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Pain phone
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The Panadol Pain Phone is a remote healthcare unit.
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28 Feb 24
Cross Cultural Chairs examines the role of the chair in our modern society
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Craft
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
"Analysing a chair you can understand the stature of a culture, what kind of materials they used and what kind of techniques they knew."
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1 Apr 19
Exploring nutmeg's connection to Dutch colonial history and fashion
Next Generation
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Royal College of Art graduate Marta Velasco Velasco presented a concise history lesson on the spice trade and textile industry of the colonial world.
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1 Dec 17
Shrimps made solely from plants taking plates by storm
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Food Design
Shrimps from plants - impossible? Not so much. Thanks to one of the leaders in plant-based seafood New Wave Foods, this is now a culinary reality.
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5 Apr 17
iGrow drives organic farming investment in Indonesia
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Creative Economy
Online marketplace iGrow connects farmers with urban dwellers who want to own a farm.
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27 Jun 16
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013
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Architecture & Interiors
Here are the 20 projects shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
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7 May 13
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