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This flag project uses data to highlight danger of “glacier extinction”

Design Week

glacier retreat projected in the country from 1995 to 2050. When applied to the French Tricolore, the central white stripe goes from its traditional size in 1995, to just a fraction of the flag in 2050. On each redesigned flag and graphic, the key dates are 1995, 2020 and 2050. These changes are intended to show the 83.1%

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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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Fragmented Garments and Body Parts Drift Away From Steel Sculptures by Regardt Van Der Meulen

Colossal

Based in Johannesburg, Van Der Meulen shares that much of his work exposes the vulnerability of the body and how both minute and drastic changes alter its presentation. Dematerialising” (2020), steel, 2050 milimeters. Each of their bodies is incomplete, whether through a bisected limb or torso gaping with negative space.

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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.

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This AI task-based app hopes to improve dementia care

Design Week

By 2050, the number of people who suffer from the condition is expected to triple, mostly because of an aging population. “Regardless of what you present with, it helps a clinician,” he adds. It is thought that around 62% of individuals suffering from dementia are undiagnosed.

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In ‘American Grown,’ Tiffanie Turner Roots Out Personal Memories and U.S. Exceptionalism

Colossal

Instead, she used that caricature as a starting point to explore this belief in superiority and to connect to “her childhood, comparing and contrasting the standards and safeguards around the raising of her two children with memories of her grandparents and parents, focusing on the past, present, and future, in the timeframe of 1950 to 2050.”

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MAD Reimagines Beijing’s Urban Heritage with Hutong Bubble 218

Azure Magazine

At 2006 Venice Biennale, the firm exhibited the project Beijing 2050, which presented “alternative scenarios” for the city in the wake of social and economic forces influencing its architectural form.