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Block party
iheartblob’s Fungible/Non-fungible Pavilion paves the way for us to all become architects
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Is it possible for childbearing to happen outside the human body?
Billie Rehwald talks about her project Ectogenesis, which is looking at using design as a tool to consider this possible reality.
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Where product design and conservationism meet
University of Applied Arts graduate Alexandra sees no boundaries between politics, culture and technology as she designs the Menu from the new Wild.
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Green light: An artistic workshop on the refugee crisis in Europe
The project helps refugees escaping persecution and war find acceptance and community.
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Floating solar panels take to the seas
Heliofloat solar farm is designed to generate clean energy out at sea and preserve water in arid regions.
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Fontus self-filling water bottles
Water bottles designed to harvest water from the air using an internal condensation system.
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Concept design according to chmara.rosinke studio
Austrian design practice, chmara.rosinke studio finds freedom in creating design solutions across multiple mediums.
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Vienna gives same-sex love the green light
Same-sex couples in the place of the ordinary traffic light figure are becoming a permanent fixture in European cities.
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Turn air into water as you ride your bike
A Viennese industrial designer has created a solar-powered device that collects up to 500ml of condensation per hour as you ride your bike.
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A new bridge across the Mzamba River connects a rural community to infrastructure
NPO buildCollective is collaborating with Austrian thesis students to build a sustainable bridge across the Mzamba River in the Eastern Cape.
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Twenty years of jamming with design
The first all-encompassing retrospective show of the work of Austrian design studio EOOS is on at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna.
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Q&A: Sonja Bäumel
The Austrian trans-disciplinary designer tells us why she believes we have a lot to learn from microorganisms.
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Q&A: Honey and Bunny
The food design duo tells us why they think we can't leave food production to the large multinationals.
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News: Exemplary colours
Colour maven Hella Jongerius gets outs her paintbrush for a group exhibition celebrating MAK's 150th anniversary.
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Showing solo
Formafantasma's first-ever solo exhibition, "The Stranger Within" is happening at MAK Salon #02 in Vienna.
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Shuffling
Studio Formafantasma have designed a set of playing cards, which serve as a tourist souvenir for the city of Vienna.
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Past to future
Faith47's latest work, on a wall in the Austrian capital Vienna, is titled "The Immense Gap Between Past and Future".
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Sonja Bäumel
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Continuing to work on applications for her Masters project, Bäumel's work engages with the boundaries between fashion design, art and biology.
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