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Giorgia Lupi: Drawing from life

A brief jaunt through design, part two. Today we share a short interview with emotional data translator Giorgia Lupi. >
Nelly Ben Hayoun: An impolite future hero

A brief jaunt through design, part one. Today we begin with a designer who tries to put volcanoes in your living room. >
Virtual Reality App offers better clinical care to cancer patients

Oncomfort finds an innovative way to help cancer patients self-manage stress, anxiety and pain through evidence-based psychological interventions in VR. >
Zadok Ben-David makes art out of all the people he saw but never met

The London-based artist’s work laments the human race’s growing isolation. >
Free language education for the world

Tech entrepreneur Luis von Ahn created an app that enables anyone, anywhere to learn a language for free. >
The APSARA drone disintegrates once it reaches its destination

Introducing the ‘Ikea of drones”. >
This animated series is a hilariously relatable confrontation of gender stereotypes

2D animator and filmmaker Caress Reeves’ shorts address gendered reactions on the current culture. >
We like this border because it wouldn’t really be a border at all

Trump’s border wall reimagined as a regenerative co-nation shared by both Mexico and the U.S >
The robots are coming!

AMP Robotics is revolutionising the waste processing industry by using robots for recycling – this age-old problem now has a new solution! >
Reebok’s Cotton + Corn

Bringing environmentally friendly design into the footwear we love. >
Get walking with stylish eco shoes made from recycled plastic bottles

It’s the eco-friendly, super comfortable flat that’s taking off. Rothy’s flats are made from just one material: polyester fibre sourced from recycled bottles. >
Let the children play!

Play Pallets has devised a solution to afford kids, regardless of their economic circumstance or war-torn location, an all-important opportunity to play. >
Shrimps made solely from plants taking plates by storm

Shrimps from plants - impossible? Not so much. Thanks to one of the leaders in plant-based seafood New Wave Foods, this is now a culinary reality. >
The Girl Who Loves Roses tells the inspiring story of artist Panteha Abareshi

Part of the Under Her Skin series, this short film explores the connection between pain and artistic expression. >
Veteran artist Douglas Miles’ Apache Skateboards teach the history of the San Carlos Apache tribe

Meet the artist who identified the unlikely link between skateboarding and Native American culture. >
Meatwreck: the artistic duo challenging the notion of beauty

Mitra Saboury and Derek Paul Boyle’s unusual imagery makes the ordinary uncomfortable. >
New Mars explorer inspired by origami

It can tuck, fold and crawl. >
Turning spinach into organs

The answer to the problem of organ transplantation demand could be Popeye’s favourite vegetable. >
The art of Lina Viktor makes black womanhood the focus

Using 24-karat gold, the New York City-based artist elevates the power of identity. >
The Skin I’m In by Nicole Buchanan

The photographer’s work gives a voice to minority students. >
Would you drink beer made from sewage water?

A California brewing company has created a ‘delicious’ beer using recycled wastewater. >
Meet Mr Trash Wheel, a clever water pollution solution

A self-sustaining trash collector that cleanses urban waters using renewable energy. >
This queer visibility comic already has 800 backers

Tee Franklin’s Bingo Love is a new take on queer relationships, heartbreak and growth. >
Dear White America

US-based artist Inyegumena Nosegbe’s newspaper project is a poignant look at police brutality. >

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