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CORNCRETL wall panel surface by Dinorah Schulte, Designer and Founder of MANUFACTURA, Mexico

CORNCRETL: Architecture Rooted in Ancestral Material Intelligence

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Self portrait. Image credit: Dinorah Schulte. By combining Mayan lime traditions with robotic fabrication, Dinorah Schulte redefines sustainable construction Editor’s Note In the history of architecture, we often mistake progress for the erasure of the past. We replace the “breathing” logic of ancient limestone with the rigid, carbon-heavy dominance of Portland cement, forgetting that the […]

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OnCue's vibrant orange base and elevated keycaps create a distinctive therapeutic tool that transforms typing into an accessible activity for Parkinson's patients.

Designing Empowerment: How OnCue Keyboard is Transforming Life for People with Parkinson’s

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Designer Alessandra Galli with OnCue prototypes in her lab at TU Delft, where she developed the award-winning therapeutic device. Image credit: Roel Vink James Dyson Award Winner Alessandra Galli on Her Journey to Creating Empowering Technology Out of more than 2,100 entries from 28 countries, 29-year-old Italian product designer Alessandra Galli stood out with OnCue,

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Umbra Pavilion by Pauline van Dongen by Pauline van Dongen, Founder of Studio Pauline van Dongen, Next Generation Textile, Netherlands

Pauline van Dongen: Reimagining Solar Energy as a Living, Sensory Experience

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Pauline van Dongen, Image credit: Jurre Rompa When Technology Meets Tactile Design Unveiled at Dutch Design Week 2025, the Umbra Pavilion embodies designer Pauline van Dongen’s core conviction: the energy transition demands more than technical fixes—it requires a cultural revolution that renders renewable energy tangible, inviting, and woven into everyday life. As cities grapple with

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Gantri's newly launched digital manufacturing platform designed to support emerging designers and brands.

Revolutionizing Design Manufacturing: How Gantri Made Democratizes Product Development

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Gantri’s newly launched digital manufacturing platform designed to support emerging designers and brands. Image credit: Matthew Gordon California startup compresses 18 month design cycles into just 3 months while lowering costs and championing sustainability The design industry has long struggled with a fundamental contradiction: while creativity flows freely, the path from concept to market remains

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The Waxing and Waning Series 2, 2024 Woven from ramie, China grass cloth, and bamboo, this piece continues the meditative essence of The Entropy Reduction of Hundun, embodying the eternal cycle of yin and yang. The interwoven circles reflect the waxing and waning of energies, the shifting densities symbolize space time's fluidity, and the contrast of textures affirms balance in opposites. A visual journey through cosmic rhythms, it invites contemplation of life's perpetual evolution and dynamic equilibrium by Wanbing Huang

Cyclical Embodiments: Wanbing Huang’s Rhythmic Creations

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Self portrait, Image credit: Wanbing Huang Seeking Universal Cadence in Agricultural Archetypes In the delicate interplay between ancestral wisdom and avant garde vision, few artists navigate this terrain with the profound elegance of Wanbing Huang. This Central Saint Martins alumna meticulously reenvisions China’s cultural legacy through a distinctly contemporary lens. Her practice, deeply interwoven with

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