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Competition: ten packs of Sugru to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with the makers of Sugru to give away ten packs of their plastic modelling clay for hacking products. More about Competition: ten packs of Sugru to be won
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i3 Concept and i8 Concept by BMW
Car brand BMW will present two sustainable concept cars under their new BMW i sub-brand at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this month. More about i3 Concept and i8 Concept by BMW
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Power of Making at the V&A
London Design Festival 2011: cakes decorated like creepily realistic babies and pencils with the alphabet painstakingly carved into their tips are among the exhibits at power of Making, which opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. More about Power of Making at the V&A
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Duo by Oscar Diaz for Doiy
London designer Oscar Diaz will present a two-in-one candle holder at Maison&Objet in Paris this weekend. More about Duo by Oscar Diaz for Doiy
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Design Department Store at SCP
London Design Festival 2011: British design retailer SCP will host new product launches and a seven metre-high installation by Michael Marriott at their east London store as part of Shoreditch Design Triangle during the London Design Festival this month. More about Design Department Store at SCP
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Nipple lights by Naama Arbel
These lamps are turned on when you pull their nipples. More about Nipple lights by Naama Arbel
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Competition: five copies of the London Design Guide to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with Max Fraser, author of the London Design Guide, to give away five signed copies of the brand-new 2012-2013 edition. More about Competition: five copies of the London Design Guide to be won
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Bearina by Ronen Kadushin
Berlin designer Ronen Kadushin has made a conceptual, open-source, contraceptive intrauterine device from a one-cent coin. More about Bearina by Ronen Kadushin
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Bachag by Joongho Choi
Korean designer Joongho Choi designed this chair to be carried over one shoulder like a handbag. More about Bachag by Joongho Choi
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Scaffolding Brut by Beta Tank
Berlin designers Beta Tank want to make scaffolding pretty. Designer Eyal Burstein has started out by casting a series of scaffolding joints in glazed porcelain with gold and platinum nuts and bolts. More about Scaffolding Brut by Beta Tank
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Prelude 01: a Dialogue at Depot Basel
Nine designers including Florian Hauswirth, Kaspar Hamacher and Max Lipsey furnished a grain-silo-turned-art-space in Basel in a five-day experimental workshop. More about Prelude 01: a Dialogue at Depot Basel
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INDEX: Award winners 2011
Here are some images of the five winning projects at this year's INDEX: Awards, including Hövding, an inflatable bicycle helmet (above). More about INDEX: Award winners 2011
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Brush Hooks by Dominic Wilcox
London Design Festival 2011: London designer Dominic Wilcox claims he meant to leave these paint brushes unwashed so they would harden into coat hooks. More about Brush Hooks by Dominic Wilcox
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Blooming Structures by Sivan Royz
These fungus-like purses are made of layers of laser-cut silk. More about Blooming Structures by Sivan Royz
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Pen Pal by Oscar Diaz for Doiy
London Design Festival 2011: London designer Oscar Diaz has redesigned the pen pot so there's no need to tip pens all over the desk or jam your fingers down the side to retrieve a paper clip or pencil sharpener that's slipped to the bottom. More about Pen Pal by Oscar Diaz for Doiy
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Radioactive Control by Luzinterruptus
An army of 100 scarecrows dressed in glowing decontamination suits kept a sinister vigil over the Dockville Festival in Hamburg earlier this month. More about Radioactive Control by Luzinterruptus
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Lightwood Chair by Jasper Morrison
London Design Festival 2011: British designer Jasper Morrison will show his Lightwood Chair for Japanese company Maruni as part of Shoreditch Design Triangle during the London Design Festival next month. More about Lightwood Chair by Jasper Morrison
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Superheroes by Glimpt
These stools by Swedish designers Glimpt are made in Vietnam from rolls of seagrass, bound with the thread that's normally used to make hammocks. More about Superheroes by Glimpt
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Picnic Table by Michael Beitz
Planks of a picnic table are draped over the railing at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska. More about Picnic Table by Michael Beitz
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Dirty Rotten Peaches by Rebecca Wilson
These racy figurines by ceramicist Rebecca Wilson are cast from pieces of fruit. More about Dirty Rotten Peaches by Rebecca Wilson
