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Azure Magazine: Behind the Scenes: Philip Beesley Adds to Iris van Herpen’s Paris Exhibition
December 19, 2023
University of Waterloo: Living Architecture Systems Group Partnership recognized as SSHRC Impact Award FinalistNovember 3, 2022
University of Waterloo: Inspired by Living ArchitectureJune 13, 2022
City of San José: “Threshold” – an exploration of creation through technology and aestheticsNovember 18, 2021
Azure Magazine: Philip Beesley Brings a Living Galaxy to VeniceMay 28, 2021
Archipanic: How Will We Live Together? Venice Biennale 2021 Explores the Architectural Potential in a Post-Pandemic WorldMay 21, 2021
Canadian Architect: Philip Beesley and the Living Architecture Systems Group opens installation at Venice Architecture BiennaleMay 21, 2021
University of Waterloo: Dream-like space brought to life in VeniceMay 20, 2021
Art the Science: Bits – Meander by Philip BeesleyNovember 11, 2020
The Record: A sculpture that moves, lights up and makes soundsNovember 1, 2020
CBC: New ‘living’ sculpture in Cambridge offers vision for sustainable futureOctober 28, 2020
Canadian Interiors: Large permanent living architecture sculpture unveiled in Cambridge, Ont.October 27, 2020
Acrylite: Wonderfully Clever Designs Using ACRYLITE® Make It To The “Olympics” Of ArchitectureOctober 9, 2020
CBC Radio: “The home of the future might constantly adapt to its residents”February 28, 2020
Kultur Port: Sagmeister & Walsh: BeautyFebruary 4, 2020
Haute Couture: “The most extraordinary looks from Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020”January 30, 2020
Fisher ARCHitecture: The Unspeakable Shaking GroundJanuary 28, 2020
New York Times: Iris van Herpen: From a Sewing Needle to a Laser Cutter, a New Approach to FashionNovember 14, 2019
Norman Foster Foundation: “Robotics in Architecture debate video at Norman Foster Foundation, Madrid”November 12, 2019
Dress to Kill Magazine: “How architect Philip Beesley uses artificial intelligence to create transformative environments”October 8, 2019
The Architect’s Newspaper: “Iris van Herpen collaborates with architects for hypnotizing couture presentation”July 22, 2019
Editoriale Domus: “Architecture and Design Workshops: The Top 5 of Summer 2019”July 1, 2019
S Magazine: Philip Beesley Transforms Spaces with Living SculpturesNovember 8, 2018
PNAS: “Science and Culture: Sentient architecture promises insight into our evolving relationship with AI”July 24, 2018
designboom: “Beesley’s new environments employ artificial intelligence and synthetic biology”July 18, 2018
Critics at Large: “Fashion & Architecture, Redefined: Iris Van Herpen and Philip Beesley at the Royal Ontario Museum”July 4, 2018
Amanda Skrabucha, Digital Content Creator – Blog Post: “Fashion/Irish van Herpen: Transforming Fashion | Exhibition at ROM”June 1, 2018
Elle Canada: “Iris van Herpen is Pushing the Boundaries of Fashion”June 1, 2018
The Coveteur: “Couturier Iris van Herpen on the Future of Sustainable Fashion”June 1, 2018
Fashion Magazine: “Iris van Herpen on the Imporance of Handicraft and the Furture of Fashion”June 1, 2018
Beyond Fashion Magazine: “‘Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion’ at the ROM”June 1, 2018
The Globe and Mail: “ROM’s Iris van Herpen exhibition focuses on the futurism of fashion”June 1, 2018
Toronto Star: “Iris van Herpen and Philip Beesley: a fashion and architecture due cut from uncommon cloth”June 1, 2018
Style Zeigeist: “Studio Visit: Philip Beesley”June 1, 2018
