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Artist interprets movement disorder into striking, intricate headpieces
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30 Nov 16
Tiago Valente’s ‘Dystonia’ converts pain into beauty.
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Student gives the traditional white cane a modern update
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30 Nov 16
mySmartCane could provide a better quality of life for the blind.
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Hurricane Season by Hannah Modigh
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29 Nov 16
The award-winning photographer captures the tension of living between disasters.
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What will the cities of the future look like?
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29 Nov 16
Hint: They’re green.
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Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter
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29 Nov 16
New MOMA exhibition investigates the design & infrastructure of modern refugee camps.
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Photographer captures the vulnerability in nature as it intersects with science
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28 Nov 16
Ornithological Photographs explores our need to know, name and quantify diversity.
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Naked, defenseless & without glory
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28 Nov 16
Sam Jinks’ hyper-real sculptures depict an unsettling human vulnerability.
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Singapore’s self-driving scooter
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28 Nov 16
A driverless scooter could be the next step in autonomous transportation.
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Unsatisfying: You know this feeling
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28 Nov 16
Motion design studio Parallel Studios are calling for people to submit short animations of completely unsatisfying moments in their day.
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The EMPWR coat rolls out into a sleeping bag to keep homeless people warm
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24 Nov 16
Water resistant, the jacket can also be converted into and worn as an over-the-shoulder bag.
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Alternative living with 21st-century hunter-gatherers
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24 Nov 16
Living Wild documents modern hunter-gatherers in a movement called the Stone Age Living Project.
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Beijing’s Smog Free Tower turns polluted air into jewellery
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24 Nov 16
Smog-ridden Beijing is investing in new age solutions to tackle their air pollution problem.
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The Human Ivory Collection by Lucie Majerus
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24 Nov 16
Designer turns teeth into jewellery as a statement on the illegal ivory trade.
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The goofy vertical vehicle
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23 Nov 16
Getting from A to B in a vertical, electrical transportation system that you built yourself.
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The mysterious masks of Damselfrau
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23 Nov 16
Norwegian artist Damselfrau creates exotic looking masks out of found materials and textiles.
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Hollywood Kits is an illustrated tribute to the classics
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23 Nov 16
Every cinephile, from your Star Wars-obsessed cousin to your hipster coworker, is sure to find something to love!
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The Growroom: Architecture that feeds the city
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23 Nov 16
The Growroom urban farm explores how cities can feed themselves through architecture that produces food locally.
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Cyborg insects map out disaster zones
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23 Nov 16
Drawing virtual images of unsafe areas with miniature flying robots.
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Adeline Mai’s dreamy, underwater nudes
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22 Nov 16
The Parisian photographer captures a delicate interpretation of aquatic submersion.
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Recyclable helmet wins International James Dyson Award
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22 Nov 16
The collapsible EcoHelmet makes safety a convenience.
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Do insects like the way we taste?
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21 Nov 16
To Flavour Our Tears places humans on the other end of the food chain.
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Pimp My Street Kitchen rebrands informal street food vendors
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21 Nov 16
Being Frank, a collective of three South African designers, is hoping to transform three informal food vendors into well-branded, mobile food trailers.
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Photographer Jean-Claude Moschetti documents the magic of West Africa
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21 Nov 16
Parallel Worlds is French photographer Jean-Claude Moschetti's artistic portal into another dimension.
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Tackle wet weather with these creative methods of escaping the rain
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21 Nov 16
From ‘non-wet’ umbrellas to onesies made for biking during a rainstorm, avoiding a downpour has never been this inspired.
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