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Is design having a Duct Tape moment? We think so. This week’s newsletter looks at design projects that apply a creative band-aid to everyday problems. >

Today’s designers are augmenting traditional forms by giving them an entire second skin. >

This week, we look at predictive and progressive realities for the human condition. >

This week, we optimistically seek enlightenment by focusing on bright ideas and inventive solutions that light the way to a better world. >

The film explores the Japanese concept of the space between all things. >

Crossing the borders between biology and code to create digital art. >

Here are a few ways in which the world’s most fluid minds are responding to issues of water preservation and sustainability. >

Meet the bright young creatives who have surfaced through our three longstanding youth programmes: Emerging Creatives, Global Graduates and antenna. >

This week, we’re exploring unconventional collaborations and combinations that show how diverse partnerships can present new opportunities. >

“Ecocapsule is your design way to independent living. It can become a pop-up hotel, caravan, mobile office, research station or anything you want it to." >

“Our goal is to merge and power our electronic functionalities with existing biological functions of living plants.” >

This project explores interaction and collaboration between high-tech cultivation and peoples' everyday lives. >

Olafur Eliasson has teamed up with Kumi Naidoo to create artwork that highlights the collaboration between press freedom and its reader. >

In the wake of #blackouttuesday we look to the everyday work needed to right the social wrongs. >

Taking a leaf out of hack’s own book, we’re finding ways to thrive by seeking out design solutions from around the world. >

We look to a wealth of African thinkers who are improving the world through creativity. >

New distancing norms in life after lockdown demand that we reinvent the way we socialize, especially as this mode may remain in place indefinitely. >

With the pandemic throwing wasteful ways into sharp relief, we’ve all had to step back and recalibrate. >

DON'T WORRY (TOO MUCH), BE HAPPY. >

The design community has rallied behind the cause, delivering a volley of rapid-fire solutions to help combat COVID-19. >

Join us as we highlight innovation and impact driven by virtuality and digital tech. >

Missed any of our earlier playlists? Catch up with our curated collections here. >

We’re taking the ultimate journey – one of self-exploration – to equip ourselves with know-how for now. >

There’s no doubt the pandemic has wrought indelible shifts. Here, we map just a few of them… >

A design response in the time of COVID-19. >