• Alluring Materiality Revisited0June 04, 2009

    Alluring Materiality Revisited

    One decade ago, Japan-based architecture magazine SD published a special issue on new materials entitled “Alluring Materiality.” For its ten-year...
  • Tokyo Talk0June 04, 2009

    Tokyo Talk

    Blaine Brownell will speak at the Architectural Institute of Japan in Tokyo on June 19, 2009. His lecture will be...
  • Cross-Cultural Conversation0June 04, 2009

    Cross-Cultural Conversation

    Blaine Brownell will interview emerging Japanese artist and designer Tokujin Yoshioka for the upcoming book entitled Matter in the Floating...
  • Materials in Action0June 04, 2009

    Materials in Action

    Transstudio founder Blaine Brownell showcases a collection of materials with transformative potential at Pop!Tech. See the video here. [Photo by Asa...
  • Emergent Materials 3.00June 04, 2009

    Emergent Materials 3.0

    The manuscript is currently under development for Transmaterial 3: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environment. The book...
  • The Japan Studio Embarks0June 04, 2009

    The Japan Studio Embarks

    “Japan is a test, a challenge to think the unthinkable, a place where meaning is finally banished. Paradise, indeed, for...