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    Visualizing the Senses

    Catarina Oliveira’s Five Sense Series is a commission project for Pigeons and Peacocks magazine.With the launch of the eighth annual print edition of the magazine, Catarina created an exclusive series of curated short films in which the five senses are ...
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    Eco Mushroom streetlight absorbs vehicle pollution

    According to the World Health Organisation, the transport sector is the largest contributor to air pollution and subsequently, climate change. As the reduction of CO2 emissions becomes a progressively urgent matter for many city councils and governments around the world, ...
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    Flying solar farm generates energy around the clock

    The use of alternative energy sources has become more and more essential as the world gets serious about addressing climate change while also addressing the needs of millions of people who have no access to power. Certain areas of the ...
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    Rooftops covered in plastic grass could one day power your home with wind energy

    The idea of kitting out rooftops with environmentally friendly gardens or solar panels has been around for some time, but an international team of scientists has hit upon the idea of carpeting roofs with plastic grass-like material instead. Each plastic ...
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    Lose yourself inside the Abyss Table’s mesmerizing ocean depths

    Prepare to lose yourself inside the inky blue depths of designer Christopher Duffy’s latest creation. The UK artist recently completed the Abyss Table, a hypnotizing dining table made from layered glass and sustainably sourced wood to mimic the ocean depths. ...
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    Benjamin Hubert: Holistic designs to inspire change

    Thinking beyond financial return or designing an object for the sake of it, award-winning design entrepreneur Benjamin Hubert’s newly established experiential design studio, Layer focuses on designing products that improve the life of the consumer. This year, Hubert will take ...
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    Sand-Covered Gyms

    The ‘Baja Body Athletic Club’ covered one of its workout rooms with a sand floor in an attempt of increase the intensity of members’ workouts. The interior of the room was only altered with a sand floor while everything else ...
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    A Look at Food in 2050

    Twenty-Fifty is a visual exploration of the global food crisis predicted for the year two thousand and fifty – a result of the inability of the earth’s natural resources to meet future demand.The project, created by visual communication designer Gemma ...
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    CityHub: A New Type of Hotel for ‘Digital Native Traveler’

    The new kind of traveler roaming the streets of Europe, always carrying their smartphone and looking for the new underground cultural scene. These ‘digital native travelers’ don’t want anything to do with the typical tourism. That’s why CityHub Amsterdam is ...