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DDW23: Raw Color Celebrates Award Win With Vibrant Show

Design Milk

The Limburg Design Award is presented every two years to a well-known designer who focuses on contemporary interior design. “The balloon-like glass volume rests on a cylindrical base,’ says Christoph. “The high quality and heavy mouth-blown glass contrasts the seemingly lightweight appearance.”

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Can “visceral” graphic design bring the plastic crisis to life?

Design Week

Around 8bn metric tonnes of plastic has been created worldwide – with a projected figure of 34bn by 2050 – and much of the material is single-use. People might be more used to seeing Use Less Plastic, though she says this presented its own problem as it often read as Useless Plastic. The plastic crisis is well-documented.

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10 Sustainable Web Design Trends Reshaping 2024

Inkbot Design

However, on the back of COP26’s push for a global net zero by 2050, we see consumer attitudes towards eco-conscious practices begging to change. As we approach 2024, the digital landscape presents an exhilarating yet challenging frontier for web developers and digital agencies.

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Climate crisis: design industry rallies around its greatest challenge yet

Design Week

.” Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley asked: “What must we say to our people, living on the frontline in the Caribbean, in Africa, in Latin America, in the Pacific, when both ambition and, regrettably, some of the needed faces at Glasgow, are not present? What excuse should we give for the failure?” temperature rise.

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Why do we need smart(er) cities and how to build one

UX Collective

With cities expected to house more than two-thirds of the world’s population by 2050, our goal here is to better understand how this increasingly common living environment can best accommodate those who will inevitably make it their home. Enter Smart(er) Cities We began the previous segment asking why cities?

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Is the Future of Toronto Designed in London?

Azure Magazine

For Karakusevic, the projects may present a different geographic and cultural context but they are driven by the same set of values. “It If we believe the Toronto of 2050 will be a better place than the Toronto of 1950, why does our design culture so often seem to convey the opposite idea?

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The Future is Green: Embracing Sustainable Packaging

Inkbot Design

This figure is expected to rise, with plastics production projected to account for 20% of global oil consumption by 2050. Lush's dedication to sustainable packaging demonstrates that eco-friendly solutions can be feasible and attractive even in industries where packaging plays a crucial role in product presentation.