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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. >
Refugee chefs share the taste of home

Eat Offbeat: An unprecedented cookbook featuring recipes and stories by refugees now working as chefs in New York City. >
Giving back with ethical fashion

Eco-friendly and ethically made, Allmade pushes the boundaries of the ordinary t-shirt. >
Plan Bee

This could be the pollination process of tomorrow. >
Waves for Water

This new documentary, released on World Water Day, follows former pro surfer Jon Rose and his mission to help bring clean drinking water to those in need. >
MOLD: A focus on the future of food

This new independent publication focusses on the future of food and how design can help feed a hungry planet. >
Greeting cards for people of colour

US-based creative Tara James creates greeting cards as a reflection of cultural tradition. >
Hooded: Subversion through photography

Myles Loftin confronts the stereotype of the hooded black man in a new multimedia project. >
The physicist who folds

Physicist Robert lang left NASA to practice origami. Great Big Story tells us why. >
A conceptualised take on gendered domestic bliss

Photographer Patty Carroll’s Anonymous Women addresses our gendered view of domesticity. >
A step closer to stretchable, soft electronics

Stanford University researchers use a soup additive to create the next generation of flexible electronics. >
Permanent Alien focuses on stories from the Asian American diaspora

“What if we made a comic featuring people who looked like us for people who look like us?” >
Falling: Representing depression through art

This artist depicts her longstanding experience of mental disorder in disturbing style. >
This tampon packaging brings an important part of menstruation out of hiding

Thinx Tampons has gone where no tampon maker has dared go before. >
The Five Fields Play Structure by Matter Design

This playground stimulates the imagination and encourages creativity. >
The intersection of fashion, design and technology

The Rayn Jacket is a universal waterproof coat inspired by wheelchair users. >
Craig Dykers

Architect

Co-founder of Snøhetta, architect Craig Dykers is interested in design as a promoter of social and physical well-being. >

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