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This flag project uses data visualisation to highlight the danger of "glacier extinction" bit.ly/3eJUKMZ
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Templo has used "distorted" images of the London skyline to brand the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition: bit.ly/3paQ7R3
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Tom Karen was nearly 30 before he realised he needed to be a designer - here the 94-year-old talks life, his love of objects, and creating childhood-defining toys like the Marble Run and Raleigh Chopper bit.ly/3eoVs22
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A wearable air purifier, durian-based packaging and diabetes-monitoring earring lead these social impact projects: bit.ly/36loU5c
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Norway's new passport uses UV to shift from day to night: bit.ly/2Ij45zA
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We've rounded up a collection of funding opportunities for designers to look into over the winter, with money on offer for accessible transport solutions, redesigning plastic packaging, devising the future of museums and more bit.ly/3jYDyUX
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This app lets kids create virtual statues of black figures as a way to learn more diverse history lessons: bit.ly/356dBie
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Finding work: Lessons from the 2008 financial crash. Middle Boop founder Gordon Reid on how following your own path can pay dividends:
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This app hopes to teach children more diverse narratives by creating AR statues of black figures from history: bit.ly/356dBie
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With another lockdown beginning and an uncertain winter looming, we've rounded up a collection of funding opportunities for designers to look into, including ones from the British Council, NHSX, the Museums Association and the DfT bit.ly/3jYDyUX
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The Royal National Institute for Deaf People has unveiled an "inclusive" rebrand: bit.ly/3k3yMWa
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Tom Karen is the mind behind childhood-defining toys like the Marble Run and the Raleigh Chopper - here the 94-year-old talks about his life, his love of objects, and designing Luke Skywalker's landspeeder bit.ly/3eoVs22
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700 creatives have designed 700 unique record sleeves for artists including Vampire Weekend and Aretha Franklin: bit.ly/34XEkgG
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"We don’t design to make trash and money"
As part of our series exploring countries' design cultures, we look at how Mexican designers are fusing heritage craft with modern design bit.ly/38ancX2
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