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Spherical garden rolls around looking for sunlight and water

Interactive Architecture Lab creates a mobile garden that thinks for itself. >
John Radcliffe Studios documents the regular lives of refugees

Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–16, is a photography series that hopes to portray a less sensationalist account of the refugee crisis. >
Edible insects: Won’t you pass the bugs?

NB Studio reimagines major food brands and chains with insects as their main ingredients. >
"Inside Ya Body" looks inside the body for inspiration

Jack Sachs' solo installation takes a quirky, animated look at the inside of the human body. >
Transforming London’s Trafalgar Square into a crazy golf course

Designed by the late Zaha Hadid, the undulating course will be futuristic, functional, fun and free for the public. >
Play Sea Hero Quest and help scientists understand dementia

Scientists and game developers have teamed up to create a game that contributes to Alzheimer’s research. >
The world’s first 3D-printed wheelchair that can be customised on an app

Layer is soon to launch its new 3D-printed wheelchair, made to fit each individual’s body and disability. >
Manmade plant creates oxygen in space

The Silk Leaf needs only water and light to create oxygen in the harshest of environments. >
Skyfarm could be the future of urban agriculture

Stirk Harbour + Partners’ vertical farming tower poses a solution to the global food crisis. >
Sorry to the other metropoles, but London is the design capital of the world

Future London Academy bring together design enthusiasts, students and professionals from everywhere in the world to learn from their design-immersive courses. >
PIXO changes the way we use our tablets

Oscar Diaz designs a solution for an everyday tech-related problem we didn’t even know we had. >
Lessons in design from Michael Wolff

A designer’s strength lies in their potential to bring noticing, observation and imagination to the world, according to branding legend Michael Wolff. >
The UK’s first transparent solar bus shelter

Energy-generating bus shelter sets the standard for solar glass infrastructure in city spaces. >
New strategies to improve the consumer experience

The needs of consumers are ever-changing and designers will need to respond. >
Harnessing creativity in the workplace

Creativity on demand: Some lessons in how to channel your creative energy in a more productive way. >
MakeRight: Involving prisoners in anti-crime design

MakeRight is an initiative that gets prisoners to help manufacture “theft-proof” bags that consider the user and the abuser and designs out the crime. >
Cosmic Surgery combines photography and the delicate art of origami

Unrecognisable, futuristic faces mark Alma Haser’s Cosmic Surgery series. >
A tribute to world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid

Award-winning architect Dame Zaha Hadid passed away suddenly on Thursday, leaving behind a legacy of groundbreaking work. >
Andrew Merritt and Paul Smyth: Beyond the physical in experimental design

London-based practice Something & Son is known for their collaborations with experts who share their passion for socially driven projects. >
Pigeon Air Patrol reports London’s air quality to tweeters

Plume Labs sends a fleet of racing pigeons into the sky to monitor London’s pollution index. >
The Venus Bushfires on storytelling and bridging the middle

Helen Isibor-Epega, who performs as The Venus Bushfires, is an optimist, dreamer and musical storyteller who uses her art to build bridges across cultures. >
Trailer: The Venus Bushfires on storytelling and bridging the middle

Helen Isibor-Epega, who performs as The Venus Bushfires, is an optimist, dreamer and musical storyteller who uses her art to build bridges across cultures. >
The Venus Bushfires: Two worlds collide in a Pidgin English opera

Nigerian-born Helen Isibor-Epega, otherwise known as The Venus Bushfires, is a singer-songwriter who explains why she likes to tick the "other" box. >
Leaving design up to chance

Origami-inspired game randomises the textile design process, encouraging the creation of new knowledge. >

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