[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
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A boy treated with foetal stem cells for a rare disease develops tumours, raising questions over the therapy’s safety.
Repeated warnings about potential health risks of so-called tan jabs appear to be going unheeded, experts believe.
Some popular treatments for rheumatoid arthritis could increase the risk of shingles, a German study suggests.
Called “Seasons Through the Looking Glass”, this installation is located in a tunnel that forms the basement entrance to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Created by Malaysian architect C J Lim, it is inspired by Alice in Wonderland.
As Alice said “A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden; the […]
Images via: www.id-mag.com - Yves Behar’s chocolate shaving tool using Costa Rican chocolate, native hardwood and stainless steel.
The design magazine I.D. recently had a sneak peek into an upcoming exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt museum in New York. “Design for the Living World” will showcase innovative designs commissioned by the Nature Conservancy. Ten designers, including […]
We love LEED, it is a terrific standard, a great checklist that can make buildings better. But it is just that, a checklist, and doesn’t look at the purpose of the building, which can lead to contradictions, some hilarity and some outright stupidity and greenwashing. Alex Felsinger at Green Building Elements has put together a […]
It is tough doing modern design inexpensively; simple detailing requires careful craftsmanship when you don’t have baseboards and drywall goop to cover up your defects. Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects appear to have pulled it off in this small house in Caviano, Switzerland….
From Shigeru Ban and Frank Gehry in the sixties and seventies ’til now, architects and designers have played with paper and cardboard as a cheap, easy to work with material. It’s not the most durable thing going, but right now nobody wants it for recycling so why not make furniture for the common people?
For your […]
John Bielenberg has a mission: Change The World. And there is one method that keeps that lofty goal from being mission impossible. Bielenberg formed Project M - a design program that challenges participants to quickly and with little or no resources effectively tackle one small goal and implement change through design. It’s a test of […]