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The driverless Island tram
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Called ‘Island’ the double-decker driverless tram is the innovative design by Italian designer, Andrea Ponti.
22 Sep 20
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Mike Bagale's Medicinal Soup recipe
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Food Design
The Michelin-starred chef shares his exclusive Medicinal Soup recipe
17 Sep 20
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Exclusive interview with Michelin-starred chef: Mike Bagale
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Food Design
Want to know what Mike Bagale has been doing since leaving his role as executive chef of Alinea, Chicago’s 3 Michelin star “New American” restaurant?
17 Sep 20
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Rethinking food takeaway
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Food Design
PriestmanGoode has created reusable fast food packaging that is so attractive, no-one would want to throw it away.
10 Sep 20
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Test your food for allergens in under a minute with new app
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Allergy Amulet is a new app being developed by Abi Barnes that is able to test for food allergens.
10 Sep 20
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Re-imaging what pets consume
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Food Design
Bond Pet Foods is reimaging what your pet should consume by developing foods made from animal-free ingredients.
10 Sep 20
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Change the way you experience food
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Food Design
This luxury farm X hotel hybrid lets you forage for ingredients before you cook them.
10 Sep 20
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The zero waste restaurant
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Food Design
“All of our ingredients are mindfully sourced from local farmers, fishermen and producers, with a strong focus on sustainability. "
10 Sep 20
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Elevate your culinary journey with Spyce
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Food Design
This restaurant is run entirely by robotic chefs that can cook the complex meals.
10 Sep 20
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Creator: A new culinary possibility
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Food Design
The Creator production line makes customizable burgers with precision.
10 Sep 20
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World’s first robot equipped station to cook pizza
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Product Design
Imagine a restaurant powered entirely by robotic chefs instead of human cooks and kitchen hands.
10 Sep 20
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Thinking for, and beyond, COVID-19
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Urban & Landscape Design
Responsive. Resilient. Restorative. Design's 3 R'S are as active as ever...
7 Sep 20
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How to make your travel booking experience easier
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Urban & Landscape Design
SnapTravel is an App-less way to book your next vay-cay and it all happens via Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp.
3 Sep 20
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The refill station by Nivea that is tackling waste production
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Product Design
Instead of adding that empty toiletry bottle to the recycling pile, re-use it!
3 Sep 20
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World’s first credit card to monitor purchases by their carbon emissions.
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Design Thinking
Doconomy is a Swedish fintech company that has launched the world’s first credit card to monitor purchases by their carbon emissions.
3 Sep 20
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ThredUP: A new age store for the era of repurposed retail
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Information Design
Not just a thrift store, and not just a thrift store online, ThredUp claims to be the world’s largest online shopping destination for second hand swag.
3 Sep 20
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This tiny café packs a big punch
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Urban & Landscape Design
Developed by the Onexn architects, their goal was to create a new public space that caters to the community.
3 Sep 20
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New Off-White store set to change the retail game
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Urban & Landscape Design
The multi-purpose venue converts from retail destination to fulfilment centre to events space to fashion runway.
3 Sep 20
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Run your business differently with EVRYTHNG
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Interaction Design
In 2020, EVRYTHNG won a Fast Company 2020 World Changing Ideas Award.
3 Sep 20
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Using plastic to pave new roads
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Urban & Landscape Design
According To president of TechniSoil, the startup who has engineered this new type of movement - the use of plastic makes the pavement stronger.
28 Aug 20
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The bicycle helmet made up of parametric techniques
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Product Design
The Voronoi bicycle helmet is a new progressive design of the “helmet”.
28 Aug 20
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3D Printed resort?
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Kisawa Sanctuary retreat, located on Mozambique’s Benguerra Island, is the first ever resort to use 3D printed technology.
28 Aug 20
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Transforming industrial waste into luxury furniture
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Product Design
Furniture designer, Konstantin Grcic’s newly designed mono-bloc chair, called BELL is made from recycled polypropylen.
28 Aug 20
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Nike opened its first European House of innovation store in Paris with a sustainable focus
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Urban & Landscape Design
As part of their ‘Move to Zero’ movement, Nike used over 85 thousand kilos of sustainable material woven into fabric.
28 Aug 20
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