Shrinking the human species will be a complicated matter. Presumably not all people would shrink at the same speed, and older generations would be larger than younger ones. The sculptures of Australian artist Ron Mueck shed an interesting light on things to come. He creates hyperrealistic puppets of very large as well as very small size. One [...]
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About The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Incredible Shrinking Man is a speculative design research about the consequences of downsizing the human species to 50 centimeters. It has been a long established trend for people to grow taller. As a direct result we need more energy, more food and more space. But what if we decided to turn this trend around? What if we use our knowledge to shrink mankind? -
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