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Origami canoe inspires water-based urban commuting
Onak makes city paddling more accessible with an unsinkable kayak.
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Liquid light created in DiMO lamp range
Modern lamp designed to imitate the mechanism of a syringe.
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Condom material used to design advanced athletic wear
SKYNFEEL APPAREL uses innovative condom material to create aerodynamic long jump suit.
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Playground teaches recycling resourcefulness to kids
Discarded water tanks, street lamps and other waste items used to create play areas in Taipei.
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Living architecture could be the answer to sustainable built environments
University team develop smart bricks with biological systems that can generate energy and clean water.
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Can hairy plants clean up Amsterdam’s air pollution?
The Green Junkie’s ability to absorb carbon pollution is currently being tested.
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MOBA replaces temporary housing with easy-to-assemble permanent homes
Argentinian social company relooks at the concept of emergency shelters in developing countries.
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Floating Farm set to launch in Rotterdam
Waterfront dairy farm presents a sustainable approach to food production in cities.
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Coffee waste transformed into a new superfood
CoffeeFlour creates jobs and builds communities by repurposing discarded coffee waste.
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Senegalese village is thriving because of this one building
Thread Artists’ Residency and Cultural Centre fosters creativity and enterprise in a remote village in Senegal.
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Sustainable housing 3D printed with mud and straw
Italian company WASP starts 3D printing its first housing model with 40-feet-tall printing machine.
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3D-printed weather stations help rural Zambian communities
Low-cost alternative to commercial weather stations provide much needed forecasts in developing countries.
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Biobased bridge finally brought to life
After years of research, students create first demo of a pedestrian bridge made from flax and hemp fibres.
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Online platform activates movement against police brutality
Campaign Zero aims to set the wheels of change in motion by simplifying the issue of police brutality through design.
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Social housing in Colombia made from plastic waste
Conceptos Plásticos is building homes for low-income families using recycled plastic bricks.
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3D-printing restaurant is a first in culinary history
Food Ink is soon to welcome diners to a 3D-printed food experience.
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Ori revolutionises compact city living
Compact modular unit designed to simultaneously function as a storage space, bedroom, living room and workspace.
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Wearable device acts as 24/7 physical therapist to Parkinson’s Disease patients
Xeed is a smart device designed to improve the treatment of patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease by monitoring their tremor patterns.
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Dencity competition winners foster new ideas that tackle high density in informal settlements
Social, architectural and technological solutions to improve the living conditions in the world’s urban slums.
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Trackable lifejacket uses app technology for man-overboard rescue
Anti X1 is a clever redesign of the time old lifejacket, created to improve safety at sea
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Buildings made of bones
Cambridge researchers explore bone and eggshell as greener building materials of the future.
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Design graduate shares her artful take on wood joinery using plastic bottles
Royal College of Art student Micaella Pedros unveils a resourceful technique of making furniture
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Addressing packaging waste one pizza box at a time
GreenBox is a reconfigurable pizza box designed for multiple use
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Flood-prone affordable homes empower slum residents
Alok Shetty addresses the bleak housing conditions of the urban poor in Bangalore
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