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design
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Wired in Disability Arts
Read more: Wired in Disability ArtsSerene colors and technical set pieces create a surreal ambience as performers delicately hover into the black void above the stage. These performers belong to Kinetic Light, an “internationally-recognized disability arts ensemble”. In 2022, the ensemble performed Wired, a “potent…
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refuge for refugees
Read more: refuge for refugeesTwo design students were awarded the Futurapolis prize last Wednesday for their project to adapt the Furan (underground river) , a response to the migration crisis. Winners of the Futurapolis prize, which aims to encourage students to work on sustainable…
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Tiny House Rural Studio
Read more: Tiny House Rural StudioRural Studio’s $20K House has such innovative design that it’s changing the entire housing system—from mortgages to zoning laws. For over a decade, architecture students at Rural Studio, Auburn University's design-build program in a tiny town in West Alabama, have…
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ARTICULO 6: Narratives of gender, strength and politics
Read more: ARTICULO 6: Narratives of gender, strength and politics“ARTICULO 6: narratives of gender, strength and politics” is an activist design project that aims to raise awareness about the case of forced sterilizations implemented during the government of Alberto Fujimori in Peru. The name of the project refers to…
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JustSeeds Artists’ Cooperative
Read more: JustSeeds Artists’ CooperativeJustseeds Artists’ Cooperative is a decentralized network of 24 artists committed to making print and design work that reflects a radical social, environmental, and political stance. With members working from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Justseeds operates both as a…
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Urbaneer
Read more: UrbaneerWhose job is it to create a city? Our intention is to jumpstart a new profession that can re-invent and negotiate the complex mix that encompasses a city. We have defined a radical new occupation to regenerate, pioneer, and sustain…
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“Hail to the Thief” : political art or creative activism?
Read more: “Hail to the Thief” : political art or creative activism?Established Cape Town based artist Brett Murray returns to Goodman Gallery Johannesburg with Hail to the Thief II. This body of satirical work continues his acerbic attacks on abuses of power, corruption and political dumbness seen in his 2010 Cape…
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Poor Little Fish
Read more: Poor Little FishIs it possible that through affective design we can change our consumer behavior? Yan Lu and his “Little Fish Project” offer a design inspired solution to excess use of water. “As consumption is incalculable, saving is often neglected through daily…