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Cool runnings
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Product Design
A simple chemical reaction powers new cooling tech that keeps things cold without electricity.
10 Jan 22
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Celebrating the Arch
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Urban & Landscape Design
Few South Africans have left as profound a legacy as Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
10 Jan 22
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The house that LEGO built
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Product Design
Room Copenhagen launches a playful, sustainable homeware line for grown-ups
10 Jan 22
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Holding sway
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Architecture & Interiors
Parametric design turns an urban office block into an object of wonder
10 Jan 22
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Rain on me
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Design Thinking
Tactus Design Workshop’s self-sustainable home of the future
30 Dec 21
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In the raw
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Product Design
Introducing the award-winning zero-waste Ermis chair
30 Dec 21
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Exploring interspecies art
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Urban & Landscape Design
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg has developed an algorithm that caters for pollinator preferences
30 Dec 21
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From kelp to catwalk
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Product Design
Commercial-scale seaweed-based yarn can transform fashion
30 Dec 21
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Curiosity thrilled the cat
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Meet the purrrr-fect bionic spy robot for cat lovers
17 Dec 21
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100 Beautiful Baskets
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Craft
A curated exhibition that celebrates African weavers
17 Dec 21
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Tackling sanitation taboos with panache
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Product Design
Jasmine Burton’s creative approach to WASH challenges can change the world for billions.
17 Dec 21
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Dazzling with design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
How Yinka Ilori’s technicolour storytelling is taking over the world
17 Dec 21
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African storytelling comes of age in CODA
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Film & Animation
The urban documentary delves into how we mark the passing of time
14 Dec 21
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Out of this world
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Music & Sound Design
Ghanaian artist Steloo channels Zambian ‘Afronaut’
13 Dec 21
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The seeds and the sower
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Product Design
Art and design fuse effortlessly in Jan Ernst’s first solo exhibition in France
13 Dec 21
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Morag Myerscough’s #CleanPower installation brightened up COP26
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Product Design
We chat to the designer about her recycled ocean plastic flags
13 Dec 21
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Vigil for Virgil
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Music & Sound Design
We pay tribute to creative polymath and trailblazer Virgil Abloh
8 Dec 21
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Cannabis-inspired book redefines the stoner aesthetic
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Art & Photography
This homage to pot will amuse and delight anyone interested in this unique sub-culture.
7 Dec 21
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Edel Rodriguez illustrates children’s book on rock icon Jimi Hendrix
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Edgy artwork captures the iconoclastic musician’s rise to fame in the psychedelic Sixties
6 Dec 21
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Bicycle parking garage scoops major design award
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Urban & Landscape Design
An 8 000m² “space-age airport for cyclists” boosts The Hague’s transport hub
6 Dec 21
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I, Robot
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Product Design
Robot Café run remotely by differently abled workers wins top Japanese design award
1 Dec 21
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Louis Vuitton unwraps first vegan sneakers
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The sustainable footwear is made from 90% recycled and bio-based materials
30 Nov 21
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Bringing wind turbines into urban spaces
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Product Design
Joe Doucet’s Wind Turbine Wall is a kinetic sculpture that harnesses the power of the wind
29 Nov 21
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Adrift in wonder – discover Expo 2020 Dubai’s eco-friendly Italian Pavilion
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Architecture & Interiors
Construction materials include coffee grounds, orange peels and spirulina algae
29 Nov 21
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The anatomy of art
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New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items
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