Restless Futures Showcases Emerging Technologies and their Potential Consequences at the London Design Festival 2014

The <a href="http://inhabitat.com/london-design-week" target="_blank">2014 London Design Festival</a> kicked off this past weekend and Inhabitat is on the ground to capture all the major highlights! One of the most buzzed-about events this year is <a href="http://www.londondesignfestival.com/events/restless-futures-london-design-festival" target="_blank">Restless Futures</a>, a showcase of emerging technologies and their potential future consequences as presented by top graduates of <a href="www.arts.ac.uk/csm" target="_blank">Central Saint Martins</a>. Click through to see some of the most avant-garde designs that may someday shape our everyday world.

<a href="www.cecilierudolph.com">Cecilie Elisabeth Rudolph</a> takes an experimental approach to food and food waste by transforming those materials into textiles and fashion.

Cecilie Elisabeth Rudolph used a laser cutter to turn leftover fish skins into source material for electronic tags, challenging our common perceptions of food waste.

<a href="www.bethlewiswilliams.com">Bethan Lewis Williams'</a> Lights, Lithophanes & Landscapes uses 3D printed ceramic lithoplane to create lights that reveal contemporary urban scenes when illuminated.

<a href="www.olivia-aspinall.com">Olivia Aspinall</a> Prime Matter explores alternative design uses for unused natural resources such as bio-resin and coal.

<a href="www.brunoschillinger.com>Bruno Schillinger's</a> Unidentified is a collection of purposefully ambiguous objects that challenges our traditional notions about function.

<a href="www.9191.co.uk">Gigi Barker's</a> A Body of Skin is a series of pheromone-infused, silicone-coated objects that question our relationship and comfort level with skin contact.

<a href="www.9191.co.uk">Gigi Barker's</a> fleshy furnishings are truly unsettling!

<a href="www.marlene-huissoud.com">Marlene Huissoud</a>'s From Insects project explores how insects and their waste streams can be used in design.

<a href="www.velascovelasco.com">Marta Velasco Velasco's</a> Windhoek recycles denim sound insulation material into colorful bespoke screenprinted pieces.

<a href="www.opentools.cc">Josh Worley's</a> Open Tool is an open-source web platform that encourages collaboration and dissemination of knowledge on how to build tools.

<a href="www.sophierowley.com">Sophie Rowley's</a> Material Illusions -- The Poetics of the Everyday upcycles man-made waste into everyday objects.

Sophie Rowley unveiled a table made from denim waste for the No More Waste? exhibit.

<a href="www.behance.net/forrestradford">Forrest Radford's</a> Unprinter concept offers an easy and convenient way to responsibly dispose of old electronics.

<a href="www.katharinagrossdesign.com">Katharina Gross'</a> Wax-ploration project uses wax-marble-polypropylene composite to create custom furniture designs.