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Sustainable design is “lovable”: Trent Jansen
Sustainable design is “lovable”: Trent Jansen

Award win­ning Aus­tralian object and indus­trial designer, Trent Jansen, shares his approach to sus­tain­ab­il­ity in his design prac­tice: re-using mater­i­als and design­ing objects that remind us of ourselves.

How Iimura Kazuki made Ginza Farm a reality
How Iimura Kazuki made Ginza Farm a reality

How did Iimura Kazuki estab­lish a rice farm on some of the world’s most expens­ive real estate?

Big Green Idea: The Secret Life of Things
Big Green Idea: The Secret Life of Things

Designer Leyla Acro­glu tells us why green design shouldn’t be seen as a lux­ury. Her pro­ject, The Secret Life of Things, aims to show stu­dents how smart design can be intu­it­ive and economical.

Creative Asia: Cybele Malinowski, photographer
Creative Asia: Cybele Malinowski, photographer

Sydney is a city of a series of diverse and com­plex stor­ies”, says pho­to­grapher Cybele Malin­owski. Find out why Shanghai’s art scene and Sydney’s diversity rate on her cre­at­ive radar.

Cycle-friendly cities: sharing bikes in Auckland
Cycle-friendly cities: sharing bikes in Auckland

Auck­land, never a big bike city, is becom­ing more cycle-friendly: guest con­trib­utor Amber Par­kin tells us why and gives us the pros and cons of her city’s bike shar­ing scheme.

China gets back on the bike
China gets back on the bike

Bike own­er­ship in China is on the decline while car own­er­ship con­tin­ues to rise. How will China shift gears and move back to pedal power?