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Fabrican is a spray-on fabric that comes in an aerosol can and can be applied directly onto your body to create an instant, non-woven fabric. Developed by Spanish designer Dr. Manel Torres in collaborated with the Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art, Fabrican’s patented technology has caught the interest of the fashion industry.Via:[PSFK]
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Image: IaN+, Villa Palladio, Next-Gen 20
For the final event in the London _ Rome’s series of talks, Luca Galofaro, founding member of Ian+, will showcase the Italian practice’s work alongside Stephen Witherford from Witherford Watson Mann. They will discuss their respective professional outputs and contributions to the London_Rome exhibitions at the British School at Rome last year, in a conversation chaired by Pippo Ciorra , architect, critic, professor of design and theory at the University of Camerino, and co-curator of the inaugural exhibition at the Zaha Hadid designed MAXXI museum in Rome.
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1. What made you want to become a designer in the first place?
I didn’t even know what a designer was until I was in my twenties. Luckily I was taking an Engineering degree at Imperial College in London which was right next door to the Royal College of Art – we used to go there for lunch and that’s how I found out about the world of design and decided I wanted to be a designer.
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