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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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Product Design
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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Product Design
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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Product Design
The Compleat Cup is a more environmentally responsible paper cup.
4 Jan 12
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United for cleaner oceans
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Design Thinking
United By Blue is an organisation that removes one pound of trash from the ocean for every one of their organic, vintage-inspired T-shirts sold.
3 Jan 12
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Wish to fly
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Industrial Design
Little Shining Man is a kite-like sculpture, made of 23 000 individual parts.
2 Jan 12
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Shiny & red
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Urban & Landscape Design
Thomas Heatherwick designed sleek new hybrid double-decker buses for London, and they're 15% more fuel-efficient than existing hybrids.
31 Dec 11
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Matthew Rosmarin at Design Indabar
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Design Thinking
Talking about biomimicry at COP17, Matthew Rosmarin explains how we can use nature as inspiration for human-scale challenges.
30 Dec 11
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Loving the world
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"Imagine Your World" is a zero-waste activity set that teaches children about their connection to the planet.
29 Dec 11
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Keeping watch
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Interaction Design
A public art installation in Spain employed red flashing lights to start a conversation about the role of government in a democratic society.
28 Dec 11
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Super snug
Design News
Warm, colourful and fun. The "Thuggie" is the most comfortable must-have piece of clothing we've seen in a while.
27 Dec 11
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Oriental influences
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Anna Raimondo's SMITH Jewellery collection draws inspiration from Japanese art, trinkets and paper cuttings.
26 Dec 11
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Stretch a little
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Information Design
Airmov is an iPad app that makes it both easy and fun to take a break from clicking and typing to stretch your wrists, hands and fingers.
26 Dec 11
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Capsule shop
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Architecture & Interiors
The flowing, elegant design of a shop that sells luxury clothing in Budapest gives the space an exhibition-like look and feel.
25 Dec 11
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Parallel experiences
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Industrial Design
Science fiction or social media? The Quantum Parallelograph offers you a glimpse of your parallel life - the one you have online.
24 Dec 11
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Andrew Makin on the Green Pavilion at COP17
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Design Thinking
Architect Andrew Makin talks about designing the look and feel of the Green Pavilion at COP17 in Durban.
23 Dec 11
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The sound of silence
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Two Dutch designers create 'silent rooms' where care-home inhabitants can process the experience of loss
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A virtual leap for the lab
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17 Apr 22
Self-taught game developer Mbangiso Mabaso employs augmented and virtual reality to enliven the science lab for learners
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Art across time
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Chinese-Australian artist Renee So’s exhibition at the CAMPLE LINE gallery in rural Scotland explores history in multiple forms
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