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Graffiti increased the property value in this Miami neighbourhood

FilmFestFriday > Art & Photography

The Walls of Change project is transforming an industrial neighbourhood in Miami into the heart of street art.

18 Dec 15
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Relax and recharge under Mathieu Lehanneur's Clover street lights

Product Spotlight > Industrial Design

French industrial designer Mathieu Lehanneur creates an urban furniture and lighting collection for COP21’s climate conference.

18 Dec 15
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The Portals Project by Shared Studios brings together strangers from across the world

Design News > Design Activism

In their Portals Project, Shared Studios has turned shipping containers into wormholes through which people on opposite sides of the world can connect.

18 Dec 15
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The Quipu project houses the untold stories from Peru’s forced sterilisations

Design News > Information Design

Interactive documentary uses a phone line and the web to share the haunting experiences of those who were sterilised against their will.

17 Dec 15
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Environmentally friendly gift-wrapping concept, Dono

Design News > Product Design

Copenhagen-based design studio Frensk creates a reusable wrapping paper system that keeps a record of past users.

17 Dec 15
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Tech solutions for disaster-prone areas

Design News > Product Design

Pacifico is an organisation that creates tech solutions for areas plagued by natural disasters.

17 Dec 15
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New fund will invest 40 million euros in designs that improve life

Design News > Design Activism

INDEX Awards and Dansk OTC are establishing a venture capital fund of 40 million euros to invest in life improving designs.

17 Dec 15
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Hefin Jones: Socially engaged design

Video Interviews > Design Activism

Hefin Jones is the designer behind Cosmic Colliery and the Welsh Space Campaign, two socially focussed design projects.

17 Dec 15
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New waterless toilet design costs five cents to run

Design News > Design Activism

The nano membrane toilet, a new waterless toilet design, runs for less than five cents a day and will begin trials in Ghana early next year.

17 Dec 15
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MoMa curator Paola Antonelli unveils her “thinkering” concept

Inside View > Architecture & Interiors

Paola Antonelli on how design should be more about critical thinking than problem solving.

17 Dec 15
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A dinnerware set inspired by the Czech Cubism

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Designed by Svetlana Koženová, the Lilia Collection is a dinnerware set inspired by the slicing planes and crystalline shapes of Czech cubism.

17 Dec 15
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Clean technology invention uses only solar power to purify water

Design News > Product Design

The Desolenator is a viable solution to the global water crisis.

16 Dec 15
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Mithun wins 2015 Architecture at Zero Honour Award

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

US-based architecture practice, Mithun designed an award-winning housing plan for San Francisco Mission Bay campus.

16 Dec 15
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Street Melodies Eternal is the chaotic exploration of street life in three major cities

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Sean Metelerkamp takes a raw, authentic look at the lives of the homeless in Cape Town, New York, and London using the sounds and visuals of the street.

16 Dec 15
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Adidas and Parley for the Ocean unveil fashion that fights pollution

Product Spotlight > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Adidas’ new 3D-printed Ocean Plastic shoe is made of recycled ocean waste.

16 Dec 15
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We Care Solar: A suitcase that powers health care in developing nations

Design News > Product Design

We Care Solar designs solar-powered systems to meet essential maternity care needs.

16 Dec 15
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This thoroughly modern French school is located in protected woodland

Design News > Design Activism

The Bartelottes school complex designed by Paris-based Nomade architects is grounded in the surrounding natural environment.

16 Dec 15
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Stephanie Rittler designs a mobile pushcart that upcycles old plastic

Next Generation > Design Activism

Streetplastic designed by Stefanie Rittler is a mobile manufacturing unit that produces new plastic bag designs out of old ones.

16 Dec 15
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How should we be responding to the migrant "crisis"?

Inside View > Design Thinking

The movement of displaced and refuged humans across the world will surely define this decade. We ask prominent design thinkers their thoughts on how to help.

16 Dec 15
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"Streets of Addis": Celebrating the many realities of Ethiopia's capital

Design News > Art & Photography

This photographic series by Ethiopian graphic designer Girma Berta celebrates Addis Ababa's people and street culture.

15 Dec 15
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This app for the visually impaired is centred on human kindness

Design News > Design Thinking

Be My Eyes is a platform that allows the visually impaired to connect with a willing volunteer.

15 Dec 15
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World's first underwater hotel to kickstart the "inner space" tourism industry

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

This 12-room, $20 million hotel will be nestled underwater. It provides a whole new meaning to "sleeping with the fishes".

15 Dec 15
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Marcus Marritt sketches from the silver screen

Next Generation > Graphic Design & Illustration

Leicester-based artist Marcus Marritt creates bold illustrations of sultry characters that are often inspired by movie scenes.

15 Dec 15
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Build the world's most iconic skylines with Lego

Design News > Product Design

Lego's architecture branch has unveiled the Skyline collection – a Lego kit that replicates city skylines with models of iconic buildings from around the world.

15 Dec 15

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Q&A • 24 Oct 22

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Head above water

Design News • 24 Oct 22

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Parking off

Design News • 24 Oct 22

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Modern classics

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection. >

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