Frame #168 - Nature Vs. Tech - Autumn 2026

Frame #168 - Nature Vs. Tech - Autumn 2026

As technology accelerates, design is constantly negotiating its relationship with the natural world. In this issue, we ask how innovation can regenerate rather than erode, and spotlight projects that balance ecological wisdom with digital progress. Here’s what’s to expect inside.

We explore how design is reconciling technological progress with the realities of the natural world. We ask how ow water-resilient design is working with rising tides, why the buildings powering AI may be its biggest problem, how longevity science is reshaping hospitality design, and whether, in our rush towards innovation and artificial intelligence, we have lost a potentially more important ‘AI’: ancestral intelligence? 

We share the products defining the market today, from 3D-printed concrete made from corn waste to circular solutions inspired by cutting-edge science. 

We highlight the portfolios of progressive creatives. Earthscape Studio advocates earthen architecture. Husos designs for ecological and social transformation. Vera van der Burg interrogates our relationship with AI. Russo Betak shapes technology around the behaviour of biobased materials. 

We curate cross-disciplinary creative projects, from AI systems trained on rainforest data to robotic plants fed by biodiversity statistics, that trace the charged territory where nature and technology meet – and, occasionally, test each other.  

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