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Sweet Kills: A designer’s impression of the dangers of diabetes
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Nattakong Jaengsem’s Sweet Kills campaign takes a gory look at the dangers of sweet treats.
30 Mar 16
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New, innovative material inspired by ancient design
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The designs found in Iran’s Kharraqan towers became the unlikely inspiration for an advancement in metamaterials.
30 Mar 16
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Immersive 360-degree world drawn with a permanent marker
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Accomplished artist Oscar Oiwa exhibits “Oiwa Island 2” at the Setouchi Triennale art festival.
29 Mar 16
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FlipFlic controls your blinds for you
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Architecture & Interiors
An automated blind controller equipped with light sensors and thermometers controls your blinds for you.
29 Mar 16
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Power plant makes electricity out of cheese
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Industrial Design
Renewable energy group Valbio built a power plant that generates clean energy from a byproduct of cheese production.
29 Mar 16
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Would you chew on meat flavoured gum?
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Design Activism
This is one of the meat related questions served up by a temporary conceptual butcher in The Netherlands.
29 Mar 16
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Plantable pencils challenge use-and-chuck-away culture
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Design Activism
The Sprout pencil grows into a plant if you place it in a pot.
29 Mar 16
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A squid bacteria lighting solution
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Product Design
The nocturnal Hawaiian bobtail squid uses bacteria to help it see in the dark and so can we.
29 Mar 16
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Buy one give one: A blanket drive from Cape Town
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Craft
Umbala blankets are designed and locally manufactured by a studio that donate a blanket to a baby in need for every blanket they sell.
28 Mar 16
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3D-printed vase collection upcycles plastic bottles
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Architecture & Interiors
DesignLibero’s 3D-printed vase collection brings beauty to the practice of upcycling.
28 Mar 16
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