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Jacob Deatherage founded a clever company that saved my skin many times over a decade of holidays - letting me serve up clever gifts...

Desypher dispels stereotypes with exquisite Islamic Museum of Australia

Blogging makes a writer vulnerable to hyperbole - anything to capture a corner of the internet. But it's not hyperbole to say that Desypher's architectural expression vis-à-vis...

Trump Gadde: embracing the shipping container in Istanbul

GAD Architects stacked a series of recycled shipping containers on top of a fancy shopping mall in Istanbul to create this remarkable modern day...

Iran’s Hossein Zare captures our wildest dreams in surreal photographs

Iranian photographer Hossein Zare captures in photography what we can only see in our dreams - otherworldly land and cityscapes infused with an sense of eternal...

Saharan refugees learn how to spin old plastic bottles into gold

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An urban park that embraces its desert environment

How many times have you seen a big old patch of lawn in the middle of Abu Dhabi and cringed?  Lush green grass does not...

Qatar axes four of 12 solar-powered World Cup 2022 stadiums

Qatar plans to spend roughly $200 billion to prepare for the hundreds of thousands of fans who are expected to show up for the...

Retractable Mashrabiya sunscreens for secret Middle East media towers project

New York's REX architecture studio has designed a pair of skinny media towers that feature 'blooming' Mashrabiya sunscreens that protect against excess solar gain....

Israeli designs fashion hats good enough to eat

An Israeli costume designer has created a series of hats that look good enough to eat, serving up 3-course millinery that pretty much covers...

Paraplegic sea turtle lived without flippers for 4 years, then he got these

A turtle that washed up on a beach in Israel was found with his two left flippers dangling hopelessly by his side - they...

Hyper-absorbent diapers made from jellyfish biodegrade in under 30 days

Until you have babies, the true awfulness of diapers doesn't really set in. But ask the modern parent, who will buy up to 2,800...

Bamboo WarkaWater tower harvests potable water from air

On a recent trip to Ethiopia, Italian designer Arturo Vittori discovered how collecting water is both dangerous and time-consuming - especially for women and children....

HA Schult arrives in Israel with an army of 500 ‘Trash People’

German artist HA Schult has spent the last 18 years traveling around the world with his own army of 'trash people.' Like a modern...

World’s largest trash mural makes life in Syria a little less awful

Anyone who hasn't been to Syria in the last few years can't possibly grasp the full extent of the horrors Syrians have endured, but...

Floating Majlis meeting rooms made of recycled fishing nets in Dubai

Majlis are the boardrooms of the Arab world. A traditional 'place of sitting' often adorned with cushions on the floor, they are used to...

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Renewables hit 5,149 GW in 2025 as the world edges away from oil shocks and fossil-fueled conflict

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Zentera drops “ethical wool” claim after peta exposé into zq-certified farms

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