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This page will hold articles by Sparky on design across many disciplines and how to apply logic, along with a simple set of rules, that will enable your design appreciation and skills in visual communication.

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SOCK it to me

Introducing Socks   Socks (socks-studio.com) is an online “magazine” founded and edited by Mariabruna Fabrizi and Fosco Lucarelli, two Italian architects currently living in Paris. Evolving its format over the years, Socks has become a platform for speculation and discussion and a complementary counterpart for their main architectural practice MICROCITIES. The site is organized in several […]

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2020 Design

Future Trends for Design & Creativity at 2019 Next Design Perspectives Conference Six key trends that will have an impact on both people’s lifestyles and businesses at the second edition of NEXT Design Perspectives. They include the need to revolutionize internal systems, how our consumption methods are developing, the changing nature of home, the effects […]

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Happiness by Design

Living by design rather than for it? Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his life that made him happy — and notes how many of these moments have to do with good design. TED – Published on Jun 20, 2007  

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SustainabilCity?

A day at the Sustainable City, a housing development in Dubai with 3,500 people already living there and it’s still not quite finished. This truly is a remarkable achievement, a stark lesson to building contractors the world over. It’s not more expensive to build and it’s hugely cheaper and more efficient to live in. Spread […]

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In Residence – Series

A selection of videos under the title In Residence is a series of films by Nowness contributors. Film and video of Artists, Architects and Designers in their own homes. Inspiring and stimulating in the narration and explanation of their spaces and the things they do there.

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Web & Print Design

A Simple Design Guide for Web + Print Useful tips to make your website look better. In design there is really, no right and wrong way of doing things. Besides thats what will make you unique. This is just a very practical guide, that I thought you would find quite helpful. But the key to […]

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Berlin Wall Haus

When Helle Schröder and Martin Janekovic (XTH-Berlin) signed a 199-year lease on some land along the old Berlin Wall, they had a permit to build a row house, but despite the two shared walls, they wanted something that felt airy and light-filled. Solid glass and steel girders helped them avoid solid walls on the front […]

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Mountain Zoo to Outdoor Hotel

When the young group of Vivood architects discovered an abandoned animal preserve perched on a hillside in the stunning Guadalest Valley (Alicante, Spain) they knew they’d found a home for their landscape hotel. With only a year to be up and running (and an angel investor waiting), they began constructing the rooms in a factory […]

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Graffiti Details

A very graphic collection of details and scenes featuring street graffiti – sprayed, stencilled, painted, carved and chipped. Captured over various visits to Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, and other cities around Europe.  Photos by Greville Edwards   [rev_slider alias=”grafdetail”]  

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The Future of Fabric

The Textifood exhibition originated from the project Futurotextiles and was dedicated to innovative fabrics. The exhibition originated from the project Futurotextiles and was dedicated to innovative fabrics. It is a French contribution to the Expo Milan 2015 a global event which was themed Feed the Planet, Energy for Life. Textifood exhibition offers the opportunity to discover the world of […]

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