Digital Hinterlands features a diverse range of work by some of the best recent architecture graduates from London’s Architectural Association, Bartlett , Royal College of Art, and University of Westminster. Curated by Ruairi Glynn in consultation with Arup, this exhibition revealed how the latest computational design and rapid manufacturing processes are providing new ways of understanding and designing space. From built models, 1:1 fragments, material experiments and installations, to interactive devices, virtual worlds and robotics, the exhibition presented the ideas of a wave of young designers, operating on the speculative hinterlands of architectural design.

Box Animation from Jordan Clarke on Vimeo.

Nokia Ovi Maps have created an impressive interactive installation. Nokia & Seeper combined a high powered projection installation with dynamic face tracking, custom optical flow and a bespoke motion application called Chess.

New York artist Tara Donovan creates art from rolls of tape, pieces of pencil, Styrofoam cups, paper plates, napkins. Her sculptural works evoke thoughts of nature. A perfect example is the ‘Untitled’ cloud formation she created in 2003 from Styrofoam cups and glue.

This September, the first monograph of her work was published by visual book press, Monacelli Press [now owned by Random House].

Starting with a raft of digital marketing, web-build and film work for Graham Coxon, the time is nigh to launch a company: head, heart and feet first – curled up foetal position – into the crunch. We Are Humans.

The Multiverse installation by artist Leo Villareal in a 200-foot-long tunnel in the National Gallery of Art in Washingtong DC. The entire installation features 41,000 LEDs that animate and move independently, and randomly, to ensure that no one will see the same configurations twice. Multiverse will be on display throughout 2009.

Villareal “Multiverse” National Gallery of Art, Washington DC from Walter Patrick Smith on Vimeo.