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    2 minutes of creativity
    Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking
    We asked 20 of the world's leading designers what they think creativity can do. >
    19 Aug 14
  • Food fight: Zoe Coombes
    Design News > Food Design / Product Design
    Product designer and architect Zoe Coombes feels that food culture has a lot to teach other creative fields. >
    8 Nov 11
  • Commonwealth at Design Indaba
    Commonwealth on bridging the divide
    Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design
    Commonwealth talk about the process of bridging the divide between designing and making objects. >
    12 Jul 10
  • Commonwealth answers all at DI2009
    Design News > Product Design / Craft / Architecture & Interiors
    David Boira and Zoë Coombes of Commonwealth are two architecturally trained furniture designers. >
    16 Mar 09
  • Commonwealth
    David Boira and Zoë Coombes are two architecturally trained furniture designers who work together under the studio name Commonwealth, based in New York. >
    31 Jan 09
  • Exquisite scales
    Design News > Product Design
    Commonwealth is uncovering a new kind of beauty by reapplying architectural rigour to smaller scale cross-disciplinary design. >
    1 Nov 08
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