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Active nouns
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A range of skateboard designs want to prove that creativity can make a positive difference.
23 Jan 11
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Giraffe in the room
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Product Design
Madrid-based design studio Kawamura-Ganjavian have designed a portable spatial divider.
23 Jan 11
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Comfy cuppa
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The Coffee Chair adds a fantastical and playful element to any tea party or coffee shop.
22 Jan 11
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Peering out
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Having eyes on the back of your head could sometimes be handy, or it can make a (fashion) statement.
22 Jan 11
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Rio 2016
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Creative Economy
The logo for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil represents passion and transformation.
21 Jan 11
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Fold(t)able
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The Unfold table features four tables of different sizes, all in one.
21 Jan 11
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From the continent
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Craft
In New York until 15 May 2011, the Global Africa Project explores the impact of African culture on contemporary art, craft and design.
20 Jan 11
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Where the sun shines
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Design Thinking
The Pure Sun table is an energy-efficient device that redirects natural light to where it is needed.
20 Jan 11
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Ross Chowles on how to run your own ad agency
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Creative Economy
Ross Chowles talks about how to start and run your own advertising agency.
19 Jan 11
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Paper + thread
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Peter Crawley’s interesting illustrations are made using watercolour paper, stitched with cotton thread.
19 Jan 11
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Pleasure centre
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Architecture & Interiors
The new nhow in Berlin is more than a hotel, it's also a data-driven art and design space by Karim Rashid.
18 Jan 11
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Bamboo bar
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Design Thinking
A bar made of bamboo in Vietnam not only uses low cost materials but also looks like a great place to have a drink.
17 Jan 11
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Prize for Puma Pico
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Urban & Landscape Design
Biomega's Puma Pico bicycle was recently awarded the European Consumers Choice 2011 award.
17 Jan 11
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Crafters go to market
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Craft
Local crafters are proving that commercial success is possible for organisations with a social focus.
17 Jan 11
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Soft integration
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Urban & Landscape Design
Bridle Road Residence in Cape Town has a lightness and classic elegance about it, while being sustainable.
16 Jan 11
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Mechanical heart
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Product Design
Wear your heart on your sleeve, or have it beating on your bedside table...
16 Jan 11
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Beautiful and useful
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Product Design
Architectural Acoustics and Legwear are two funky but functional projects by Niek Pulles.
15 Jan 11
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13 in one
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Craft
The Bouroullec Brothers’s latest collection of rugs interestingly blends rusticity and fineness.
15 Jan 11
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Fortunate tee
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Fortune Cookies are fun. Now imagine a giant one with a cool, wearable gift inside.
14 Jan 11
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Tree house
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Design Thinking
What looks like a giant tree house in the middle of a city is a very sustainable apartment block in Mexico.
14 Jan 11
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Loving the lego
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Graphic Design & Illustration
There appears to be no end to the number of creative applications for Lego. Here it's used in a letterpress.
13 Jan 11
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Books, sideways
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A shelf that displays horizontally makes it much easier to read the spine. See Studio Parade’s good idea.
13 Jan 11
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Christophe Egret
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Architecture & Interiors
Christophe Egret talks about creating communities and generosity in architecture.
12 Jan 11
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Bathing beauty
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Architecture & Interiors
Patricia Urquiola’s bathroom range for Axor brings a touch of poetry and playfulness to the collection.
12 Jan 11
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