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BIG x FREEDOM
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BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) partnered with Lonestar Data Holdings
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28 Feb 25
A New Dawn
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Architecture & Interiors
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Interaction Design
The Netherlands Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka aims to establish Common Ground
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20 Feb 25
Sensing Nature
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Design studio unveils bioacoustic communication system to foster a deeper connection with nature
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30 Jan 25
Everything Eats Light
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Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's exhibition inspired by Proterocladus antiquus
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27 Sep 24
Repeat after Me
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The Polish Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2024 in Venice, is an audiovisual exploration of the sound of war
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22 Aug 24
Art of noise
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A new exhibition celebrates the designs that shape our experience of music.
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16 May 24
Clean green
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This indoor photo bioreactor absorbs carbon dioxide and pollutants using algae.
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16 Apr 24
Trash to treasure
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African Design
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Ananta Design Studio reimagines old office furniture into fantastical artwork.
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9 Apr 24
Pain phone
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The Panadol Pain Phone is a remote healthcare unit.
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28 Feb 24
Sight walks
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Urban & Landscape Design
‘Sidewalks to See’ helps the visually impaired to navigate city streets.
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15 Jan 24
The worm turns
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Art & Photography
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Edel Rodriguez illustrates his own life for the first time.
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9 Jan 24
Design in motion
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Information Design
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A wearable sleeve helps those with neuromuscular diagnoses gain mobility.
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13 Dec 23
Not just another brick in the wall
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Striking murals across Cape Town ask viewers to consider the ocean.
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4 Dec 23
Defining tomorrow
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The 2023 James Dyson Award winners have been announced.
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28 Nov 23
Down to earth
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An immersive exhibition five metres underground opens in the Western Cape
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24 Nov 23
Tied together
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From headscarves to stadium seats, Crafted Liberation is a cry for gender equality in Iran.
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24 Nov 23
Caring home
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A daycare centre in Japan plays a unique community role.
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23 Nov 23
Bodily exchange
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Product Design
This store makes consumers rethink the concept of ‘product’.
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16 Nov 23
Fire bug
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A repurposed smartphone becomes a wildfire detection system.
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6 Nov 23
The sound of air
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The Vox Aeris speaker also cleans indoor air.
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30 Oct 23
Close kiln
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Nindya Bucktowar explores our ever-morphing ecosystems through clay.
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16 Oct 23
Reality bites
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Anish Kapoor’s latest exhibition displays the artist’s lifelong interest in materiality.
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16 Oct 23
Emerging ecologies
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A new exhibition at MoMA explores the early days of environmentalism in the 20th century.
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11 Sep 23
House of memories
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A memorial dedicated to earthquake victims traces the natural paths on a hill.
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12 May 23
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