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Soner Ozenc: 3D printing and coffee in Shoreditch
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Industrial Design
Soner Ozenc is the founder of Makers Café, a maker space-cum-coffee shop located in Shoreditch, London that brings 3D printing into the public space.
20 Jan 16
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The world’s first 3D knitted shoe
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Product Design
JS Shoe introduces featherweight, formfitting footwear created with 3D knitting technology.
20 Jan 16
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Recycled plastic gets beautiful with these vessels
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Design Thinking
Wael Seaiby, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, has designed Plag, a series of glass and ceramic looking vessels made from recycled plastic.
20 Jan 16
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Celeste Arendse’s latest collection references the women of Picasso and Matisse
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
“Breasts of Desire”, the latest collection Cape Town-based fashion label Selfi, explores the way women’s bodies are portrayed in modern culture.
19 Jan 16
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Wesley van Eeden: Surf city creative
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Product Design
Durban-based creative Wesley van Eeden has created his own voice and message through his hip, character-based art.
19 Jan 16
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Pentagram's Naresh Ramchandani slates corporate jargon with a two minute rap
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Creative Economy
Corporate slang is named and shamed in Pentagram partner Naresh Ramchandani's Gamechanger video.
19 Jan 16
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Very Semi-Serious
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Art & Photography
Documentary film “Very Semi-Serious” is an inside look at The New Yorker’s iconic cartoons.
19 Jan 16
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Dutch children could soon be riding wind turbines
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Product Design
Extreme eco-thrills are within reach of Dutch locals at a wind turbine amusement park where guests will go on rides that incorporate wind turbines.
19 Jan 16
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A contemporary raw-brick house in India shelters orphaned children
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Architecture & Interiors
Designed by Made in Earth, a group of humanitarian architects, Vellore House in Tamil Nadu, India, accommodates twenty orphaned children.
19 Jan 16
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Open source 3D printed hands for children
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Product Design
A global network of samaritans are helping children in need of hands.
19 Jan 16
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A floating forest will soon set sail in Rotterdam
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Urban & Landscape Design
Mothership’s Dobberend Bos installation explores how people and nature coexist in an urban environment.
18 Jan 16
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Live From New York!
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Film & Animation
“Live From New York!” documents the early years of "Saturday Night Live” and examines how this late-night show became an American institution.
18 Jan 16
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Qivivo smart thermostats builds temperature profile for it's users
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Product Design
Paris-based 5.5 designstudio have designed a minimal-looking thermostat that learns about its user's behaviours and optimises home energy usage.
18 Jan 16
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Artist's gun dissections reveal the innards of war
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Design Activism
Anatomy of War reveals the gory, inner workings of the world's most popular weapons. **Warning: This story contains graphic images.**
18 Jan 16
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A video game becomes memoir about a family fighting cancer
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Product Design
“That Dragon, Cancer” is an interactive narrative about Joel Green and his battle with cancer.
18 Jan 16
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Who are the best designers in the world?
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Information Design
83 countries are ranked in arts, architecture and design based on the number of design awards won, with the United States taking the top position.
18 Jan 16
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Shen Chen designs a temporary stadium built in bamboo
Next Generation
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Architecture & Interiors
A graduate in architecture from TU Delft, Shen Chen has designed a temporary, multifunctional stadium built from bamboo.
18 Jan 16
00:03:19
Dana Arnett: Design thinking in a digital age
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Design Thinking
The Boston-based graphic designer and CEO considers a broader definition of design and what this means in the world of digital media.
18 Jan 16
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How getting out of your comfort zone can cure creative block
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Two South African creatives – inspired by a Design Indaba Conference Talk – quit their jobs, sold their belongings and hit the road
15 Jan 16
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Syrupy blue and pink visuals accompany an electronic African sound
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Music & Sound Design
South African DJ and “kwaaiwave” producer, Maramza and vocalist, Moonchild pair their dreamy track “Inkwenkwezi” with even dreamier visuals.
15 Jan 16
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Ivorian women and wigs as photographed by Émilie Regnier
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Art & Photography
Black women’s hair is knotty terrain. Émilie Regnier photographs Ivorian women in their wigged glory and affirms that hair is ultimately a personal choice.
15 Jan 16
00:03:17
Erin Besler: Repositioning architectural practices for new design
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Architecture & Interiors
Erin Besler’s installation, The Entire Situation, calls into question embedded architectural practices.
15 Jan 16
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Poo pill designed to combat obesity
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Design Thinking
Scientists at a United States hospital are using a freeze-dried pill made of faecal matter to treat obesity.
15 Jan 16
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Capture Mobility turns airflow from passing cars into electricty
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Industrial Design
An alternative wind turbine that generates green energy and removes air pollution on highways.
15 Jan 16
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