano Supermarket. The jury that will select the finest submissions – to be exhibited in the Nano Supermarket this autumn and award the 2500 euro price – consist of distinguished scientists, designers, artists, journalists and thinkers. Here is the list:
Dave Blank – Director MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology
Rob van Hattum – Creative Director NEMO Science Center, Director Science programs VPRO
Tracy Metz – Design Journalist & Writer
Mieke Gerritzen – Designer, Director MOTI, Museum of the Image
Ronald van Tienhoven – Artist & Design Educator
Lucas Asselbergs (Chair) – Director Studium Generale, TU EindhovenWe are proud to bring together such excellent people from such a broad spectrum of disciplines, who will undoubtedly be capable to judge the submission on their merits. If you haven’t submitted yet, download the submission form now.
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Corn 2.0: Survival of the Cheapest
Congrats to Sean Serafini, the winner of our April Next Nature Spotter contest. While we received many images of fake nature, Sean’s entry delves deeper into more diverse next natural concepts. As Sean pointed out in his title, these foods are engaging in something like natural selection, competing against one another for the consumer’s attention. Thanks to packaging, marketing, and all-natural flavors, food technology has differentiated one crop – corn – into a cornucopia of different foods.
Sean, please contact us with your mailing info we can send you a copy of the Next Nature book.
Want to win your own copy of our book? The new Next Nature Spotter contest runs until July 31. Simply download our free iPhone app and start snapping. Don’t worry if you don’t have an iPhone – send your photos to submit@nextnature.net with “Next Nature Spotter” in the subject line.
Bring your phone or camera to the mall, to school, to your cubicle or your beach vacation. Let us know what you see. Entries will be judged on visual appeal and applicability to next nature concepts such as hypernature, manufactured animals, and anthropomorphobia. For more examples, check out our theme pages and FAQs.
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Nano in Milano
Hello designers and design-lovers! The NANO Supermarket has arrived at the Salone in Milan, Italy. From today (april 18th) until sunday (april 22nd), we will present our speculative products in our mobile supermarket bus posted at the front entrance of Studio Zeta, Via Friuli 26, 20135 Milan, Italy (map).
Opening hours:
Wed 4/18: 11 AM – 7 PM
Thu 4/19: 9 AM – 7 PM
Fri 4/20: 9 AM – 7 PM
Sat 4/21: 9 AM – 7 PM
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Natura Prossimo a Milano
Calling our Italian readers! This week our NANO Supermarket will be visiting Milan as part of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, a show devoted to product and interior design. While the show is only open to invitees, the NANO Supermarket is open to everyone. Come learn, discuss, and sample some pharmaceutical sushi.
NANO Supermarket Exhibition 18-22 April 2012
Studio Zeta, Via Friuli 26, 20135 Milan, Italy (map)Opening hours:
Wed 4/18: 11 AM – 7 PM
Thu 4/19: 9 AM – 7 PM
Fri 4/20: 9 AM – 7 PM
Sat 4/21: 9 AM – 7 PM
Sun 4/22: 11 AM – 5 PM* Pre-opening at Dutch Consulate on 17th of April 18:00
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Next Nature Lecture @ DesignMarch Island
If you happen to be in the neighborhood you may want to attend the Next Nature lecture at the Island Design March on March 22 in the “most northerly capital in the world”.
If you happen to not be in the neighborhood, you hopefully still enjoy the eccentric 3D flowery purple sheep which is part of the Design March visual identity and opportunistically also our peculiar image of the week.
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We’re lecturing in Milan (if you ask us)
From april 17-20, a large deal of the Next Nature crew will be in Milan, Italy. We will bring our lustrous Nano Supermarket to this year’s edition of the Salone Internationale del Mobile and while we’re there we wouldn’t mind giving some rocking lectures slash book presentations. For bookings, please contact us via hendrikjan [at] nextnature [dot] net. We’re looking forward to see you there. Ciao!
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Lecture on Next Nature book
Our resident designer Hendrik-Jan Grievink will give a presentation about next nature and our book Next Nature: Nature Changes Along With Us in Amsterdam on february 14th. Yes, we know that’s on Valentines’s Day, but Hendrik-Jan will skip a romantic dinner for this occasion so why can’t you?. So, see you there!
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Bruce Sterling – Next Literature
At the Next Nature Power Show 2011 American Science Fiction writer Bruce Sterling – ‘perhaps the sharpest observer of our media-choked culture working today in any genre’, according to Time Magazine – enlightened us with his vision Next Nature. According to Bruce the emerging of next nature also asks for a next literature.
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What is Next Nature?
At the Next Nature Power Show 2011, our master of ceremony Koert Van Mensvoort, gave a mini lecture on our changing notion of Nature. Where technology and nature are traditionally seen as opposed, they now appear to merge or even trade places. Time to explore how we can design, build and live in a nature caused by people. More powershow video’s ahead!
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Powershow 2011 in Two Minutes
Last November the Next Nature Power Show rocked Amsterdam with a roller-coaster of performances from artists, scientists, designers, writers and architects.
This two minute compilation video features some (but not all) of its highlights. More pictures here. Individual presenter videos will be published over the coming weeks. For the crew members there is also pinkish backstage fun video.
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Next Nature Fun Pack
Sleek, stylish and thought-provoking, our Fun Pack is the perfect gift for the Next Nature lover in your life. Each set includes the Next Nature book, Real Nature is Not Green DVD, the Fake for Real Memory Game, and a Corporate Animals t-shirt.
Now only €55. Save €20 on the regular price. Swift shipping. Free gift wrapping.
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Next Nature Book Sample
Try before you buy. Browse the sample excerpt of the lustrous Next Nature book containing material from chapter 1 & chapter 3.
Books bricks are currently being shipped across the planet and should arrive in your local bookstore within the next few weeks (depending on your location). Right now, the fastest way to to get a book is to order it through our website. Word up.
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Human Nature Forecast
The video team of TEDxAmsterdam caught me mid-production and forced me to sit on a chair to respond to their upcoming conference theme: Human Nature. We discussed how people are technological by nature, yet how we also need humane technology to remain human, or become even more human than we are today.
TEDxAmsterdam is held on the 25th of November in the city theater of Amsterdam.
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Powershow 2011 Pictures
On the 5th of November 2011, the Next Nature Power Show rocked the city theater of Amsterdam with a roller-coaster of performances and the launch of the long awaited Next Nature book.
We thank our superb speakers and enthusiastic audience for an unforgettable and amazing evening. In case you missed the show: Sooth yourself with the inferior derivatives (pictures) below. Videos and backstage images are in the pipeline.
Koert van Mensvoort – Crash course Next Nature thinking
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Lecture @ Next Ecology in Istanbul
If you happen to be in the neighborhood you may want to attend the Next Nature lectures at the Amber Festival in Istanbul. The theme of the festival is ‘Next Ecology’. Yours faithfully will be lecturing on ‘Money as a Medium’.
