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What did modern design and architecture have to do with the famed men's lifestyle and women's nude magazine? Much more than one might imagine. This article revisits this history of modern buildings and furniture that served to popularize a concept: the sophisticated bachelor.

What can design tell us about the future we did not have? About the people who have been blurred from the earth? Could AI be a tool to reimagine history and the fate of our cultures and ancestors? Designer Catalina Lotero has been trying to answer these questions for some time now. Here's a look at her processes, questions and findings.

The renowned Lebanese graphic novelist answers these questions in her favorite language.

Who are behind those perfect strokes that we see on facades and supermarkets? The book Letras hechas a mano is not only the result of an exciting research that goes through walls and pages, it is also the fruit of a passion present in Roxana Martinez's family. This is her story. 

At some point in prehistoric times, someone bent their legs and let the weight of their hips rest on an object. Centuries later, many others rethought that object in terms of a wide repertoire of human needs. On the centenary of the Bauhaus, the question of the meaning of a chair confronts us with the very essence of the word “design.”

Planetario de Bogotá's project of book reviews, halfway between art, science and technology.

A conversation between a machine that claims to have emotional intelligence and a woman who seeks to explore some of her problems in the company of the algorithm opens up questions about the use of artificial intelligence for mental health care.

 An interview with Marjane Satrapi where she talks about all the freedoms she knows and her urge to express herself with more than one technique. 

Forty years ago, Patricia Córdoba and José Ignacio Vélez embarked on an exploration of Colombian design from a unprecedented angle: to focus on rural objects. Their drawings and annotations make up an exhibition.

We see them piled up every day at quinceañeras, masses and pool parties. This design icon has its own name in Colombia, but it exists almost everywhere in the world: the monobloc, our Rimax. Get to know some of its travels and stories.

In the National Library of Colombia there is a small room on the top floor full of people obsessed with the fungi and bacteria that inhabit books: where they come from, what they eat, how they can be eliminated. This is a story of love, war and conservation.