Take Five

Our coverage of various weaving projects around the globe captured the imagination of readers this week.
Take Five
Take Five.

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Various designers around the world are using weaving, one of the oldest surviving crafts, in refreshing ways. Check out how the ancient technique is combined with progressive design here. 

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Speculative design examines our present to imagine the products and services of the future. Read more here about the pioneering designers in this emerging field.  

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AdFocus Student of the Year award winner, Tarryn Chudleigh, proposes that we look to fashion to guide us vis-à-vis food security. Read how here.

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Oded Ezer designs a new font as a content-bearing tool to demonstrate the politicisation of pornography and the pornographication of politics. See how here. 

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Based on the highest number of design awards won at international juried design competitions, the US won the 2014 World Design Rankings. Read more about global design potential here.

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