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Lady Raval Social Housing
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Architecture & Interiors
A social housing project in Barcelona’s Raval district
27 Jun 25
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Living Cocoon
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Product Design
A regenerative solution for how we return to the earth.
27 Jun 25
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Dirt Shoes
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Yerba Madre and Basura collaborate for a biodegradable footwear design.
27 Jun 25
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African Dream
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Architecture & Interiors
Sanctuary of Dreams is a nomadic temple of collective futures.
20 Jun 25
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The Shape of Inequality
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Information Design
Information Designer Federica Fragapane translates data into visual poetry.
20 Jun 25
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Kapsul by Meadow
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Product Design
Plastic pollution in personal care containers
20 Jun 25
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Healing Monument
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Architecture & Interiors
Ethiopia’s ET 302 Memorial Park designed by Alebel Desta Consulting
13 Jun 25
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Nesting
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Architecture & Interiors
Ninho—a nesting pavilion
13 Jun 25
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The House for Five Women
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Architecture & Interiors
A pioneering model for care housing
13 Jun 25
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From Thin Air
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Creative Economy
Aircela turns thin air into fuel.
6 Jun 25
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Intelligent Garden
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Architecture & Interiors
London’s Chelsea Flower Show hosts the Intelligent Garden – an installation merging AI with the local ecosystem.
6 Jun 25
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Ecosphere Coasters
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Design Thinking
EcoSphere Organics is transforming foodwaste
6 Jun 25
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Stop, Listen, Look
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Craft
Wade and Leta unveil Stop, Listen, Look, a vibrant kinetic installation in Chengdu China.
30 May 25
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AquaPraça
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Architecture & Interiors
A Floating Pavilion for Climate Discourse
30 May 25
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Crate Stall
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Architecture & Interiors
Nigerian Designer develops innovative Umbrella Crate Stall during design residency.
30 May 25
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Vibrant Housing Project
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Architecture & Interiors
Monadnock Architects designs gentle density housing project in the Netherlands.
23 May 25
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A Week at the Knees
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Architecture & Interiors
A public art installation by Alex Chinneck
23 May 25
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Balance Bench
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Industrial Design
Kinetic Public Art that encourages mutual co-operation.
23 May 25
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Loopy Loom
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Craft
Award-winning design concept wins the Design Museum’s challenge set by Rodrigo García González and Karlijn Sibbel
16 May 25
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Visible Voices
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Design Activism
Inclusive media platform launches on Global Accessibility Awareness Day
16 May 25
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Lightning Symphony
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Architecture & Interiors
Music in Motion for the Eurovision Song Content
16 May 25
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Mesmerizing Mist
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Urban & Landscape Design
Nature powered mesmerizing visual installation
9 May 25
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Insta-Byble
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A Bible experience for the Instagram generation.
9 May 25
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Hopes and Impediments
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African Design
Nigeria makes design debut at London Biennale with their inaugural pavilion.
9 May 25
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