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Morrama and Phoenix design planet-conscious Tela suitcase collection

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Morrama and Phoenix design planet-conscious Tela suitcase collection

Design consultancy Morrama has partnered with Italian luggage brand Phoenix to introduce the Tela range.

Design : Travel : Sustainability

Milan Salone 2017 Preview: Modular living

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Milan Salone 2017 Preview: Modular living

Milan – Ikea will explore the changing functionality of the living room in its Let’s Make Room for Life festival.

Ikea : Let’s Make Room For Life Festival : Milan Salone 2017

Speaking sustainably

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Speaking sustainably

Sweden – People People’s new speaker aims to tackle landfill culture by alerting users when a part needs to be replaced.

People People : Modular : Repair

Switching screens

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Switching screens

Japan – Nintendo has announced its latest games console, the Nintendo Switch, which can change from a portable gaming device to a traditional plugg...

Nintendo : Gaming : Video Games

New Designers 2016: Top five

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New Designers 2016: Top five

This year New Designers showed a notable shift towards more conceptually driven projects that veered away from the typically commercial work of p...

New Designers : Product Design : The E-motional Economy

Matthew Cockerill: Modular marketplace

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Matthew Cockerill: Modular marketplace

Seymourpowell’s creative director explains why modular technology needs to move beyond the smartphone.

Seymourpowell : Project Ara : Modular

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Hot desk space

Europe – Designer Konstantin Grcic has created Hack, an adaptable office cubicle for the start-up generation.

Future Of Work : Modular : Vitra

Modular mission

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Modular mission

Barcelona – LG has revealed the G5 smartphone, which boasts features that can be accessed by connecting different modules to its base.

LG : MWC : Modular

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Eco-politics

Amsterdam – This year’s Dutch EU Presidency meetings are being held in a 3D-printed building that can be recycled after the event.

DUS Architects : Europe Building : Bioplastics

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Robo rooms

New York – Asmbld’s reconfigurable spaces concept suggests a new approach to interior architecture.

Architecture : Asmbld : Adaptive

Boundless energy

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Boundless energy

Chicago – Solar Paper is a beautifully designed portable solar charger that turns any surface into a power source.

Solar Paper : Yolk : Sungun Chang

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Internet of me

London – Technology company SAM and creative consultancy Map are showing that the Internet of Things (IoT) isn’t so complicated after all.

SAM : Map : Internet Of Things Toolkit

Modular technology

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Modular technology

Copenhagen – Take control of your audio experience with the TMA-2 Modular, a customisable set of headphones from Danish designer’s AIAIAI.

Aiaiai : Headphones : The Immortal Brand

Milan Salone 2015: Part 1

Design Directions

Milan Salone 2015: Part 1

Designers at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile explored the potential of haptic interaction with new surfaces and textures, and challe...

Milan Salone 2015 : Haptic Experiences : Storytelling

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Chocolate bar

Tokyo – Belgian chocolatier BbyB has opened its first Tokyo store with a striking two-tone space by Japanese design studio Nendo.

Nendo : BbyB : Chocolate

A cut above: Modular kitchen for Flat-Agers

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A cut above: Modular kitchen for Flat-Agers

Berlin – Industrial designer Dirk Biotto has created a modular kitchen with flexible components to make home cooking easier for disabled ...

Flat Agers : Flat Age Design : Berlin

Piece agreement: Motorola creates modular phone

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Piece agreement: Motorola creates modular phone

Mountain View, California – Motorola and Dutch designer Dave Hakkens have joined forces on Project Ara, a fully exchangeable, upgradable and sustai...

Motorola : Modular Phone : Phonebloks

Design Directions

UN City

The dream of the United Nations is to ‘build a better future’, according to secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon. UN City, the new United Nations building...

Office Design : Flexible Interior : Staircase

Signature style: Camper store interior's a shoe-in

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Signature style: Camper store interior's a shoe-in

New York – When decorating the new Camper store in New York, Nendo founder Oki Sato covered the interior walls with more than 1,000 white plastic s...

Shoes : Retail Interior : Flexible Interior

Flexi Simplicity

Design Directions

Flexi Simplicity

Flexi Simplicity

Milan : EEL Nakameguro : Melinda Gloss

Snap action: Sofa hacks it in the living room

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Snap action: Sofa hacks it in the living room

UK – The new Bungy Sofa enables people to customise their couch with elasticated yellow cords.

Homeware : Customisable Furniture : Playful Design

Inside job: Building hosts flexible space within

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Inside job: Building hosts flexible space within

Madrid – Architects María Langarita and Victor Navarro have adapted an early 20th-century building in Madrid to function as a research laboratory a...

Madrid : Historic Buildings : Psychadelic

New Designers 2013

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New Designers 2013

This year’s New Designers exhibition by emerging graduate design talent in Islington, London, presented a rich variety of work, including designs t...

Raw Materials : Luxury Materials : Flexible Interior

Wired for sale: Wine laid out like a spreadsheet

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Wired for sale: Wine laid out like a spreadsheet

Wired for sale: Wine laid out like a spreadsheet

Colour : Stuttgart : Wine Shop

Mix and match: Designer promotes furniture re-use

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Mix and match: Designer promotes furniture re-use

Mix and match: Designer promotes furniture re-use

Design : Central Saint Martins : Industrial Design

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