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Paul Cocksedge: Power of Wonder
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Architecture & Interiors
Paul Cocksedge explores how curiosity and experimentation transform everyday phenomena into immersive, wonder-driven design experiences.
20 Mar 26
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Blue Highways
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Interaction Design
New York City has launched Blue Highways, an initiative to rethink urban freight by using waterways to move goods more efficiently.
20 Mar 26
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Cover Game On
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Product Design
Red Bull’s GamePop have released a playable magazine cover for the publication’s latest issue.
20 Mar 26
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Neri & Hu
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Architecture & Interiors
Designing Memory, Identity, and Place
20 Mar 26
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Shanghai Ring
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Architecture & Interiors
Kengo Kuma & Associates unveils Shanghai Ring, an ambitious mixed-use development that aims to break the monotony of the high rise skyline in the city.
13 Mar 26
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Blooming Temple
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Architecture & Interiors
Artist James Gwertzman designs ‘Temple of Moon’, Burning Man 2026’s Pavilion
13 Mar 26
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Selassie Atadika on ‘New African Cuisine’
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Food Design
Food systems, heritage and sustainability converge in Selassie’s New African Cuisine vision.
13 Mar 26
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Ambessa Play’s STEM Light
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Product Design
Pentagram partner Jon Marshall partners with Ambessa Play to design a DIY flashlight kit to promote STEM learning
26 Feb 26
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Reflections of a City
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Architecture & Interiors
Snøhetta designs a Metro station with a 360-degree view of the city.
25 Feb 26
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Rethinking Rituals of Remembrance
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Architecture & Interiors
Urna, a poetic design intervention commissioned by the Arts Council Malta
24 Feb 26
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Breathing Walls
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Design Thinking
LilyPad creates a new Generation of “Active Walls” with its humidity regulating paint
20 Feb 26
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Linear Park
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Architecture & Interiors
A vibrant elevated oasis designed Natureza Urbana
20 Feb 26
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Plant-Powered Leather
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Product Design
London-based cleantech start-up develops proprietary bio-based leather-like material
20 Feb 26
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Moonshot
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Architecture & Interiors
Galactic Resource Utilization Space (GRU Space) explore space travel with designs for first Moon Base and Hotel
6 Feb 26
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A Chapel of Sound
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Cappella del Suono, architecture that sings with the wind
6 Feb 26
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Library of Us
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Architecture & Interiors
Es Devlin opens Library of Us at Miami Art Week
30 Jan 26
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Revoice
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Product Design
University of Cambridge have developed a wearable device that could help people regain the ability to communicate naturally following a stroke.
29 Jan 26
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Juna - tropical architecture
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Architecture & Interiors
Pablo Luna Studio’s Juna Ubud Restaurant fuses architectural design with tropical climate strategy.
29 Jan 26
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Bracesys
Design News
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Product Design
Osteoid Health are redesigning orthopaedic care with foldable, customizable support
29 Jan 26
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Wind of Change
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Interaction Design
Dutch Duo DRIFT Transforms Jubail Island with a Wind of Change
23 Jan 26
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Drophaus
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Pharrell Williams and Louis Vuitton Reimagining Wearable and Architectural Shelter
23 Jan 26
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Core Memories
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Architecture & Interiors
People’s Architecture Office (PAO) unveils a public art project promoting ecological renewal
23 Jan 26
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Water from thin air
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
University of Sydney’s breakthrough paint that cools and harvests water
4 Dec 25
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EuroSuit
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Information Design
Decathlon’s intra-vehicular space suit prototype
4 Dec 25
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A quirky family home in Dorset, England, is the Royal Institute of British Architects’ House of the Year.
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Dutch eating designer Marije Vogelzang’s book challenges readers to experience food differently.
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