Free Universal Construction Kit Golan Levin, USA fffff.at/free-universal-construction-kit More a provocation than a product, the Free Universal Construction Kit connects ten different toy construction systems together through a matrix of adapter bricks. Any piece can join any other piece, encouraging a totally new form of connection between otherwise closed and proprietary systems. And the adapter bricks are free to download for home-based 3D printing. It’s a playful way to consider closed, competitive, commercial systems versus truly globalised open-source culture; intellectual property; and reverse engineering as a mode of cultural practice. CabBoots Martin Frey, Germany www.freymartin.de CabBoots sense the surface of a well-trodden route, tilting the soles to the outside or inside and steering you in a particular direction. It’s an innovative pedestrian guidance system that lets you navigate a route without a map – or even blindfold – as technology takes over. 10 InnovationSpace: The Lab