If you see the headline “Toy Story Turns 30 This Year” and you suddenly felt some pain in your lower back, then you probably grew up with Pixar’s beloved franchise. And yes, the film came out in 1995 so yes, if you were already alive and of sound mind then, accept that we’re old. That doesn’t mean we’re too...
shape-me bike merges upper-body exercise and transport in one
The World’s first Upper-Body Bike by Paweł Wawrzyński Developed by the Polish innovation startup Ensavid, Shape-Me Bike introduces an alternative mode of outdoor mobility that integrates upper-body engagement into the cycling experience. Designed as a full-body training device, it diverges from traditional bicycles...
Rewear Chair turns clothes airing into a stylish and sustainable habit
It’s a good thing I live alone because if I had roommates or housemates, they would be appalled at one habit that I have. I leave several pieces of clothing lying around, on my bed, on the sofa, or even in random chairs. These are clothes that I have worn briefly and plan to use again so I need to “air them out”....
‘the world needs it’: michael kaethler on IED’s social ecological design for urgent change
REDEFINING DESIGN EDUCATION FOR URGENT CHANGE The IED Master program in Social Ecological Design emerges as a vital alternative to design education, aiming to confront the complex challenges of our time. For Michael Kaethler, coordinator of the program, the traditional design curriculum, often shaped by market trends...
studio libeskind crowns art deco boerentoren tower with observatory overlooking antwerp
boerentoren tower to host Phoebus Foundation’s art collection Studio Libeskind reveals its vision for the transformation of Antwerp’s iconic Boerentoren tower into a major new cultural destination. The project, created in collaboration with ELD, will convert the 1932 Belgian Art Deco skyscraper into a new home for...
ESA’s umbrella-shaped biomass satellite captures first images of earth’s forests from space
Forest Images photographed by ESA’s Biomass satellite The umbrella-shaped Biomass satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographs the first aerial images of the Earth’s forests and topography. The spacecraft, which is being used to study forests from space, comes with equipment called P-band synthetic...
jeff koons’ floral ‘split-rocker’ to bloom anew at LACMA’s upcoming los angeles building
jeff koons’s 37-foot-tall piece to bloom year-round in los angeles Later in 2025, Jeff Koons’ Split-Rocker, an 11-meter-tall sculpture covered in over 50,000 living plants, is set to be permanently installed outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The towering artwork takes its playful shape from...
Vermeer’s Love Letters: Vermeer Paintings on Display in New York
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made of compacted dirt and seeds, basura’s shoes plant wildflowers as they break down
dirt shoes let nature reclaim your footsteps Dirt Shoes, created by conceptual design practice Basura in collaboration with yerba mate brand Yerba Madre, were never meant to last. The shoes are made entirely from compacted dirt, tree sap, plant fibers, and wildflower seeds. As they’re worn, they slowly disintegrate,...
Discover Camille Pissarro’s Unknown Origins: St Thomas Island in the Caribbean Sea
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