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Ephemeral Pavilion
Aulets Arquitectes create a temporary pavilion from locally sourced stone and discarded wooden pallets for Futur Habitable
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Toolkit for a walkable city
SWA are building toolkits for climate responsive public spaces
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A New Standard
ASICS and Karimoku sustainably decommission sneakers by giving them a second life as furniture
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Bobo
A period companion designed to help young girls track their period health.
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The Whispers of Plants
The Electric Plant Co is using technology to better understand and respond to nature.
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Finally, Something Good
Stefan Sagmeister turns shoes into wearable data visualisations for his exhibition at Paris’s Gaîté Lyrique
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AnemoSwab
A James Dyson award winning low-cost, 3D Printed device to test for respiratory infections
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Train Jazz
Joshua Wolk puts creates music from the New York’s subway transit
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After the Last Sip
Designers Chao-Chun Kung, Ching-Yu Lin and Chen-Yang Chang turn coffee grounds into interior design elements
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Reefvive
A James Dyson Award Winner 2026, Reefvive is Using Marine Waste to promote Coral Reef Restoration
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Early Lab
EarlyHealth launches Early Lab home kits for early detection and screenings.
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Solariski
Solar Thermal Technology as Local Infrastructure
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Wool Waste
Harvard University’s Grinham Research Group has unveiled Upcycling Wool Ecologies, a project that transforms discarded wool into a rigid, bio-based cladding sys
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Living Materials Laboratory
Found Associations Turns the Café Into a Living Materials Laboratory
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Guimo
A Modular Seating System Design
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Walk in the Shade
Architect and artist Elsa Ponce transforms a New York street with an inspired climate responsive walkway
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Women on the Edge of Democracy
Pentagram’s Paula Scher maps the space women have been granted in democracy.
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Skovsporet
Europe’s Largest 3D-Printed Housing Project
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Purple Cool Aid
Researchers develop a purple fabric that remains cool under direct sunlight
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Hissy
Samsung Design Membership designs wearable personal cooling system
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YogAnimals, Nature-centred movement
Interactive installation that helps children discover nature, movement and well-being
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Symbios, the future of Seaweed Farming
German student designer, Aaron Mooser, has developed a new approach to seaweed cultivation in Northern Europe.
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Biological Repository
Snøhetta has unveiled the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora
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Big Walk
House House's Big Walk makes walking and talking a game mechanic.
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