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Interactive Engine
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Architecture & Interiors
Engine 26 is an interactive digital painting project that allows for the manipulation of live video and other cool features.
14 Nov 10
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Carbon cool
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Urban & Landscape Design
A bicycle made of wood? An interesting concept, and it's not bad looking.
14 Nov 10
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Flipped out
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Architecture & Interiors
A flip-flop Fat Monkey, made entirely with flip-flops. Yes, those you wear on your feet!
13 Nov 10
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VI
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Stiaan Louw's latest collection interrogates the artistic but atypical understanding of African design.
13 Nov 10
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Pop it in
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Product Design
Airing your dirty laundry in public is not recommended but displaying it on your wall adds a funky interior touch.
12 Nov 10
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Cracks appearing
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Product Design
In product design it’s often true that the real character of an object is expressed through its imperfections.
12 Nov 10
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Democratising design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Various technologies and social platforms has allowed for, literally, anybody to be a designer. Here's a book that considers this.
11 Nov 10
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Hand creations
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Product Design
Bird in Hand is a lamp that pays tribute to the age-old pasime of casting hand shadows on walls.
11 Nov 10
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Case in point
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Interaction Design
Type Case is an installation that creates interesting displays with digital pixels of different shapes and sizes.
11 Nov 10
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Ruudt Peters on enchantment in jewellery design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Enchantment, magic and communication are aspects of jewellery design that should not be neglected, says Ruudt Peters.
10 Nov 10
00:44:02
Mark Dytham on using social networks to mobilise people
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Interaction Design
The time has come for designers to be more than just designers, Mark Dytham says.
10 Nov 10
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Person vs object
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Product Design
A new exhibition featuring, among others, Maarten Baas questions the relationship between people and objects.
9 Nov 10
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Here tonight, gone tomorrow
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Craft
One Night Only is a single night exhibition featuring the work of local artists Lucinda Mudge.
9 Nov 10
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Curtain call
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Product Design
The “Decorated Shade” curtain not only has a city chic about it but it also uses materials otherwise destined for landfills.
9 Nov 10
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Just juice
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Never underestimate the potential and ability of the ballpoint pen. iJusi have dedicated an entire magazine to singing its praises.
9 Nov 10
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Not of the body
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Product Design
Antibodies is a rich visual exploration of the work of the Campana Brothers from the past 20 years.
8 Nov 10
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Sod it
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Is that a French loaf on your T-shirt or are you just happy to see me?
8 Nov 10
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Flow chart
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Graphic Design & Illustration
There's something very romantic about winemaking depicted as a linear process against a wall.
8 Nov 10
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Monsters inc
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Product Design
Monsters monsters everywhere... On your desk, in your bathroom. But don't worry, they're eco-friendly.
7 Nov 10
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Pennies for Pyggy
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Product Design
Piggy banks are not just for children... They're functional and decorative home items with a unique history.
7 Nov 10
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Super skinny
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Urban & Landscape Design
Bicycles are the ultimate eco-friendly mode of urban transport but always a hassle to "park" indoors. Here's a great solution...
6 Nov 10
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Ordinary fun
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Product Design
Adding a bit of playfulness to the everyday objects that we interact with... Check out Bitplay's first collection.
6 Nov 10
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Civic rights
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Architecture & Interiors
Foster + Partners are to redesign the urban identity of Luxembourg, with a keen sense of social and civic spaces.
6 Nov 10
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Fits like a glove
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Information Design
A breakthrough technology? The Keyglove allows the wearer to control keyboard and mouse controls with one hand.
5 Nov 10
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