Frame - 17 February 2018

Playing on the simple adage ‘out of sight, out of mind’, KLEMENS SCHILLINGER’s Offline Lamp
calls for an act of interchange between object and user. The lamp illuminates only when an
object is placed and ‘locked’ into a smartphone-sized compartment, making detachment from
virtual reality a prerequisite for usage and redirecting attention to other tasks.
klemensschillinger.com

Leonhard Hilzensauer

Direct Line

Urban-design technologists have reimagined the pedestrian crossing for those of us unable to

take our eyes off our smartphones. UMBRELLIUM’s Starling Crossing features LED lights that

are embedded in the road to alert individuals to potential danger by responding to real-time

conditions. Starling identifies pedestrians, cyclists and cars. It promises to better orchestrate

traffic in the city and thus reduce the 7,000 accidents occurring at UK crossings every year.

umbrellium.co.uk

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