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Happy city
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Bjarke Ingels Group designs a ‘Mindfulness City’ for the Kingdom of Bhutan.
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16 Apr 24
Reinventing the wheel
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Design Thinking
The first spokeless Ferris wheel will also be the second-tallest in the world.
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6 Feb 24
Get design’s latest: Louvre’s 1st female leader, PoAD opens, & Heatherwick floats Little Island…
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Innovation, engagement, and leadership are our watchwords this week.
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10 Jun 21
Welcome Shelter: Charlie Redman’s kinetic dining experience
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Architecture student Charlie Redman designed an outdoor structure that functions in any weather.
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1 Jun 16
Sundial installation 3D-printed with sheets of plastic
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Urban & Landscape Design
Contemporary sundial uses solar data to change shape according to the natural trajectory of the sun.
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10 May 16
Wave-like at London2011
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The Timber Wave is a three storey installation at the entrance to the V&A Museum in London.
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18 Sep 11
Lines matter at London2011
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David Chipperfield's installation at the London Design Festival is one of the key features at the event.
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17 Sep 11
Dror Benshetrit on collaboration, reinvention and transformation in cross-disciplinary design
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Dror Benshetrit launched his QuaDror structural support system at Design Indaba 2011.
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23 Aug 11
Protofarm 2050 in Singapore
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“Farming should be viewed as the sustainable cultivation of a renewable resource,” announces Protofarm 2050 at the World Design Congress.
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24 Nov 09
On the house
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To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Design Indaba, a series of special projects are being launched to encapsulate the best of design.
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1 Feb 07
High five
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Mike Edmonds, an associate director of Arup, identified five of the world's most significant sustainable architecture projects.
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1 Aug 06
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