Nov 07, 2018from 3D-printed animal parts to office furniture for those who prefer working laying down, designboom picks the top 20 projects that caught our attention this year.
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dutch design week 2018 (10)
Nov 07, 2018
Nov 06, 2018'copytopia' questions the benefits of the ambiguous relationship between patent law and the freedom to create.
venice architecture biennale 2018 (69)
Nov 05, 2018students developed terminals for five global destinations: brazil, china, iran, madagascar, and new zealand.
Jul 30, 2018as part of the french participation, the workshop organization has turned an abandoned barrack into a collective space to eat, sleep and create.
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infinity nide (6)
Nov 02, 2018the collaboration project of bentu and urbanus is designed to be a space that can host various kind of cultural activities.
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Apr 10, 2018'mole chaa' is a chinese dome teahouse crammed into a traditional business community and a social space that attracts trendy young people in the city.
bart hess (4)
Oct 30, 2018presented during dutch design week, 'grotto' takes the form of a living cave.
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Apr 15, 2014a sweatshop-like installation where dozens of visitors were invited to engage in various experimental textile processes.
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BJDW beijing design week 2018 (7)
Oct 30, 2018the site-specific installation is created as a space for isolation and contemplation from the urban chaos.
Oct 30, 2018with transformative golden-mirrored elements, MINI LIVING and penda discuss how the urban cabin in beijing creates a new sense of community.
ALPA of switzerland (6)
Oct 30, 2018the camera is perfect for many tasks as architecture photography, landscape, commercial tasks, studio work and much more.
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Jul 20, 2017ALPA has developed a camera setup that breaks the standards of macro photography.
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new mexico city airport (7)
Oct 29, 2018mexico's president-elect had raised concerns about the airport's maintenance costs and argued that the project was tainted by corruption.
Dec 23, 2016mexico's largest-ever infrastructure project furthers in its development with critical goals met this year and an official groundbreaking scheduled for early 2017.
living architecture (8)
Oct 29, 2018'quietness, contemplation, pure luxury. I could not resist to try to create this house,' says the swiss architect.
Apr 22, 2016offering visitors to holiday in the ‘life house’, the cascading scheme unfolds as a place of calm and solace - influenced by japanese design.
allied works architecture (5)
Oct 26, 2018following its announcement in 2014, the national veterans memorial and museum now opens its doors to the public this weekend.
Jan 09, 2015located opposite the stampede grounds in calgary's east village, the NMC is an entirely new cultural institution that serves as a museum, performance hall and recording studio.
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ONFAdd (4)
Oct 24, 2018the rain socks lite are made of silicon rubber, which can be dyed in a number of colors or left transparent for a see-through shoe accessory.
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May 03, 2018the material ONFAdd used for their minimalistic t-shirt is called 'cordura' — an extremely durable cloth seven times stronger than nylon.
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nahoko kojima (3)
Oct 24, 2018after the artist saw a whale in hawaii, she started drawing and researching into the behavior and environment of the animal to create her largest piece to date.
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Oct 11, 2013the swimming polar bear sculpture is cut out by hand from one 3m x 3m piece of traditional japanese washi paper.
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jake and dinos chapman (2)
Oct 18, 2018in this terrible setting, every figure is decapitating or cannibalizing another, without there being any identifiable victors, victims or other moral categories.
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Jan 08, 2014recently shown at art basel miami beach was 'in our dreams we have seen another world', a mixed media inferno of small-scale zombies, nazis, corpses and crucified ronald mcdonalds neatly encased in a glass box.
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aprilli design studio (2)
Oct 18, 2018the autonomous travel suite integrates transportation and hospitality though a driver-less mobile suite offering door-to-door services in between the traveler’s home and destination.
Jun 20, 2014the project, located within the city's heavily populated central business district, supports local food production and contributes to the region's environmental quality.
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florian brillet (4)
Oct 18, 2018a set of revolving bookcases divides the room in two, providing a separate gallery.
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Nov 27, 2014the work of art is based on the microscopic structures of crystals.
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amit shimoni (1)
Oct 17, 2018what would history's most iconic artists look like if they were tattooed and gluten-free vegans who favoured a coconut milk latte over an americano?
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RMJM architects (13)
Oct 17, 2018the st. regis hotel and office tower has already been recognized by the zhuhai government as the tallest building in the city, with the tip towering 328.8 meters above the ground.
Jun 01, 2015consisting of a headquarters building, exhibition center and park, this vast masterplan in the doumen district has been designed to maximize the potential of its riverside location.
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