Disseny Hub I/O/I Exhibition

I have recently moved to Barcelona and had a chance to see this cool exhibition in Disseny Hub Barcelona: I/O/I The Senses of Machines.

The most strking piece for me was Oasis by Yunsil Heo and Hyunwoo Bang.

It is a surface covered with black sand and when you grab the sand and remove it from the surface, micro-organisms come to life. These creatures are born, they grow and are perished when you put the handful of sand on them again. They recognize their spatial boundaries and obstacles of living and respond to peoples’ touch in various ways.

http://everyware.kr is the website for the development team. They have really good stuff going on.