Fashion Magazine: “Architect Philip Beesley on his Friendship with Iris van Herpen”June 1, 2018
NUVO: “Iris van Herpen and Philip Beesley at the ROM”June 1, 2018
DesignLines: “Is Philip Beesley the Most Enigmatic Architect in Toronto?”May 2, 2018
Canadian Architect: “Transforming Space: Philip Beesley exhibition coming to ROM”April 1, 2018
Prism: Crossroads of the WestFebruary 16, 2018
ArchDaily: “Living Architecture ‘Astrocyte’ Questions Whether Buildings Can Think and Care”January 1, 2018
Designboom: “Living Architecture Systems’ Immersive Soundscape ‘Astrocyte’ Says A Lot About Listening”December 1, 2017
Colossal: “Artist Philip Beesley Merges Chemistry, Artificial Intelligence, and Interactivity to Create “Living” Architecture”December 1, 2017
Vogue: “7 Fashion Duos on the Rewards of Collaboration”October 1, 2017
The Globe and Mail: “Six Highlights of Toronto’s Upcoming EDIT Design Festival”September 1, 2017
Digicult: “The Ethical Shape of Sensitive Machines. Philip Beesley and Industry 4.0”July 1, 2017
formlabs: “Philip Beesley on Prototyping and Producing Responsive Installations, Van Herpen Couture”July 1, 2017
DesignCurial: Hello Robot: Design Between Human and MachineJune 27, 2017
DigBoston: All ears: Listen Hear adds a new dimension to the Gardner Museum experienceJune 27, 2017
The Boston Globe: Sound art at the Gardner: seeing with your earsMarch 16, 2017
e-flux: Listen Hear: The Art of Sound at the Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumMarch 8, 2017
designboom: Philip Beesley’s Sentient Veil comes alive at the Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumMarch 8, 2017
Metropolis: The Robots Have Eyes, Vitra Design Museum Exhibit WarnsFebruary 6, 2017
AnOther Magazine: Experiments in Imperfection: Iris van Herpen’s CoutureFebruary 1, 2017
Irenebrination: Brief Architecture and Fashion ComparisonJanuary 29, 2017
New York Times: “Distorting Reality at Iris Van Herpen and Schiaparelli at Couture Fashion Week”January 23, 2017
Indiana University: Beesley uses tech to stretch architectural boundariesJanuary 19, 2017
Vice: Here’s How You Make High Fashion Inspired by Magnetic FieldsJanuary 2, 2017
Vogue: “SPRING 2017 COUTURE Iris van Herpen”January 1, 2017
CBC: Under the sea: How this architect turned Toronto’s city hall into the oceanNovember 10, 2016
The Globe and Mail: Nuit Blanche offering Toronto a leaner selection of dusk-to-dawn art projectsSeptember 23, 2016
Laughing Squid: Gorgeous Ethereal Dresses That Feature 3D Printed Squid, Octopus and Other Deep Sea CreaturesJuly 6, 2016
Precipitate Flux: Report: Beginning from the Endless End: A Community of Thinking: The Experience of the European Graduate SchoolJune 18, 2016
21st Century Digital Art: Radiant SoilJune 4, 2016
Smithsonian: Iris Van Herpen Is Revolutionizing the Look and Tech of FashionMay 2, 2016
Irenebrination: Creativity in Lucid Dream States: Iris van Herpen’s A/W 2016-17March 24, 2016
Fashion Channel: Iris Van Herpen Full Show Video Fall 2016 Paris Fashion WeekMarch 10, 2016
New York Times: Top 10 Moments From Paris Fashion WeekMarch 10, 2016
3ders.org: Iris van Herpen’s FW collection Lucid for fall 2016 features dreamlike 3D printed dressesMarch 9, 2016
New York Times: Iris Van Herpen: Fall 2016 SlideshowMarch 8, 2016
CITA: Philip Beesley & Rob Gorbert – Embodied Systems for Learning: Work in Progress from the Living Architecture Systems Group video lectureMarch 1, 2016
CPNAS: Philip Beesley: Pluripotent ArchitectureFebruary 11, 2016
The Finch & Pea: Art of Science: Philip Beesley’s Sentient ChamberFebruary 10, 2016
