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Vukheta Mukhari: The World’s First Bio-Brick
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25 Mar 26
A groundbreaking rethink of waste, transforming human urine into sustainable building material while challenging how we define value and innovation
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Debbie Millman: A Life with Meaning
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24 Mar 26
A reflective talk on creativity, identity and resilience, urging designers to embrace imperfection.
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Paul Cocksedge: Power of Wonder
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20 Mar 26
Paul Cocksedge explores how curiosity and experimentation transform everyday phenomena into immersive, wonder-driven design experiences.
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Blue Highways
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20 Mar 26
New York City has launched Blue Highways, an initiative to rethink urban freight by using waterways to move goods more efficiently.
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Cover Game On
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20 Mar 26
Red Bull’s GamePop have released a playable magazine cover for the publication’s latest issue.
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Neri & Hu
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20 Mar 26
Designing Memory, Identity, and Place
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Shanghai Ring
Design Frontiers
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13 Mar 26
Kengo Kuma & Associates unveils Shanghai Ring, an ambitious mixed-use development that aims to break the monotony of the high rise skyline in the city.
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Blooming Temple
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13 Mar 26
Artist James Gwertzman designs ‘Temple of Moon’, Burning Man 2026’s Pavilion
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Selassie Atadika on ‘New African Cuisine’
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13 Mar 26
Food systems, heritage and sustainability converge in Selassie’s New African Cuisine vision.
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Ambessa Play’s STEM Light
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26 Feb 26
Pentagram partner Jon Marshall partners with Ambessa Play to design a DIY flashlight kit to promote STEM learning
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Reflections of a City
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25 Feb 26
Snøhetta designs a Metro station with a 360-degree view of the city.
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Rethinking Rituals of Remembrance
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24 Feb 26
Urna, a poetic design intervention commissioned by the Arts Council Malta
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Breathing Walls
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20 Feb 26
LilyPad creates a new Generation of “Active Walls” with its humidity regulating paint
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Linear Park
Design News
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20 Feb 26
A vibrant elevated oasis designed Natureza Urbana
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Plant-Powered Leather
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20 Feb 26
London-based cleantech start-up develops proprietary bio-based leather-like material
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Moonshot
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6 Feb 26
Galactic Resource Utilization Space (GRU Space) explore space travel with designs for first Moon Base and Hotel
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A Chapel of Sound
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6 Feb 26
Cappella del Suono, architecture that sings with the wind
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Library of Us
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30 Jan 26
Es Devlin opens Library of Us at Miami Art Week
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Revoice
Design News
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29 Jan 26
University of Cambridge have developed a wearable device that could help people regain the ability to communicate naturally following a stroke.
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Juna - tropical architecture
Design News
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29 Jan 26
Pablo Luna Studio’s Juna Ubud Restaurant fuses architectural design with tropical climate strategy.
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Bracesys
Design News
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29 Jan 26
Osteoid Health are redesigning orthopaedic care with foldable, customizable support
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Wind of Change
Design News
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23 Jan 26
Dutch Duo DRIFT Transforms Jubail Island with a Wind of Change
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Drophaus
Design News
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23 Jan 26
Pharrell Williams and Louis Vuitton Reimagining Wearable and Architectural Shelter
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Core Memories
Design News
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23 Jan 26
People’s Architecture Office (PAO) unveils a public art project promoting ecological renewal
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