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2030 vision
IKEA uses artificial intelligence to visualise how humans will be living in 2030.
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Bodily exchange
This store makes consumers rethink the concept of ‘product’.
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High Tide
SeaPods, the latest innovation from Ocean Builders, imagines a living space that floats in the middle of the ocean.
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Metamorphosis
Design Indaba alumnus Shaakira Jassat created a collection of trick glasses inspired by social distancing and caterpillars for the Nationaal Glasmuseum
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Straw men
A sustainable model with houses made of straw is coming to the Netherlands
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The sound of silence
Two Dutch designers create 'silent rooms' where care-home inhabitants can process the experience of loss
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Dress Code
Lalaland is scooping awards for revolutionising digital fashion via photorealistic AI models
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Upward mobility
Stefano Boeri Architectti brings urban forestry to social housing in Eindhoven
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Unmissable monographs
We celebrate two titles by designers in the service of joy and collective wellbeing
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In the raw
Introducing the award-winning zero-waste Ermis chair
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Bicycle parking garage scoops major design award
An 8 000m² “space-age airport for cyclists” boosts The Hague’s transport hub
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Bjarne Mastenbroek’s new book explores earth-bound architecture
Dig it! Building Bound to the Ground sees buildings as an extension of the planet’s crust
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#DI Exclusive: Timothée Mion tells us how to take out the trash
We probe Mion’s concept for clearing space debris
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Subline lets New Yorkers reclaim disused subways
Pietro Quintino Sella’s conceptualises new transportation routes for cyclists and pedestrians in abandoned subway lines
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antenna 2021 design graduate Rosana Escobar redefines the value of materials with her project, Unravelling the Coffee Bag
Tracing a global product back to its local context and raw state
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antenna 2021 graduate Anandita Ayesha Rangarajan’s Hate, Spaces, Ghettos project uses architecture as a means of political and social critique
Commenting on ghettoisation and spatial segregation in cities
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Kimia Amir-Moazami tackles food wastage with Vorkoster
Kimia Amir-Moazami tackles food wastage with Vorkoster
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Kim Kuhl’s Nessi project focuses on saving urban greenery
Tackling pavement drought with a simple irrigation system
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antenna 2021 graduate, Benjamin Bichsel tackles plastic clothing waste
Cima explores circular solutions for disposable medical apparel
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Maxwell Ashford presents his robotically recycled footwear at antenna 2021
RUEI-01 focuses on responsible consumption and production
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Our Dutch Design Week 2021 highlights!
Hot takes from Northern Europe’s biggest design event
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antenna 2021 presents a fresh approach to design dilemmas
The fifth instalment takes place during Dutch Design Week from 16-24 October 2021
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No Waste Challenge winner, Packing Up PFAS creates clean bricks from polluted clay
This sustainable project responds to The Netherlands’ construction crisis
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No Waste Challenge 2021 winner, Loop, produces the world’s first Living Coffin
Six feet under never felt more sustainable
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