Design

Heads up! A look at Iran’s fantastical ceilings (PHOTOS)

Instagram photographer "m1rasoulifard" has been creating a visual catalog of Iranian architecture, shooting the interiors of mosques, such as Hazrat-Masoumeh in Qom (above), and...

Brilliant IKEA dinner table outsmarts mealtime smartphone users!

Sit four people around the dinner table, and at see that least three are tethered to their smartphones (well, someone's got to cook and serve). What's...

The “wearable habitat”: a refugee coat that turns into a tent

Interior Design & Textiles students from London's Royal College of Art (RCA) have designed a piece of clothing with three distinct uses: it is...

Israeli architects grow a “tree” to get us playing outdoors

An old pine tree in the courtyard at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem inspired architects Ifat Finkelman and Deborah Warschawski to design a modern...

Meet up in Tel Aviv for riveting chat on revenue-stage FoodTech startups

Could you be in Tel Aviv next week?  Can you follow a focused and fast-paced discussion delivered in Hebrew? Then hightail it to a...

Morf shirt transforms to 24 shirts in one!

There's a movie called 27 Dresses about a woman who finds love and finally gets to wear a wedding dress after serving as a...

Climate change has its soundtrack! Concrete organ makes music from rising seas

Croatian architect Nicola Bašić added a sensual dimension to a waterfront promenade in Zadar, Croatia by using wave energy to create sound. His concrete "sea...

Cosmic rays reveal the secrets of Egypt’s pyramids!

Some of the mysteries surrounding Egypt's great pyramids will be explored using space-age technology according to a statement released by the country's Minister of...

Wean yourself off plastic with clever Trolley Bags

Jordan's plastic bags enjoy more freedom than most of its people. Bags fly free. They don't need visas to cross borders, and they sidestep...

Lexus built a cardboard car that actually drives!

In the early 1970s, architect Frank Gehry earned his first design awards for clever furniture made from corrugated cardboard, triggering an explosion of creative...

WorldBeing wristband tracks personal carbon consumption

Wearable tech is hot, with new gizmos unveiled at every design expo and technology fair. Runway models are accessorized with functional fashion, even Victoria's...

Relive your childhood with adult-sized modular ‘lego’ bricks

EverBlock is a modular system of full-scale plastic blocks that, like Lego, interconnect without fasteners or special tools.  But these playful widgets aren't toys....

This UAE birthday cake could send 740,000 refugee kids to school

Marie Antoinette has nothing on the wealthy Arab clients who commissioned a cake commemorating their daughter's combo birthday and engagement party. The confection whipped...

Solar retreat in the Liwa Desert – futuristic functionality or rich man’s folly?

An unnamed client hired London-based Baharash Architecture to design a luxury home that could fully function off the energy grid. That's a tall order...

Will robotic wheels replace drones for future home deliveries?

Last March, Amazon's futuristic delivery plan seemed ready to fly when the US awarded a patent to its drone technology. Now an industrial design student...

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Where Should You Buy Seeds for Planting?

Good gardens start with good seeds. Learn how to choose reliable seed companies, avoid poor-quality seeds, understand heirloom and hybrid varieties, and store seeds for better germination.

La Profumoteca: The Sicilian perfume shop that remembered my daughter’s first scent

Seven years after creating her first perfume in a small Sicilian shop, my daughter had just three drops left. A family-owned perfumer in Palermo helped us recover the scent of her childhood.

Beyond the Beetle Bag: Pilsok transforms car airbags into a jacket that honours Ukrainian rescuers

Ukrainian design studio Pilsok, known for its popular Beetle backpack, transforms discarded car airbags into a striking designer jacket honouring Ukraine's emergency rescuers.

PeaceTech is the next CleanTech. And we’ve been building it for decades.

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The Myths Killing Your Fleet’s Carbon Numbers

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Good gardens start with good seeds. Learn how to choose reliable seed companies, avoid poor-quality seeds, understand heirloom and hybrid varieties, and store seeds for better germination.

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Seven years after creating her first perfume in a small Sicilian shop, my daughter had just three drops left. A family-owned perfumer in Palermo helped us recover the scent of her childhood.

Beyond the Beetle Bag: Pilsok transforms car airbags into a jacket that honours Ukrainian rescuers

Ukrainian design studio Pilsok, known for its popular Beetle backpack, transforms discarded car airbags into a striking designer jacket honouring Ukraine's emergency rescuers.

PeaceTech is the next CleanTech. And we’ve been building it for decades.

From the forests of Ontario to sea turtle conservation in Lebanon and water cooperation across the Middle East, Green Prophet founder Karin Kloosterman argues that CleanTech, EnviroTech and AgTech are already building the foundations of PeaceTech.

China brings back battery swapping for electric trucks. Remember Shai Agassi and Better Place? We do

CATL is building thousands of battery-swap stations for electric trucks. Can China succeed where Israel's $850 million Better Place experiment failed?

Rainwater nowhere is safe to drink

As winter rains approach the Middle East, scientists warn that PFAS forever chemicals contaminate rainwater worldwide, even in Antarctica.

Elon Musk’s flying Tesla Roadster is here. My 13-year-old son thinks it’s the future

My 13-year-old son told me about Elon Musk's flying Tesla Roadster while we were hiking. Could flying electric cars transform our cities, reduce roads and make more room for trees?
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