What is Hiding Out of Sight?
Since we became a team, our clear objective has been to merge our experiences so we can use design to express what blindness means. As a...
Cerebella Design Shares Science in Style
It’s no secret that learning does not begin and end in school; in fact, it is happening with every new experience you have, from...
An “Epic” Collaboration Through the World of Analogies and Humor
Teach Epic #41 Ulf Gehrmann, PhD, scientist, Institute Curie, Paris, France Nancy Volpe Beringer, designer, Drexel University,...
WHEN FORM FOLLOWS FORM: Conveying The Brain’s Complexity Through Fabric Texture
How do you convey the complexity of a neural network in a single dress? Our design aims to represent the cerebellum, the region of the...
HOW DESCIENCE BUILDS TRUST IN SCIENCE
In our society a mistrust of science has developed. We are wary of studies, how they were performed, and their significance. This can...
HOW A SCIENTIST AND FASHION DESIGNER CONNECTED OVER QUINOA
How do you pick your partner fashion designer for Descience if you are a scientist whose clothes are all bought by your wife? Or how do...
A FUN LESSON FROM DESCIENCE IN COMMUNICATION BRIDGES
Descience is bringing together groups of two professionals that would typically not find themselves joined in a work environment. For...
THE FUNCTIONALITY OF FASHION
When we wake up in the morning and get dressed we do not think about what our clothes do beyond covering our bodies. We do not think...
HOW TO HUMANIZE THE RUNWAY
There’s a popular—and negative—belief out there that runway models are just walking “clothes hangers.” I believe this idea is propagated...
CONTINUITY: SCIENCE, LIFE AND DESIGN
My name is Erica Templeman. I am 27 and live in Boston, working production at a jewelry company and freelance as a seamstress & tailor. I...
