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Types like India
The headline typeface for an India-themed issue of Wallpaper* draws on the rich visual culture of India.
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Spectacle revolution
Self-adjusting glasses may go on to help billions of people in the developing world with poor eyesight.
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Question mark
What is your guiltiest pleasure? Have you had any homosexual experiences? Are you a racist? Do you believe in the death penalty?
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Total joy
TOTAL, a new music compilation of Joy Division and New Order, features striking artwork by Peter Saville.
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Greener grass
Hat-trick have served up an interesting new brand identity for the famous Wimbledon tennis club.
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Replacements
Billur Turan is a product designer with a solution to Trichotilomania, the act of causing damage to one’s own hair.
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Roughing it at Milan2011
Rough & Ready is an experimental range of furniture inspired by explorations of the unpredictable.
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Sound smart
The Serendiptichord is an exploration of the creative possibilities of wearable computing.
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Through the hoops
Check out the Cyclehoop, an innovative solution for safe bicycle parking.
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Shakespeare on a stamp
Hat-trick have designed a range of postage stamps for the Royal Mail, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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WGSN-Homebuildlife
WGSN-homebuildlife is a pioneering online product design and development tool, created exclusively for the interiors market.
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Graphic recollections
A retrospective exhibition at the Design Museum in London, A Graphic Odyssey looks at the 60-year career of Wim Crouwel.
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Brit Insurance Design 2011 winner
Hulger’s Plumen low-energy light bulb has won the coveted 2011 Brit Insurance Design of the Year award.
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New name for design research centre
The Royal College of Art's largest research centre has been renamed to the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design.
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Portable shelter
The Cocoon is a portable shelter for the homeless, which hopes to bring a bit of relief to their dire circumstances.
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SMS answers from David Kester
Design Council chief executive David Kester answers the questions sent to him during the recent Design Indaba Conference.
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Wall parrot
British design studio Airside's Parrot could look funky against your wall.
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Torch bearers
BarberOsgerby have been appointed to design the London 2012 Olympic Torch.
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SMS answer from Michael Wolff
Design and branding stalwart Michael Wolff answers a SMS question about his creative process, sent to the Design Indaba Conference line.
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Through the window
Studio Xag’s dazzling window installation for a fashion boutique takes its cue from original Vegas signage.
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Room with a view
A Zen-inspired room, atop a building in the middle of a city, is like floating in the space between earth and sky.
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Twitter lights!
The Twitter Ball raises awareness about plastic waste in the ocean, using Twitter to highlight the cause.
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Electric
David Adjaye's Elektra House is seen as one of the most innovative houses designed in the last century.
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