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Your Street Eindhoven: Gloeilampplantsoen
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“Gloeilampplantsoen” is the name of the project of the first place winners in the Your Street Eindhoven Challenge.
2 Nov 12
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Ben Fry on data design
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Information Design
Ben Fry applies design to complex data to make it more understandable and more visually appealing.
2 Nov 12
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Creative overview
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec showcase their collaborative process of the past 15 years at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
2 Nov 12
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People, passion, pride
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Craft
With their bead and wire creations, Streetwires brings a little bit of African wildlife into the home.
2 Nov 12
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Formafantasma at Dutch Design Week 2012
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Formafantasma look at the history of materials, rather than their technical function, when designing.
1 Nov 12
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Through the lens of Satyendra Pakhalé
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Design Thinking
Satyendra Pakhalé looks to the moon, and beyond, in discussing why we should worry about the moon when there are enough issues on Earth.
1 Nov 12
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Ode to the logo
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Rest in peace to the logos of yesteryear. A new publication by The Stone Twins commemorates dead logotypes.
31 Oct 12
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Cardboard construction
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Architecture & Interiors
Shigeru Ban has created a temporary pavilion out of cardboard to host the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow.
31 Oct 12
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Advanced in design
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Urban & Landscape Design
Gavin Rooke's "Stand 47" project seeks to build a house that adapts to changing needs while maintaining an intrinsic value.
30 Oct 12
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Sounds of redemption
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Product Design
Pedro Reyes transformed destroyed weapons into liberating musical instruments in his latest work "Imagine".
29 Oct 12
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History meets science
Design News
Ross Lovegrove's latest creation calls for a moment where scientific endeavour and human consciousness meet.
29 Oct 12
00:06:42
Aaron Koblin: Open-sourcing as a toolkit
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Music & Sound Design
Aaron Koblin talks about creating music videos for the web and other experimental and playful projects with Google.
26 Oct 12
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Assaf Biderman on transport in Cape Town
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Urban & Landscape Design
Assaf Biderman talks about mobility and transport systems in the cyber-physical city of tomorrow.
26 Oct 12
00:37:48
Hellicar & Lewis on interaction design, systems and digital technology
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Music & Sound Design
Hellicar & Lewis are dedicated to making experiences that create memories.
26 Oct 12
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Urban rainbow
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Urban & Landscape Design
Copenhagen sees an urban installation bringing together the city's ethnically diverse and socially challenged neighbourhood.
26 Oct 12
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The Honor Code
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Design Thinking
If we change the way we think about honor, could we make the world a better place? Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah proves we can.
26 Oct 12
00:06:11
Paula Scher at AGI Open 2012
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Paula Scher talks about how she went about designing the new Windows 8 logo for Microsoft.
26 Oct 12
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Heart Stop Beating
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Information Design
In March 2011 two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute successfully replaced a dying man's heart with a "continuous flow" device.
26 Oct 12
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Multiples of X
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Product Design
The XTable by KiBiSi is sleek, efficient and height-adjustable.
25 Oct 12
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Light in weight
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Tord Boontje uses bamboo, paper shades and rocks to create lamps that resemble a traditional Japanese garden, while highlighting material issues.
25 Oct 12
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Exclusive craftsmanship
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Product Design
From hand-illustrated fabric to furniture, Wolf & Maiden's co-owner Gilles Pretorius is dedicated to conscious, sustainable and responsible design.
24 Oct 12
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Symbols of wine
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Product Design
Marti Guixé has put together a symbolic representation of the winemaking process.
24 Oct 12
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Melting ice
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Product Design
Nendo redesigns glassware for Baccarat and creates beauty that mirrors the clarity and delicacy of an ice block.
23 Oct 12
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Science arcade
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Interaction Design
Troika's "Arcades" installation explores the seemingly impossible phenomena of bending light.
23 Oct 12
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Fossil fuels
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An enormous hanging sculpture is made up of the amount of coal needed to power a lightbulb for a year.
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To the streets
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Street artists participating in an international art festival ask ‘What if?’ in large-scale murals across Cape Town.
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The new edition of Ernest Cole’s monumental photobook documenting the injustices of apartheid includes previously unseen material.
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