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Smog Free Tower Tours the World

Published 8 years ago by Allie | no responses

Studio Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Tower acts like a giant air filter helping to create cleaner urban skies. Meausring 7 meters in height, it features environmentally-friendly and patented ozone free ozone free technology. Acting like a giant vacuum ...

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Sea-Urchin Inspired Pavilion Fabricated by the University of Stuttgart

Published 8 years ago by Allie | no responses

A beautiful sea-urchin inspired pavilion has been created by a team of students and researchers at the University of Stuttgart using laminated beech plywood components that have been moulded and stitched together. The pavilion was ...

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Rock ‘n Roll Materials Star at Denmark’s Ragnarock Museum

Published 8 years ago by Allie | no responses

The new Rangnarock, a rock museum in Denmark designed by MVRD and Danish office COBE, celebrates the glamour, flash and trash of rock and roll with striking form and an eye-popping use of materials. Radiating ...

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Manus x Machina: OMA’s Installation for the new MET Museum Exhibition

Published 8 years ago by Allie | no responses

Earlier this week, the prestigious and always glamorous Met Gala concluded. This year, we were particularly intrigued by an LED couture dress designed by Zac Posen. You can see our report on this stunning gown here. ...

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Insects & Men Explores The Beauty of Honeybee Bio Resin

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“The whole pattern of nature is of cycles within cycles within cycles.” Medawar & Medawar 1983 Coming from a family of beekeepers, Marlène Huissoud is interested in the viability of utilising insects and their waste streams ...

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Incredible Cricket Shelter and Farm Facade

Published 8 years ago by Allie | no responses

Insects are an essential component or our ecosystem and their natural evolution serves as a fascinating source not only of material inspiration, as we’ve seen this week in the work of Marlene Huissoud, but potentially ...

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