Category Archives: Design

The music genre you didn’t know you didn’t need

Posted on September 17, 2022 by agogo22
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How petrol pumps know when to turn themselves off

Posted on September 17, 2022 by agogo22

[…] Gas or petrol pump nozzles turn off automatically when your tank is full. The way it works is really clever and uses the venturi effect. You can buy my books here: https://stevemould.com/books You can support me on Patreon and … Continue reading →

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Japanese Shoppers Are Striking ‘C’ Off Brands’ Logos For A Heartfelt Cause – DesignTAXI.com

Posted on September 12, 2022 by agogo22

By Mikelle Leow, 12 Sep 2022 C isn’t just for cookie. You’d think that for a nation that loves its cats and cosplay, ‘C’ would be one of its favorite letters of the English alphabet. On the contrary, the character … Continue reading →

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As long as people think that animals don’t feel, animals will have to feel that people don’t think | Gabriele Corno 

Posted on September 11, 2022 by agogo22
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Better Shelter on BBC World Service: People Fixing the World | BetterShelter

Posted on September 1, 2022 by agogo22

Getting refugees out of tents: can we provide better shelters than tents for displaced people? On a day of record-setting heat in Sweden, Better Shelter was visited by the production team at the BBC World Service – People Fixing the … Continue reading →

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How To Make Shelter Relax In The summer Ep1

Posted on August 29, 2022 by agogo22

How To Make Shelter Relax In The summer Ep1

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Industrial Fire Hoses and Bricks Are Upcycled into a Minimal Outdoor Furniture Set | Colossal

Posted on August 26, 2022 by agogo22

AUGUST 25, 2022. GRACE EBERT All images © Local Works Studio Loretta Bosence and Ben Bosence are behind the East Sussex-based Local Works Studio, which recently completed a furniture collection focused on revitalizing what’s been discarded or cast aside. Designed for … Continue reading →

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Cannon-Thurston maps: naturally occurring space-filling curves

Posted on August 25, 2022 by agogo22

Saul Schleimer and I attempt to explain what a Cannon-Thurston map is. Thanks to my brother Will Segerman for making the carvings, and to Daniel Piker for making the figure-eight knot animations. I made the animation of the (super crinkly) … Continue reading →

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Meet The World’s Most Curious Human

Posted on August 21, 2022 by agogo22

Ex-Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold is a chef, astrophysicist, paleontologist and inventor who is trying to out-engineer the climate crisis. In this episode of Hello World, we visit his lab to see how. […]

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How can history help the never-ending human dance with water? | Aeon Essays

Posted on August 16, 2022 by agogo22

Preparing the fields near Gotemba, Japan, in 2000. Photo by Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum As storms, droughts and floods become more intense, what can the world learn from Japan’s profoundly wet history? In early June 2018, I landed at Kansai airport in … Continue reading →

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