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Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: The dream of better
By applying design thinking to emerging technologies Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg imagines a better future for us all.
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ByALEX: purity by design
Purist functionality and a pared-down aesthetic are key ingredients in Alex Swain’s decisively simple product designs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rainbow-coloured gobbledygook by Joseph Atkinson
Cheeky Scottish illustrator-cum-animator Joseph Atkinson trawls the underbelly of the internet for inspiration.
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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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INSIDE World Festival of Interiors shines a spotlight on exceptional interior design
A space-like TV studio, a healthy office and an exploded cinema set the bar high for the World Interior of the Year Award.
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Regenerating Accra's forgotten areas
How do you breathe new life into Jamestown, one of Accra's poorest but most historic areas? Slowly and with art, says British-Ghanaian architect Elsie Owusu.
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A human organ on a microchip wins Design of the Year 2015
The line between medical science and design just got narrower with London’s Design Museum’s top award going to Human Organs-On-Chips.
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Timorous Beasties’ moth design takes to the skies
Multi-award winning wallpaper designers tackle a new challenge: the tail-wrap for a new jet.
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A cap to halt hair loss in cancer patients
The Embracing Life scalp-cooling cap helps maintain the quality of life for cancer patients facing chemo-induced hair loss.
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India Harris translates photography into textiles
The textures and colours of film photography are the inspiration behind this University of Brighton graduate’s collection.
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A pop-up office in Hackney Square park
London’s East End finds a new way to enjoy its green spaces with TREExOFFICE, a pop-up workspace outdoors.
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Margo Selby's pageantry of pattern
Kent-based textile designer Margo Selby weaves her magic using age-old threading techniques.
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Alice Stewardson’s ceramics will make your mouth water
Alice Stewardson has designed and baked a collection of ceramics that look like they belong in the window display of a top French patisserie.
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What betting patterns tell us about the news
UK-based website Betwire discovers the news in the fluctuations of online betting markets and the infographics they generate.
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Nic Fiddian Green’s lifelong homage to the horse
Britain’s best-known equestrian artist, Nic Fiddian Green, will be “in studio” during an exhibition of his work in London.
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A cross-continental architecture studio with solutions for Harare’s informal traders
The architects behind Studio [D] Tale propose a set of innovative designs to improve life for informal traders in African cities.
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"Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier" by Alan Warburton
Alan Warburton gives classical music a digital twist in this 3D-animated interpretation of Bach’s “The Well Tempered Clavier”.
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#DITakeover on Instagram: Lakwena Maciver
Lakwena Maciver went large on our Instagram account with her murals of kaleidoscopic colours and bold patterns.
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Jasper Morrison’s first retrospective opens
Superlative, seamless, simple – a new exhibition pays homage to Jasper Morrison’s work from the 1980s to the present day.
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A contemporary folding chair by David Irwin Studio
British designer David Irwin showcases his contemporary folding chair at the exhibition "Tools for Everyday Life" at ICFF 2015.
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An edible water-filled bead
Meet the Ooho! – if water were a fruit, this is how it would be packaged.
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