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  • Leapfrog rising sea levels
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Lilypad by architect Vincent Callebaut is a floating ecopolis for climate refugees in 2100. >
  • Farm footprint
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Crowd Farm draws energy through a flooring system that responds to human footsteps. >
  • Grown tables
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    A tree is a product of its specific time and place. >
  • Hard stomach
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Julia Lohmann’s work explores the threshold between animal and animal material, probing society’s attitude towards animals. >
  • Food miles
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    WHYBIN/TBWA Sydney has crafted 12 countries’ flags from food typical of the country. >
  • Functional food
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Pharmland is a proposal by Nord Architects to redirect 20% of Denmark’s agricultural land to grow medicine instead of food. >
  • Flower power
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Comprising 15 solar panelled sunflowers, the Electric Garden in Austin, Texas, is literally what its name says. >
  • Body pharming
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Michael Burton’s design projects predict a future scenario where people grow and produce clinical and pharmaceutical products on the body. >
  • Communal pods
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Eco-pod proposes to stimulate the economy and ecology of downtown Boston through the installation of a temporary vertical algae... >
  • Jelly fishfarm
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Somewhere between a biodegradable fish farm and a synthetic reef, Microcosmic Aquaculture is a speculative project. >
  • Farm in a box
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The self-watering, self-feeding, weed-resistant EarthBox is a portable, reusable, maintenance-free, organic gardening system. >
  • Dust to dust
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Sietch Nevada, by Matsys design studio, projects water-banking as the fundamental factor in future urban infrastructure. >
  • Suburban spread
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Farmadelphia by the Front Studio, proposes to transform the urban environment by introducing bucolic farmlands into the city’s urban fabric. >
  • Crop artist
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Environmental artist Agnes Denes’s iconic 1982 work, Wheatfield, is revived in London in 2009. >
  • Rain harvesting
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Cista is a rainwater harvesting system designed to be attractive and easy to use. >
  • Molecular meat
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Cocoon by Rickard Hederstierna is a response to the world’s growing population and its desire to consume meat and fish. >
  • Readymade oasis
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Evan Gant’s RainDrops system allows people to adapt standard plastic bottles to an existing gutter system to collect rainwater. >
  • Ornamental pastures
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Hafsteinn Júlíusson’s Growing Jewellery is a clash of jewellery and gardening, couture and organism. >
  • Victimless meat
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Marije Vogelzang’s Faked Meat started as a reaction to meat substitutes. >
  • Cereal assemblage
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Sascha Pohflepp examined the potential of synthetic biology to be used to grow products. >
  • Mould robots
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first-ever biological robot using mould. >
  • Straight outta SA
    Design News • 31 Oct 09
    Craig Wessels directs the beautiful robotic music video for European pop-rock sensation Tokio Hotel’s Automatic. >
  • Fashion mystery house
    Design News • 30 Oct 09
    ghd Revelations celebrates the craft of South Africa’s leading hair stylists alongside avant-garde local fashion. >
  • Baring it all
    Design News • 30 Oct 09
    South African design studio Amicollective collaborated with emerging local designers and illustrators in Project Bare. >
  • Less can be better
    Design News • 29 Oct 09
    Lisbon-based design, architecture and creativity biennale, ExperimentaDesign, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009. >
  • Milton Glaser keeps it moving
    Design News • 29 Oct 09
    New York’s SVA Theatre has been redesigned by world-renowned designer Milton Glaser. >
  • Doodle for a difference
    Design News • 27 Oct 09
    In its third year now, the Night of 1000 Drawings has expanded to be hosted in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Amsterdam and Dubai. >
  • Jungle Beat goodies at Woolworths
    Design News • 27 Oct 09
    The South African Jungle Beat kids’ animation is poised to become a household name in South Africa. >
  • Mother nature
    Design News • 2 Oct 09
    IncuBra by Adam Fiannaca and Cynthia Verspaget is a wearable incubator. >
  • Countertop farming
    Design News • 2 Oct 09
    Domesticated farming options to try in your kitchen. >

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