MVT Journal: An Interview with Philip BeesleyDecember 16, 2015
Mitacs: Investigating the philosophy behind near-living architectureMay 1, 2015
Wallpaper*: Editor’s picks from Paris Fashion Week A/W 2015: womenswear collectionsMarch 5, 2015
New York Times: Iris Van Herpen and ‘a Different Way of Thinking’December 1, 2014
Palestine Herald-Press: Beesley, It Lives! VideoNovember 22, 2014
Domus: Magnetic MotionOctober 23, 2014
StyleZeitgeist: Iris Van Herpen SS15, Paris Backstage PhotosOctober 4, 2014
Dezeen: Iris van Herpen uses 3D printing and magnets to form Spring Summer 2015 fashion collectionOctober 1, 2014
The Cut: Q&A: Iris van Herpen on Couture, Her Shrink-Wrapped Models, & MoreApril 11, 2014
FashionDailyMag: “Iris van Herpen Fall 2014 PFW”March 7, 2014
Canadian Interiors: Simons victoriousFebruary 20, 2014
Vice: A Chamber Of Lights That Feels What You FeelDecember 4, 2013
Wired: These Robotic Jungles Want to Eat You – Hylozoic SeriesOctober 1, 2013
The Star: Sterling Rd: Artistic hotbed, but with development plans looming, for how long?August 12, 2012
Biennale of Sydney: 2012 Artist Interview Series: Philip Beesley videoJuly 24, 2012
Fundación Telefónica: Entrevista Philip Beesley – Primer Premio VIDA 11.0 videoJuly 17, 2012
Utah’s Art Magazine: Exhibition Review: Salt Lake Triffids Land at Leonardo! Take Cover! Philip Beesley’s Hylozoic VeilJuly 12, 2012
Rappler: Couture’s graceful aliens at Iris Van HerpenJuly 6, 2012
STUDIOchannel132: 18th Biennale of Sydney: all our relations videoJuly 5, 2012
FashionDailyMag: IRIS van HERPEN avant gardiste HAUTE COUTURE for fall 2012July 4, 2012
WORKshop: RE-STITCHING: A round-table discussion generated by STITCHES: Suzhou Fast Forward VideoJune 25, 2012
ACADIA Discourse: Philip Beesley and Skylar TibbitsMay 24, 2012
V2_: Evening of… Philip BeesleyMay 16, 2012
School of Design New Zealand: DeSForM 2012: Philip Beesley Diffusive Form and Near‐Living Environments Lecture VideoApril 25, 2012
Stuff: Changing face of modern art – Hylozoic Series: VesicaApril 19, 2012
Toronto Standard: Creative Process: Architect Philip BeesleyDecember 3, 2011
Bryton Sampson: Hylozoic Veil: Philip Beesley Interview videoOctober 13, 2011
The Salt Lake Tribune: Sculpture at Salt Lake City’s new museum, The Leonardo, fuses technology, art and life: Hylozoic GroundOctober 7, 2011
University of Waterloo: Hylozoic Ground videoSeptember 26, 2011
KCPW 88.3 FM: Leonardo Features Experimental, Responsive Architecture: Hylozoic Ground radio interviewSeptember 19, 2011
The Deseret News: At 3 stories high, unusual exhibit takes center stage at The Leonardo: Hylozoic Ground by Philip BeesleySeptember 9, 2011
MediaArtTube: Philip Beesley & CITA – Sargasso Cloud, Responsive Environment 2009July 2, 2011
International Sculpture Center: Toronto – Phillip Beesley: Allen Lambert GalleriaJune 22, 2011
The Star: Philip Beesley: Installations at a strange borderlandJune 11, 2011
Luxsure: LEXUS HYBRID ART – The Art of the Future Returns to MoscowMay 3, 2011
Wired: Interactive sculpture is a template for carbon-negative homesJanuary 14, 2011
BizBash: Best of 2010 – Event Reports: Philip Beesley’s Aurora at Nuit BlancheDecember 5, 2010
Canadian Interiors: It’s alive! Hylozoic GroundNovember 1, 2010
Sonic Acts: Philip Beesley: Responsive EnvironmentsJune 28, 2010
Laboratorio Arte Alameda: Hylozoic Soil (Philip Beesley) / (IN) POSICIÓN DINÁMICAApril 7, 2010
Metropolis: Exhibit Conveys Climate With Architecture for the Five SensesDecember 18, 2009
Installations by Architects: Geotextiles by Philip BeesleyNovember 10, 2009