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Trailer: Larry Harvey on how Burning Man festival created art with a social purpose

Burning Man’s founder Larry Harvey describes how the festival of arts is driven by a strange combination of jeopardy and awe. >
Ali Ali: Unconventional Advertising

Ali Ali, film director and founder of Egyptian agency Elephant, explains how small, unconventional agencies can leave the bigger advertising agencies behind. >
Burning Man Festival calls out to urban designers

The Black Rock City Ministry of Urban Planning has put a call out to urban designers to reimagine the Burning Man Festival’s temporary city design. >
Miniature robots made from waste electronic chips and wires

Singapore and Malaysia-based industrial designer Anthony Oh recycles electric parts into miniature robot sculptures. >
Scientists at MIT have mastered the process of 3D printing glass

Glass, a mysterious amorphous solid, is the latest material to be 3D printed by scientists at MIT's Mediated Materials Group lab. >
Humanity, animality and nonsense in Wilma Cruise's etchings

South African sculptor and visual artist Wilma Cruise investigates verbal and nonverbal communication in her nonsense-inspired creations. >
A doctor in the Gaza strip is 3D printing medical tools

A conflict-zone doctor in the Gaza strip is 3D printing low-cost medical tools to help improve vital care in the area. >
The Drinkable Book can provide clean drinking water for a year

The pages of The Drinkable Book, developed by Dr Theresa Dankovitch, work as safe water filters and provide the vital information on waterborne diseases. >
Designers in Amsterdam reward community members for getting Wasted

Wasted is a community laboratory in Amsterdam Noord, where plastic waste is turned into building blocks and rubbish becomes a valuable currency. >
Twenty Journey: The many characters of South Africa through the lenses of three young photographers

Two decades into South Africa’s democracy, three photographers set off on a road trip to discover more about their country’s mixed-up character. >
The Winner's Podium: New Milo ad reveals the psychology behind children’s need to be a champion

This new Milo ad from Ogilvy Malaysia shows that often children want to be number one because they fear disappointing their parents. >
The CSPS medical centre at Burkina Faso’s Opera Village is now open

Kéré Architecture’s Opera Village in Burkina Faso uses cultural identity and pride as a tool for positive development. It now includes a medical centre. >
Tyler Pratt: Bringing enjoyment to everyday life through experimentation

Canadian industrial designer Tyler Pratt's products are designed to be simple, practical and to bring enjoyment to their users. >
Sue Sylvester paints her country into cloth

South African artist Sue Sylvester creates hand-painted fabrics inspired by a love of her home. >
Illustrator Paul Pateman talks about the pursuit of happiness in his work

London-based graphic artist Paul Pateman, better known by the alias Pâté, has a good amount of humour in his work and a strong and simple aesthetic. >
Reconnecting to the idea of the udder

5.5 Design Studio have created the "Vache à Lait" (Milk Cow) in order to reconnect consumers to the idea of milk coming from the udder. >
Images of adolescence in Francesca Allen's "Girls! Girls! Girls!"

London-based photographer Francesca Allen captures the strength and fragility of female adolescence in her five-year-long series "Girls! Girls! Girls!" >
Tyler Pratt on designing simple things to solve everyday needs

Carleton University industrial design graduate Tyler Pratt makes simple, elegant products that solve everyday needs. >
Trailer: Tyler Pratt on designing simple things to solve everyday needs

Carleton University industrial design graduate Tyler Pratt makes simple, elegant products that solve everyday needs. >
Get lost in the curious maps of Jenni Sparks

London-based illustrator Jenni Sparks creates hand-drawn maps that capture the character of the place they describe. >
"The Walking Society" — a Camper retrospective

New book “The Walking Society” presents a behind-the-scenes look at Camper, the Mallorcan family-owned business, now in its fortieth year. >
The future of microorganisms in the built environment

The "Living Things" installation challenges the way we think about how microorganisms can be integrated and celebrated in the built environment. >
Zombie surfers riding waves in "Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde"

Surfing makes you feel alive… even if you are a zombie. >
Multi-sensory Cotton Candy Theremin

The act of spinning cotton candy becomes a multi-sensory experience with "feeding designer" Emilie Baltz's Cotton Candy Theremin. >

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