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How to use consumerism to raise awareness for climate change

London-based design studio Something & Son ran a pop-up shop selling elegant jewellery made of coal to question mindless consumption at the cost of the earth. >
Welcome Shelter: Charlie Redman’s kinetic dining experience

Architecture student Charlie Redman designed an outdoor structure that functions in any weather. >
Gamer gets a high-tech bionic limb

Packed with gadgets, James Young’s robotic prosthesis also houses a drone. >
Flood House explores a new typology of responsive architecture

Matthew Butcher’s Flood House looks at how future dwellings should be adapted to co-exist with their native environments. >
Studio [D] Tale: Design for social impact in emerging economies

We talk to cross-continental architecture and design studio Studio [D] Tale about innovation in the everyday, especially in emerging economies. >
Mover Kit: Make-it-yourself technology

This toy introduces kids to coding and the technology behind their gadgets. >
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. >
Pentagram’s typographic installation draws attention to animal and plant conservation

Designed in response to a call by artists Ackroyd & Harvey, Pentagram’s typographic installation lets viewers highlight endangered species. >
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. >
Treating mental illness with virtual reality

An Oxford University study tested virtual simulation on sufferers of severe paranoia, with positive results. >
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. >
Plastic card melts to fix or modify anything

FORMcard is a play dough type of substance that aims to become as ubiquitous as sticky tape or Prestik. >
Zedfactory’s pod homes are built on city car parks

A new housing concept will tap into the millions of existing car park spaces across the UK. >
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. >
Skin: The next step in wearable tech

SkinHaptics is a new innovation that sees the palm of your hand as the next display surface for wearable tech. >
The UK’s first transparent solar bus shelter

Energy-generating bus shelter sets the standard for solar glass infrastructure in city spaces. >

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