ThisAbles from IKEA add-ons furniture for people with disabilities.
March 19, 2019
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The Swedish furniture designer/seller released a set of furniture hacks that anyone can download and 3D-print to make their products more usable by people with disabilities. Bigger light switches, easier-to-grab handles and extenders for couch legs are among the designs produced so far in the ThisAbles project, an initiative of IKEA Israel and non-profits Milbat and Access Israel.
Mjstrnet bin Norway becomes world’s tallest timber tower
March 19, 2019
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Mjstrnet by Voll Arkitekter in Brumunddal, Norway, has been assigned as the world’s tallest timber building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. The 85.4-meter-high tower was built…
Andres Boraita Designs Untippable Martini Glass for Princess Yachts.
March 18, 2019
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Plymouth College of Art BA (Hons) Product Design & Innovation student and designer Andres Boraita was selected by Princess Yachts as the winner of a competitive live brief to design an ‘untippable’ martini glass.
Portuguese studio turns cork into thread for sustainable furniture and lighting.
March 18, 2019
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Architects Brimet Silva and Ana Fonseca of Digitalab have together developed a method of turning cork into a thin thread that can be used in the manufacture of furniture, lighting, textiles, and accessories. They also won the rising star award at Stockholm Furniture Fair, with an innovative method of turning cork into the thread.
Mahindra reveals its world’s ‘fastest’ e-car Battista at Geneva Motor Show.
March 14, 2019
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Luxury electric vehicles brand Automobili Pininfarina, a part of the Mahindra Group, Tuesday unveiled its luxury electric vehicle Battista here which is touted to be faster than a current Formula 1 race car in its 0-100 km/h sub-two second sprint.
Royal Mint unveils new 50p ‘black hole’ coin in honour of Stephen Hawking’s work
March 14, 2019
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Stephen Hawking’s legacy is being honoured by the Royal Mint with a new 50 pence piece. The new coin — which was inspired by Hawking’s work on black holes outlined in his bestselling book “A Brief History of Time” — has an engraving of the late scientist’s name along with an illustration of concentric circles, supposed to depict a black hole.
Amateur architecture studio offers VR tour of the Linan History Museum.
March 14, 2019
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The Bartlett School of Architecture’s virtual reality (VR) film enables the viewers to explore the museum under construction at the foot of Gongchen Mountain in Lin’an, China. The tour is…
Eco Friendly flat wine bottles from Garçon Wines helps in greener shipping.
March 8, 2019
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British company Garçon Wines has come up with a new way to package wine that cuts back on the costs and carbon emissions of transport.
Timeless Travertine cladded school in Cannes by Atelier Stphane Fernandez.
March 7, 2019
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French Practice Atelier Stphane Fernandez designed the stone primary school and kindergarten to respond to the landscape of the Petit Juas area on France’s south coast. The building is clad…
Zine Making Workshop by Rohini Kejriwal to be part of the Chennai Photo Biennale.
March 7, 2019
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A zine making workshop will be held on 8th March 2019, as part of the Chennai Photo Biennale (CPB). The workshop is mentored by Rohini Kejriwal, a writer, artist, photographer, and an online curator.
2, 3 and now with 5 rear cameras Nokia 9 PureView becomes first in line.
March 7, 2019
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Photography enthusiasts bat their eyes on the new Nokia 9 PureView smartphone which features 5 rear cameras, which also enables them to do advanced editing.
Pritzker prize winner Kevin Roche dies aged 96.
March 6, 2019
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Kevin Roche, the Dublin-born American architect whose modernist buildings, at once bold and refined, gave striking new identities to corporations, museums and institutions around the world, died on Friday at his home in Guilford, Conn. He was 96.
China to build solar power station in space.
March 6, 2019
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By 2050, researchers at the China Academy of Space Technology who are currently testing the technology and intend to build the station, according to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Pritzker Prize: Japanese architect Arata Isozaki wins highest honour.
March 6, 2019
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Arata Isozaki, an accomplished Japanese architect, city planner, and theorist has been named as the 2019 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the award that is known internationally as architecture’s highest honour.
Morphogenesis reports a gender positive pay gap in favour of its female employees.
March 6, 2019
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Morphogenesis becomes the worlds first architecture practices to report a positive pay gap in favor of its female employees. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8th March, the leading…