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Feather sculpture honours bond between Ireland and a Native American nation

Towering 20 feet into the Irish sky, Kindred Spirits recognises the Choctaw Nation for their generosity during Ireland's Great Famine. >
On transforming diarrhoea treatment in Zambia with a simple solution

The award-winning innovator, Simon Berry says he hopes in the next ten years there won’t be a need for ColaLife to exist. >
LEGO is rolling out its first plant-based plastic blocks

The popular toy brand is making vast strides towards a more sustainable future. >
Nüshu is an ancient secret language developed by women

These women would embroid their Nüshu scripts on fabrics such as quilts, aprons, and handkerchiefs. >
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | March 2018

Find out why this design made the cut in this month's crowdfunding round-up. >
Nike designs shoebox made out of recycled milk containers and coffee lids

The sportswear giant teamed up with Taiwanese architect and engineer Arthur Huang to create multi-functional shoe boxes. >
In pictures: The Tolerance Traveling Poster Show at Design Indaba 2018

The idea behind the nomadic exhibition is to spread a simple message of humanity and reach the maximum amount of people. >
On prioritising walking as a way to design cities differently

“Designing walkable cities enables us to start with the street – the essence of the city.” >
Hybrid burgers for the health and environmentally conscious

Sonic launches hybrid burgers that could potentially be a game changer in the fast food chain industry. >
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Space10’s pop-up brings microgreens to congested urban spaces

This integrated salad bar could popularise hydroponic food farming where traditional agriculture is unavailable. >
Meet five of the young designers who will be part of Antenna

Antenna is a new platform for the best young designers from around the world. >
Introducing the UnSchool of Disruptive Design

“I called it the UnSchool because we undo the damage that mainstream education has done,” says the founder. >
Antenna is a new global scan of the world's best design graduates

Here is a taste of what to expect at the inaugural Antenna conference taking place in October in Eindhoven. >
Liquid is a platform that matches workers with teams according to their competencies

"The old corporate ladder, has turned into a corporate lattice. There is a wish for diverse experiences and flexibility." >
On creating an alternative to voyeuristic travel narratives

Carribean-American storyteller uses art-focussed web-series to weave tales about countries like South Africa and Mexico >
Could the future of mobility lie in 3D-printing?

The folks over at Michelin imagine a future of adaptive, airless wheels with the Visionary Tyre concept. >
Cook This Page wants to make cooking new things easy and fun

Interactive IKEA recipes demonstrate just how deliciously simple creativity can be. >
Weird Box is an innovative short film driven by the participation of Instagram followers

Software developer Noah Levenson’s latest design integrates users’ Instagram posts into a short film. >
On breaking down plastic waste for the benefit of nature

A look at different approaches that challenge the ‘non-biodegradable’ barrier. >
Artist Ai Weiwei turns salvaged refugee lifejackets into a large-scale installation

The artist and activist collected about 3 500 life jackets to highlight the disturbing conditions refugees are subjected to >
French astronaut shares captivating images of Earth

While they might look like fungi under a microscope, these photographs are actually of mountain ranges and cityscapes. >
Kenyan photographer behind renegade grannies series chats Afrofuturism

For Osborne Macharia, Afrofuturism is about recreating a different Africa based on fantasy, fiction and history. >

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