For the Weekend — Pushing Boundaries, Stretching Limits and the Eternal Things

This week, we start watching Game of Thrones Season 6. We saw that the best way to show the freshness of your product is to use the daily newspaper as packaging. While the European Patent Office honors world changing inventions, people may soon be paying with their fingerprints in Japan. Also in Japan, seaweed in being made into plastic. The media go crazy about Beyonce’s Lemonade. And is Spotify hacked?

The view from Renzo Piano’s desk with his favourite things (http://www.wsj.com/articles/renzo-pianos-favorite-things-1461250665)

Crossing the Borders of Present

Modern Meadow attempts growing synthetic organic materials.

We Don't Have 10 Years To Wait For Lab Grown Leather.

Young A-Lee however creates leather from kombucha tea.

This sustainable 'leather' comes from kombucha tea - Futurity

While new materials are being developed, Knyttan introduce the mass customization of knitwear.

[Einstein’s (E equals to m c square)] + [Billions of dollars] might = unlimited clean energy for the world

The secretive, billionaire-backed plans to harness fusion

But we might become transhumans before nuclear fusion.

Exceeding Limits and Crashing

Theranos’ failed ambition to change the healthcare and medical industry.

What investors can learn from the meteoric rise and dizzying fall of Theranos

Helena might just be pushing the limits with an empty paper bag.

I Have No Idea What This Startup Does and Nobody Will Tell Me

Successful New Boundaries to Stretch

The Blue Man Group has been successful in pushing the limits of creativity for 25 years.

In culture, sneakers are taking over the old stiletto as the shoe for all occasions.

How Athleisure Killed the Stiletto

In technology, everything eventually stop spinning.

Go inside Nendo, as they continue to churn out new products weekly.

Minimalist Master: Nendo Studio's Oki Sato

Max Svärdh, with no technical training, was able to produce a new shoe design every week.

An Interview with Axel Arigato's Max Svärdh | Highsnobiety

Marina Abramovic’s unconventional performance art is undeniable in its success.

The Never Changing Aspects

Brewing a good beer still takes time.

Zak the Baker travel through Italy and show us that good quality food requires effort and patience.

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