why is there air ? . . .

bill cosby posed this question on his third album by the same name in 1965. the album was recorded at the flamingo hotel in las vegas, nevada and it won a grammy award for best comedy album in 1966. unlike other essential elements such as water or fire, air seems to be underrated. our relationship to air, in all its ramifications, might deserve more attention than is commonly considered. a good place to start would be to take a look at the biomimicry design projects involving air from the festo company and also the air museum in amberg, bavaria . . .

the air-jelly, a festo biomimicry project

wilhelm koch’s airparc exhibit for festo

the air museum, amberg bavaria . . .