DESIGN
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The Mirror That Heals: Emotional Rituals in Hospitality
Mirror Ritual is an interactive installation developed at Monash University in 2020 by Nina Rajcic and Jon McCormack. It combines AI and machine learning to read your facial expression and…
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Self-Parking Slippers at ProPILOT Park Ryokan: Where Tradition Meets Automation
What Is It? At the ProPILOT Park Ryokan in Hakone, Japan, Nissan transformed traditional hospitality with a touch of automation. Guests encounter not only tatami mats and sliding doors but…
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Frozen Elegance: The Sculpted Experience of ICEBAR Stockholm
What Is It? Step into a bar where time feels frozen (literally). ICEBAR Stockholm by ICEHOTEL is the world’s first permanent ice bar, offering guests a chance to sip cocktails…
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EMOTIONAL CLOTHES, FASHION REPRESENTING EMOTIONAL WELLBEING
We all know that clothing is, in a sense, an identification tool that can function in determining the symbolic boundaries between people. Fashion and clothing are a field where clothes…
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‘LOCK YOUR PHONE’ LAMP
WHAT IT IS? In 2017 Austrian designer, Klemens Schillinger created a lamp that only lights up once the user is willing to surrender his or her smartphone. Based on the saying…
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CHALLENGING E-COMMERCE
WHAT IT IS? Dromo is a ultra-lightweight PET bottle particularly designed for e-commerce. It focuses on reducing secondary packaging and therefore reducing the overall packaging costs and usage. The packaging can…
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A BANANA A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY!
WHAT IT IS? This innovation, which is already launched in a Korean Supermarket, is all about eating healthy and preventing food waste. Inside the wrapped packaging of the bananas, includes a…
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THE ‘PERFECT CHOCOLATE CHIP’, CREATED BY TESLA DESIGNER REMY LABESQUE
What is it? A recreated chocolate chip, designed by Remy Labesque with Dandelion chocolate. Labesque works at Tesla as a designer, and usually works on solar powered roofs and vehicle charging,…
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EVERLASTING FLOWERS
When plastic pollution metamorphoses into flower sculpture… What is it? Plastic artist William Amor transforms plastic waste into graceful flower arrangements. Jewellery, interior decorations, monumental installations… The founder of Créations…
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TURN YOUR PHONE OFF BEFORE ENTERING
What is it? Do you know how many times you unlock your phone every hour? According to a Ikea Spain research we do it every ten minutes. At this point, can…
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