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Hanging balance
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This see-saw table is more than a fun place to eat your dinners. It's also designed to encourage good table etiquette.
11 Jan 12
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Skating 80s
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Rolling Back the Years is an exhibition showcasing custom designed skate decks in celebration of the glory of 80s skateboarding.
11 Jan 12
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Bookshelf bike rack
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Store your bicycle, books and other gadgets all on the same shelf. The Bookbike shelving solution is ideal for urban spaces.
11 Jan 12
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Free to move
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Pro is a versatile new chair design, ideal for use in schools, by the German designer Konstantin Grcic.
11 Jan 12
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Dark visualisations
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Graphic designer Stewart Scott-Curan designed a poster visually depicting each of the songs on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album.
10 Jan 12
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Tablets for learning
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Design Thinking
The One Laptop Per Child initiative have just launched the XO-3 tablet, with the vision to distribute it to children in developing nations.
10 Jan 12
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Song for the road
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Graphic Design & Illustration
From the Highway to Hell to Penny Lane, the Song Map is a litho print featuring the names of songs about streets and landmarks.
10 Jan 12
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Trained naturally
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Architecture & Interiors
Studio Tjep designed elements of the new Fabbrica restaurant in The Netherlands. They made it less shiny and more natural.
9 Jan 12
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Say hello
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Interaction Design
"Hello World!" is an installation consisting of some 5000 individual video diaries taken from the internet.
9 Jan 12
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Reading list
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A Turkish designer's "TarGetBook Shelf" makes it easy to organise your books according to those that have been read and those that must still be read.
9 Jan 12
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Era of coffee
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Norwegian designer Katrine Austgulen created a series of colourful and vibrant covers for coffee tumblers, inspired by historical time periods.
8 Jan 12
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New bird on the block
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Cowbird, a new type of social media network, aims to become a public library of human experience.
7 Jan 12
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Design as a verb
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When it comes to his job, starchitect Thomas Heatherwick doesn’t think about titles, he thinks about verbs.
7 Jan 12
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Travelling sounds
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Music & Sound Design
The "Suitcase Symphony" is a pathway that makes music as you pull your wheeled suitcase along it. Great for airports and train stations!
6 Jan 12
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Stacks of colour
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Stacking Vessel Soldiers is a series of colourful and highly functional objects by designer Pia Wüstenberg.
6 Jan 12
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Share, and share alike
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Industrial Design
Dutch designer Dave Hakkens created a new plug, using a lightweight rubber material that makes it easily detachable, thus giving it a longer lifespan.
6 Jan 12
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Charlie Todd on Improv Everywhere
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Interaction Design
Founder of Improv Everywhere, Charlie Todd, talks about creating scenes of joy and chaos in public places to make people smile.
5 Jan 12
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Lindsay Kinkade on combining art, design and public policy
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Urban & Landscape Design
Lindsay Kinkade talks about using open-source methodology to make public policy, particularly the American healthcare system, more understandable.
5 Jan 12
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Knock knock
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Urban & Landscape Design
A South Korean artist used 1000 recycled doors to create a "construction shield" that doubled up as an interesting visual point in an urban centre.
5 Jan 12
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Check mates
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Urban & Landscape Design
An outdoor art installation in the Japanese city of Osaka used the game of Checkers to create an enriched, interactive public space.
5 Jan 12
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Psychic tees
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Information Design
Discover your destiny via a T-shirt. "Mother's Psychic Tees" give you a clue to your fate in 2012 while raising money for charity.
5 Jan 12
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Eat love experience
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Food Design
Marije Vogelzang's "Eat Love Budapest" multi-sensory installation saw strangers sharing food, experiences, memories and stories.
4 Jan 12
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Mini portable
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The Chick Lamp by Italian designer Luca Vagnini is a portable floor and table lamp, made with oak wood.
4 Jan 12
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One cup
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The Compleat Cup is a more environmentally responsible paper cup.
4 Jan 12
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