The word “parasite” might have a negative meaning – but not when it comes to architecture and design. Parasitic architecture is a major trend these days. It is an adaptable, transient and exploitive form of architecture; it forges relationships with host buildings and the surrounding environment. Be it a temporary structure or a solid but flexible “alien” construction, blending into the existing landscape – it transforms the bigger world around itself according to its own purpose.

Here are a few examples of what ‘parasite architecture’ might mean in terms of design and social projects.

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We keep exploring interdisciplinary areas where art, design and science meet and merge, and sound is one of them. These days sound is emerging as one of the most important instruments of discovering the world – either through mass experiments or through individual insight. Here are just a few examples of marvelous and innovative sound installations:

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Design can be a world of its own – building illusions and challenging the laws of perception. Check out those objects balancing on the borderline of art and design:

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Light installations and video-mapping might be considered the signature art-trends of our time. Be it indoors or outdoors, huge or tiny, used for a festival, marketing or for the art’s sake – they won’t go unnoticed. So, here are just a few examples we like most.

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Netflix’s  new documentary series “Abstract: The Art of Design” invites us to “step inside the minds of the most innovative designers in a variety of disciplines and learn how design impacts every aspect of life”. And it certainly does what it promisses! Design professionals as well as all creative souls will definitely enjoy it as a source of inspiration and a change in perspective.

The first episode is about Christoph Niemann, graphic designer and author of the New Yorker covers and Abstractsunday Instagram (not mentioning his collaborations with big corporate clients).

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Prefab homes do not necessarily need to be boring and cheap looking. On the contrary, ecological thinking and simplicity define the new meaning of luxury. Just check out these fantastic examples of premanufactured homes!

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In the 1960s inflatable architecture was born out of the protest against the rigid lines of modernism. Inspired by balloons, zeppelins and moon bounces, it easily found its way into music festivals.

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Inflatable structures are now back on trend – being created and used for various functions.

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Dr. Anupama Kundoo was the architectural curator of BE OPEN’s Made In… India Samskara exhibition in New Delhi in 2014.  She designed the bespoke space for the exhibition that was meant to find alternatives for  “standardised industrial products” with the help of traditional crafts and techniques.

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Van Balen‘s design firm COHEN VAN BALEN created a new diet for city pigeons to turn the birds’ feces into soap – so they clean up our cities instead of dirty them.

We will be reviewing some of the most interesting events held by BE OPEN in the past. Tuur van Balen, Belgian designer and scientist, discussed an unusual project  “Pigeon d’Or“at  2012 BE OPEN Forum at Design Miami.

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BE OPEN is a creative think tank. Fostering creativity and innovation. Our mission is to promote people and ideas through cultural, educational and art events. This blog is dedicated to innovations, contemporary ideas and creative minds defining the future of our planet, as well as to the most interesting events held by BE OPEN in the past.