design

French designer Mathieu Lehanneur speaks at TED about science-inspired design. Mathieu's Local River, a domestic ecosystem of edible freshwater fish and plants is currently on show in the Science Gallery's WHAT IF... exhibition. His latest creation is a plant air-filter invented with scientist David Edwards:

We're thrilled to have Paola Antonelli from MoMa coming to Science Gallery on December 11th for a talk rounding off the last weekend of WHAT IF... Paola is Head of the Architecture and Design Department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is is one of the leading figures in the design world.