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Farm footprint
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The Crowd Farm draws energy through a flooring system that responds to human footsteps.
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1 Nov 09
Ornamental pastures
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Hafsteinn Júlíusson’s Growing Jewellery is a clash of jewellery and gardening, couture and organism.
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1 Nov 09
Molecular meat
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Food Design
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Product Design
Cocoon by Rickard Hederstierna is a response to the world’s growing population and its desire to consume meat and fish.
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1 Nov 09
Jelly fishfarm
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Somewhere between a biodegradable fish farm and a synthetic reef, Microcosmic Aquaculture is a speculative project.
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1 Nov 09
Flower power
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Comprising 15 solar panelled sunflowers, the Electric Garden in Austin, Texas, is literally what its name says.
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1 Nov 09
Cereal assemblage
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Interaction Design
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Sascha Pohflepp examined the potential of synthetic biology to be used to grow products.
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1 Nov 09
Victimless meat
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Food Design
Marije Vogelzang’s Faked Meat started as a reaction to meat substitutes.
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1 Nov 09
Dust to dust
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Architecture & Interiors
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Sietch Nevada, by Matsys design studio, projects water-banking as the fundamental factor in future urban infrastructure.
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1 Nov 09
Lawn attack
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The Edible Estates project proposes the replacement of the domestic front lawn with a highly productive edible landscape.
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1 Nov 09
Communal pods
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Architecture & Interiors
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The Eco-pod proposes to stimulate the economy and ecology of downtown Boston through the installation of a temporary vertical algae...
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1 Nov 09
Mould robots
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Information Design
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Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first-ever biological robot using mould.
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1 Nov 09
Rain harvesting
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The Cista is a rainwater harvesting system designed to be attractive and easy to use.
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1 Nov 09
Social farmwork
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Interaction Design
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Hyperlocavore.com is a yardsharing social networking site launched by Liz McLellan.
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1 Nov 09
Mushrooms on the run
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Food Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Agata Jaworska’s In Transit proposes growing mushrooms in the packaging while they are being transported.
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1 Nov 09
SMS with fish
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Amphibious Architecture is a visual interface that offers a looking glass into the aquatic ecosystem through SMSes.
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1 Nov 09
Readymade oasis
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Evan Gant’s RainDrops system allows people to adapt standard plastic bottles to an existing gutter system to collect rainwater.
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1 Nov 09
Pocketful of posies
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Woolly Pockets are soft-sided nests for growing plants.
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1 Nov 09
Petri dish flesh
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Interaction Design
The Tissue Culture and Art Project by Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr explores the use of tissue technologies as a medium for artistic expression.
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1 Nov 09
Robotic aquaculture
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The self-sustaining and untethered Oceansphere is powered by a patent-pending hybrid ocean thermal energy conversion system.
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1 Nov 09
Hard stomach
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Product Design
Julia Lohmann’s work explores the threshold between animal and animal material, probing society’s attitude towards animals.
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1 Nov 09
Grown tables
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Product Design
A tree is a product of its specific time and place.
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1 Nov 09
Leapfrog rising sea levels
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Architecture & Interiors
Lilypad by architect Vincent Callebaut is a floating ecopolis for climate refugees in 2100.
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1 Nov 09
Powerplant tomatoes
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A collaboration between Great Northern Hydroponics and GE Energy has resulted in a massive greenhouse cogeneration plant.
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1 Nov 09
Earthship
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The Science Barge is a prototype sustainable urban farm and environmental education centre afloat the Hudson River in New York.
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1 Nov 09
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