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Volkswagen: Influencing Our Actions Through Fun

Volkswagen: Influencing Our Actions Through Fun

Volkswagen believes that injecting a healthy dose of fun into the often mundane tasks in our daily lives, such as choosing the stairs or remembering to recycle, is the best method for positive influencing our behaviors.

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A1 Architects Explores the Small House Paradigm

A1 Architects Explores the Small House Paradigm

Czech firm A1 Architects recently explored the small living paradigm at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague last month, creating a whimsical exhibition called “The Small House.”

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Laser Etching Could Replace Labels on Fruits and Vegetables

Laser Etching Could Replace Labels on Fruits and Vegetables

A new laser etching technique might make the small labels on fruits and vegetables a thing of the past.

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Blu Dot’s Real Good Experiment Tracks Chairs from Curb to Home

Blu Dot's Real Good Experiment Tracks Chairs from Curb to Home

Furniture company is attempting to track the “curb-mining” habits of the NYC residents by leaving GPS-enabled chairs scattered throughout the city.

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On Naming Lego’s Various Bricks and Pieces

On Naming Lego's Various Bricks and Pieces

While far from a comprehensive study on the development of hyper-local languages, Giles Turnbull’s ad hoc research on how different children name Lego’s various building blocks is an interesting, albeit quirky, glimpse into the ways we build internal dialogues and communicate with one another.

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Casa Huerta: Scaleable Greenhouses for Urban Environments

Casa Huerta: Scaleable Greenhouses for Urban Environments

Casa Huerta (Orchard House) is a small scale greenhouse / vertical farming system proposed to better life in the poor areas of the world’s cities.

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Minimalist Wine Rack Made from Felt

Minimalist Wine Rack Made from Felt

The Felt Wine Rack is a perfect example of the return simple materials as designers and consumers alike warm to the aesthetic, environmental and economic benefits of products made from natural elements.

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Johns Hopkins Offers HIV Self-Test

Johns Hopkins Offers HIV Self-Test

In an effort to curtail the global spread of AIDS, Johns Hopkins recently conducted an in-hospital trail that offered self-administered HIV tests to Emergency Room visitors.

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Concept Outlet Design Saves Power Without Unplugging

Concept Outlet Design Saves Power Without Unplugging

Korean designer Yong-jin Kim merges the power socket with a traditional switch, a solution that replaces the act of removing a plug with a simple twist designed to cut off the flow of electricity.

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(Video): Guitar Hero Hack Creates Life-Size Football Interface

(Video): Guitar Hero Hack Creates Life-Size Football Interface

Utilizing freestyle footballers, a hacking experiment features wall-mounted Guitar Hero controls placed in front of a three-story screen. Soccer balls kicked at the life-size panels provide the physical interface for the game within the game.

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The Electric Vehicle, a Missed Opportunity for Good Design?

The Electric Vehicle, a Missed Opportunity for Good Design?

The NY Times looks at the major considerations shaping the entire manufacturing process, from conception to production, in an effort to explain what they see as a missed opportunity for electric cars to redefine vehicle aesthetics from the ground up.

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Question Box: Accessing the Internet’s Knowledge Offline

Question Box: Accessing the Internet's Knowledge Offline

Open Mind’s Question Box project make the internet’s information accessible to individuals in the developing world at the touch of the button.

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Short Films Explore Experiments in Urban Living

Short Films Explore Experiments in Urban Living

In a new series for Babelgum titled “New Urbanism,” filmmaker Kelly Loudenberg documents some of the ways that people are addressing the challenges of city living, using a synthesize of art and ad hoc invention.

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Kind Snacks Campaign to Encourage Good Deeds

Kind Snacks Campaign to Encourage Good Deeds

Kind Snacks encourages unexpected acts of kindness with special cards that are passed along through a loosely connected chain of strangers.

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Modular Furniture by Moredesign

Modular Furniture by Moredesign

This simple, flexible line by Moredesign for Italian furnishing specialist Myour creates considered furniture pieces that can standalone or interact with others to transform from table to seat to sofa and back again.

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