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Cool runnings

Design News > Product Design

A simple chemical reaction powers new cooling tech that keeps things cold without electricity.

10 Jan 22
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Celebrating the Arch

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Few South Africans have left as profound a legacy as Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

10 Jan 22
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The house that LEGO built

Design News > Product Design

Room Copenhagen launches a playful, sustainable homeware line for grown-ups

10 Jan 22
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Holding sway

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Parametric design turns an urban office block into an object of wonder

10 Jan 22
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Rain on me

Design News > Design Thinking

Tactus Design Workshop’s self-sustainable home of the future

30 Dec 21
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In the raw

Design News > Product Design

Introducing the award-winning zero-waste Ermis chair

30 Dec 21
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Exploring interspecies art

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg has developed an algorithm that caters for pollinator preferences

30 Dec 21
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From kelp to catwalk

Design News > Product Design

Commercial-scale seaweed-based yarn can transform fashion

30 Dec 21
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Curiosity thrilled the cat

Design News > Product Design

Meet the purrrr-fect bionic spy robot for cat lovers

17 Dec 21
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100 Beautiful Baskets

Design News > Craft

A curated exhibition that celebrates African weavers

17 Dec 21
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Tackling sanitation taboos with panache

Design News > Product Design

Jasmine Burton’s creative approach to WASH challenges can change the world for billions.

17 Dec 21
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Dazzling with design

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

How Yinka Ilori’s technicolour storytelling is taking over the world

17 Dec 21
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African storytelling comes of age in CODA

Design News > Film & Animation

The urban documentary delves into how we mark the passing of time

14 Dec 21
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Out of this world

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Ghanaian artist Steloo channels Zambian ‘Afronaut’

13 Dec 21
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The seeds and the sower

Design News > Product Design

Art and design fuse effortlessly in Jan Ernst’s first solo exhibition in France

13 Dec 21
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Morag Myerscough’s #CleanPower installation brightened up COP26

Design News > Product Design

We chat to the designer about her recycled ocean plastic flags

13 Dec 21
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Vigil for Virgil

Design News > Music & Sound Design

We pay tribute to creative polymath and trailblazer Virgil Abloh

8 Dec 21
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Cannabis-inspired book redefines the stoner aesthetic

Design News > Art & Photography

This homage to pot will amuse and delight anyone interested in this unique sub-culture.

7 Dec 21
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Edel Rodriguez illustrates children’s book on rock icon Jimi Hendrix

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Edgy artwork captures the iconoclastic musician’s rise to fame in the psychedelic Sixties

6 Dec 21
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Bicycle parking garage scoops major design award

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

An 8 000m² “space-age airport for cyclists” boosts The Hague’s transport hub

6 Dec 21
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I, Robot

Design News > Product Design

Robot Café run remotely by differently abled workers wins top Japanese design award

1 Dec 21
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Louis Vuitton unwraps first vegan sneakers

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

The sustainable footwear is made from 90% recycled and bio-based materials

30 Nov 21
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Bringing wind turbines into urban spaces

Design News > Product Design

Joe Doucet’s Wind Turbine Wall is a kinetic sculpture that harnesses the power of the wind

29 Nov 21
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Adrift in wonder – discover Expo 2020 Dubai’s eco-friendly Italian Pavilion

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Construction materials include coffee grounds, orange peels and spirulina algae

29 Nov 21

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