July 2015
Labs
Holmdel, NJ, United States.
Colorado Springs, CO, United States.
Palmdale, CA, United States.
An online form.
Sichuan Province, China.
A kit by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg & James King, with the University of Cambridge iGEM Team.
An installation by Roxy Paine.
Installation by Rod Dickinson with Graeme Edler and Steve Ruston.
An installation by Nicola Twilley and Geoff Manaugh.
Downey, CA, United States.
A memo.
Heathfield and London, United Kingdom.
Berlin, Germany.
An application.
A diagram.
A model replica.
A kit by Futurefarmers + the Biological Sciences Team, National Renewable Energy Lab.
Tuscon, AZ, United States.
Barstow, CA, United States.
A pdf.
A video by Josh Weinstein.
Arlington, VA, United States.
A photographs by An-My Lê
Cracker Jack
This bonus issue collects documentation of strange and significant laboratories in the history of research.
LABORATORY SERIES. No.03. Skunk Works hanger in Palmdale, CA. Founded by Kelly Johnson in 1943 under the motto “quick, quiet, quality,” Skunk Works is the official alias for Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Program (ADP). The secret research-cum-development facility developed a working model that granted small teams space to work in undisclosed locations, with relative autonomy from corporate bureaucracy and standard procedures. The rules of engagement are outlined by Kelly in “14 Rules and Practices.” Today, the term Skunk Works has become synonymous with the “space of innovation” coopted by corporate tech giants. Photo: Wikipedia.
