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Ocean Bonds
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Design Activism
Designing finance for the planet, Bonds for Ocean Conservation reimagines debt as a tool for conservation.
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9 Oct 25
Upcycled Tower
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Architecture & Interiors
Quay Quarter Tower, The World’s First Upcycled Skyscraper
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9 Oct 25
Care-wear
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Coperni pushes the fashion boundary with new line of regenerative wear.
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9 Oct 25
Radically Human
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Architecture & Interiors
Thomas Heatherwick, director of the 2025 Seoul Architecture Biennale sets a provocative mission: make cities radically human.
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3 Oct 25
Lensare, wearable for harmful light stimuli
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Product Design
Student designed wearable for harmful light stimuli
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3 Oct 25
Rahmah Library
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Activism
Designed by The MAAK with support from the Rotary Club of Newlands and the Otto Foundation, the library serves 500 learners in District Six, Cape Town.
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3 Oct 25
Baghdad Sustainable Forests
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Architecture & Interiors
A Master Plan for Urban Renewal & Ecology
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25 Sep 25
ZHA’s Marine Habitats
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Unveiled at the World Design Congress 2025, Nereid by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
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25 Sep 25
Transparent Happiness
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Architecture & Interiors
Yinka Ilori Designs for Public Joy
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25 Sep 25
Green Island Substation
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Architecture & Interiors
Award winning substation design blurs boundaries between Infrastructure & ecology.
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19 Sep 25
Screen Free Processing
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Architecture & Interiors
Helsinki’s Computer Playground teaches to code without a screen.
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19 Sep 25
Accelerate Wind
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Turning Roofs into Energy Generators
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19 Sep 25
Climbing Amphitheatre
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Architecture & Interiors
Farming ladders become a stage for community bonding
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12 Sep 25
Cool Cities
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Architecture & Interiors
Solar-Powered Urban Cooling: KlimaKover’s Sustainable Approach to Beating the Heat
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12 Sep 25
Climate Landscapes
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Architecture & Interiors
Bas Smets reshapes the future of cities at LUMA Arles
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12 Sep 25
Ritual of Rebuilding
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
A timber soccer stadium designed for regeneration, community participation, and knowledge transfer
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5 Sep 25
Architecture with Hope
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
The Betty Bazar Community Centre and Preschool for vulnerable communities
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5 Sep 25
Award winning Wonder Cabinet
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Bethlehem’s inspiring hub for creativity, culture and commerce
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5 Sep 25
4,4,4&2
Next Generation
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Craft
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Design Activism
A book designed to reshape perceptions of dementia
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29 Aug 25
Unfold
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Art & Photography
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Craft
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Creative Economy
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Interaction Design
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Product Design
StudioDrift in collaboration with the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Lacoste, launch a multi-sensory experience
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29 Aug 25
Sofia
Next Generation
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Mobility with empathy
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29 Aug 25
Space Garden
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Architecture & Interiors
The Aurelia Institute in collaboration with Heatherwick Studio advance the frontier of space architecture.
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22 Aug 25
Origin
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Design Thinking
Nature’s digital twin
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22 Aug 25
Do Not Disturb
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Architecture & Interiors
A new model for environmentally sensitive construction.
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22 Aug 25
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