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Peru seaside home in the running for leading architectural prize
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Ancon House is located on a rocky-mountainside and is built to blend in with the landscape
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21 Jun 17
Airbnb is tapping into its network to help resettle refugees
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Co-Founder & CPO Joe Gebbia announces that over 16,000 Airbnb hosts have already signed up to host refugees for free.
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1 Jun 17
Detroit studio Thing Thing disrupts traditional methods of production
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Thing Thing consider their work to fall somewhere between architecture and a party.
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26 May 17
The Emma Watch
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Product Design
This unique timepiece thwarts the effect of Parkinson’s disorder.
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25 May 17
5 examples of great creativity in Cuba
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We take a look at some unique design ventures all the way from the Caribbean.
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23 May 17
Wake up and smell the colours
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
A device that transcends two of our primary senses.
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23 May 17
Reducing carbon footprint of the built world with Solidia Technologies
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Eco-friendliness can be achieved even in the granules with which we construct buildings.
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22 May 17
Pedaling for clean air
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Urban & Landscape Design
A new addition to the Smog Free Project, and it comes in bicycle-form.
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19 May 17
A simpler way to purify water
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Design Thinking
Scientists have devised a simple way to separate microscopic pollutants from water.
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18 May 17
5 examples of great creativity from Poland
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Known for its vast history and diverse culture, Poland also has mad artistic chops.
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17 May 17
What will meat products of the future look like?
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Food Design
Product designer, Carolien Niebling, delves into the potential shortage of protein-rich food we could face in future.
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16 May 17
5 stories that show technology combined with bugs can result in great design
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
Proof that RoboCop isn’t the only one to benefit from a mecha-treatment.
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15 May 17
Up in the clouds
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Interaction Design
These designs draw inspiration from the everyday cumulus.
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12 May 17
More than just transport: 5 unique renditions of the modern car
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
A look at some weird and innovative experiments in the world of car design.
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11 May 17
Collaborative cartography for a good cause
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Information Design
A citizen-powered navigation app to benefit visually impaired folks.
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9 May 17
Rebranding North Korea
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Design Thinking
Swedish studio Snask gives the totalitarian state a visual makeover.
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9 May 17
How to help refugees feel at home
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Design Activism
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Innovators, creatives and philanthropists around the world are working on apps and online platforms that help refugees feel at home in unfamiliar places.
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8 May 17
Pop-up Happiness
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Interaction Design
Could there be a design solution for unhappiness?
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8 May 17
Using your eyes to trick your stomach
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Food Design
Eating designer Marije Vogelzang explores the relationship between the eyes, the stomach and the appetite in her new project, Volumes.
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4 May 17
Flexible, organic and biodegradable: A new wave of electronics
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A new semiconductor developed by Stanford researchers is as flexible as skin and easily degradable.
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4 May 17
Wacom Creatives: Illustrator Caroline Vos talks creativity, inspiration and artistic expression
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Graphic Design & Illustration
How do digital artists bring their creativity to life? We ask some seasoned illustrators.
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26 Apr 17
Synthetic skin could return touch to amputees
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Design Thinking
Researchers have combined solar power and electronic skin for the first time.
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25 Apr 17
Check out this year's A’ Design Award winners
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The global platform announces its best designers and designs for 2016 to 2017.
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25 Apr 17
Dutch designer Vera de Pont on making fashion sustainable and DIY
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
She believes fashion could be downloadable and open source where designers become facilitators that guide the customer instead of being in control.
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24 Apr 17
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