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Google goes timber
Google’s first mass timber project - a high performance, low carbon building that prioritizes the health of both people and planet.
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Living Space
Architect and computational designer Manas Bhatia used AI to imagine a utopian future with symbiotic buildings.
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Raise your glass
Berlin-based design studio Studio Other Spaces unveiled their kaleidoscopic wine-tasting pavilion in early August
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Flipping the script
Pandemic lockdowns inspired Mina Kasirifar’s multifunctional sensory furniture for kids
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Silicon Valley wants to read your mind – here’s why you should be worried
The tech geniuses of Silicon Valley are developing machines capable of reading your brainwaves.
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How this low-cost, modular machine is tackling malaria
Octopi is the latest tech that’s revolutionising malaria detection.
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This lightweight, flexible shoe is made from ‘algae foam’
VIVOBAREFOOT and Bloom team up on the world’s first shoe made with the material.
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The Living Chair celebrates the beauty of imperfection
Carpenter reinterprets his father’s iconic rocking chair design with flawed salvaged wood.
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Cleansing the air with clever anti-pollutant roof tiles
It is now possible to reduce the effect of fossil fuel burning with this simple smog-busting building material.
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Project H teaches public school students to build for good
Californian non-profit group, Project H is teaching children the value of design and architecture, and how it can make a difference in their communities.
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LifeArk off-grid housing is focused on sustainable community transformation
The affordable, emergency housing system is aimed at disaster prone areas and displaced peoples.
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A new preservative-free way to protect food from spoiling
This plant-based food design can extend the freshness of fruits and vegetables up to four times.
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A home designed to make water conservation a way of life
University students create a water-efficient and energy-efficient home to combat drought.
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Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | February 2018
We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look!
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The Gangsta Gardener is bringing affordable and nutritious produce to California’s ‘food deserts’
Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA to offer alternative food sources.
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Meet Aoi Yamaguchi, the Japanese Master Calligrapher expanding the form’s possibilities
The California-based artist merges music and performance with the centuries-old tradition.
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Vakseen
Digital Designer
Vakseen is a visual artist, designer, and music producer.
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LocoL provides community support through food
Roy Choi’s revolutionary fast food joint is changing what it means to be a great restaurant.
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Zadok Ben-David makes art out of all the people he saw but never met
The London-based artist’s work laments the human race’s growing isolation.
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Greeting cards for people of colour
US-based creative Tara James creates greeting cards as a reflection of cultural tradition.
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Step into the vivid visions of Tyler Spangler
This graphic designer uses music and emotion to create surreal artworks.
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Can plants talk to each other?
Richard Karban explains the subtle ways that plants talk and even defend each other.
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Sunflare develops the world’s first stick-on solar paneling
The new ultra-thin solar wallpaper can be applied to just about anything.
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Hyperloop concept could be the railway transport of tomorrow
Take a look at SpaceX’s evolution of maglev trains.
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