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Love Letter to the Subway
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24 Oct 25
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Giorgia Lupi in partnership with MTA and Design have transformed the Fulton Centre into a tribute to the subway system.
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Mother Vérité
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24 Oct 25
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A monument to motherhood and the “everywoman”
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Natural Movement
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24 Oct 25
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Design Award finalist revolutionising Mobility: SOLE¹ is an AI powered, soft robotic wearable to improve motion.
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Impulse Purchase
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17 Oct 25
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OK Go turns a music video into an open-source playground for design and animation
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A Grand Gesture
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17 Oct 25
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“Dear New York” Transforms Grand Central into a sweeping art installation.
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Urify
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17 Oct 25
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Ambient health screening by Yidan Xu shortlisted for the James Dyson Awards 2025.
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Ocean Bonds
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9 Oct 25
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Designing finance for the planet, Bonds for Ocean Conservation reimagines debt as a tool for conservation.
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Upcycled Tower
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9 Oct 25
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Quay Quarter Tower, The World’s First Upcycled Skyscraper
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Care-wear
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9 Oct 25
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Coperni pushes the fashion boundary with new line of regenerative wear.
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Radically Human
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3 Oct 25
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Thomas Heatherwick, director of the 2025 Seoul Architecture Biennale sets a provocative mission: make cities radically human.
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Lensare, wearable for harmful light stimuli
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3 Oct 25
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Student designed wearable for harmful light stimuli
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Rahmah Library
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3 Oct 25
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Designed by The MAAK with support from the Rotary Club of Newlands and the Otto Foundation, the library serves 500 learners in District Six, Cape Town.
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Baghdad Sustainable Forests
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25 Sep 25
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A Master Plan for Urban Renewal & Ecology
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ZHA’s Marine Habitats
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25 Sep 25
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Unveiled at the World Design Congress 2025, Nereid by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
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Transparent Happiness
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25 Sep 25
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Yinka Ilori Designs for Public Joy
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Green Island Substation
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19 Sep 25
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Award winning substation design blurs boundaries between Infrastructure & ecology.
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Screen Free Processing
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19 Sep 25
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Helsinki’s Computer Playground teaches to code without a screen.
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Accelerate Wind
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19 Sep 25
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Turning Roofs into Energy Generators
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Climbing Amphitheatre
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12 Sep 25
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Farming ladders become a stage for community bonding
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Cool Cities
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12 Sep 25
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Solar-Powered Urban Cooling: KlimaKover’s Sustainable Approach to Beating the Heat
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Climate Landscapes
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12 Sep 25
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Bas Smets reshapes the future of cities at LUMA Arles
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Ritual of Rebuilding
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5 Sep 25
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A timber soccer stadium designed for regeneration, community participation, and knowledge transfer
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Architecture with Hope
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5 Sep 25
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The Betty Bazar Community Centre and Preschool for vulnerable communities
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Award winning Wonder Cabinet
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5 Sep 25
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Bethlehem’s inspiring hub for creativity, culture and commerce
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Twisted towers
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A pair of unique towers offers incredible views of the skyline of Manhattan.
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Birds of a feather
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17 Jul 23
Simulated bird calls overlap with the real thing in Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg’s latest installation.
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Identity expression
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17 Jul 23
2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Riley Axon uses their creative expression to digest the way the world perceives them.
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In the round
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Las Vegas is home to the world’s largest sphere.
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