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The world’s most compact electric bike

The A-Bike is back and is better than ever. Sir Clive Sinclair’s 2006 foldup bike is set to revolutionise the daily urban commute with an electric upgrade. >
Trailer: The Workers on the power of digital interactions

The Workers is a London-based digital design studio that challenges expectations of what is possible in the digital realm. >
The Workers on the power of digital interactions

The Workers is a London-based digital design studio that challenges expectations of what is possible in the digital realm. >
Pack your GPS away and use marbles instead

Design graduate Sara Vrbinc has developed brAInfu.cc, a wayfinding system to rival the GPS. >
Akiko Shinzato’s art of identity theft

Using bits of brass, laser engraved leather, reflective plastic and design acumen; Akiko Shinzato’s jewellery can give you someone else’s identity. >
Art and science collide in "What’s in Your DNA?"

Cancer Research UK teamed up with 21 designers to raise funds for an advanced research facility in the heart of London. >
NATS create a colourful visualisation of the busy London skies

Air traffic service NATS shares a striking visualisation of the flights over London’s airports in “London 24”. >
How innovation saved a sheep-farming town in Devon

A product designer has saved a sheep-farming community by inventing a brand new material that utilises wool. >
Audio sculptures that modify your perception of the world

Are you grumpy? Özgün Kılıç’s graduation project hypothesizes that it might be because of the sounds around you. >
Tales of the Dark Continent

Maxwell Mutanda illustrates surreal scenes of Africa in a series he titled “Postcards”, which he describes to us here in his own words. >
Mr Bingo's Hate Mail Kickstarter offers first class artistic abuse

Warning: This article contains offensive content. At your request, Mr Bingo will create a unique insulting message and send it to you in the mail. >
Historical landmarks digitally narrate their own stories

European research team meSch is collecting historical data to add clever multimedia installations to cultural sites and spaces. >
Eleanor Lakelin’s raw wooden sculptures

The London-based carpenter unearths nature’s wild beauty in her wooden bowls. >
A novel way to listen to music by Gemma Roper

Product designer Gemma Roper has designed a satisfyingly simple device that allows you to select music according to tempo or beats per minute. >
Light Echoes installation arrives at the Barbican Curve Gallery

Aaron Koblin and Ben Tricklebank’s artwork “Light Echoes” envelopes the Barbican Curve Gallery in an immersive light experience. >
Toast and a hug from RCA graduate

London-based designer Ted Wiles designed a toaster that only works when you give it a hug in an attempt to make its users happy. >
Jack Lennie designs a motorbike you can download

Tinker is a downloadable, no weld, motorcycle kit designed by Edinburgh Napier University graduate Jack Lennie >
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: The dream of better

By applying design thinking to emerging technologies Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg imagines a better future for us all. >
ByALEX: purity by design

Purist functionality and a pared-down aesthetic are key ingredients in Alex Swain’s decisively simple product designs. >
Michael Johnson: The future is social branding

The founder of brand identity firm Johnson Banks unpacks the growth of social branding in a competitive corporate world. >
Smart Specs offers a visual aid to the legally blind

Smart Specs are new augmented reality smart glasses designed by Oxford University research fellow Dr Stephen Hicks. >
Disaster Playground premieres in London on World Asteroid Day

The premiere of the film Disaster Playground by Nelly Ben Hayoun opened today at the BMI in London. Not coincidentally it's also World Asteroid Day. >
Rainbow-coloured gobbledygook by Joseph Atkinson

Cheeky Scottish illustrator-cum-animator Joseph Atkinson trawls the underbelly of the internet for inspiration. >
Emma Yeo’s haute couture hats carved from wood

British designer Emma Yeo’s distinctive headwear blurs the boundaries of art and fashion. >

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