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Hypnotic flooring created by new approach to ancient marbling

Snedker Studio’s Marbelous Wood series transforms pine wood into ripple-effect artwork. >
ReGen Village: an under-construction utopia of sustainable living

Self-sustaining, off-grid village to be built in the Netherlands offers a look at the future of eco-friendly living. >
The hidden graphic design behind flags

Stories behind flags from an artist’s point of view. >
New supermarket in Denmark only stocks food past its sell by date

WeFood is reducing food waste in Denmark by selling the food that mainstream supermarkets throw out. >
New material detects explosives at airports

Scientists have created a material that lights up in the presence of explosives. >
Beercycling transforms urine into beer

Northern Europe’s largest festival turns festivalgoers’ urine into fertiliser for barley crops >
A Danish art pavilion is in transit to a Kenyan slum where it’ll now be a school

The pavilion designed by SelgasCano for a Danish art museum has been packed up and shipped to Africa’s largest slum, to assume its second life as a school. >
Copenhagen plans to adapt its architecture for flood-resistance

Copenhagen rethinks existing city infrastructure to double as water catchment areas. >
We talk to the elusive Danish artist and "social designer" known as FOS

Copenhagen-based artist FOS, a.k.a. Thomas Poulsen, is responsible for an eclectic mix of projects – from social housing to floating bars. >
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Danish artist Thomas Poulsen, who works under the alias FOS, creates unusual spaces that rely on human interaction to really come to life. >
The Infinite Happiness

"The Infinite Happiness" is a feature length documentary investigating and experiencing the lives of those who live and work in the "8 House". >
Environmentally friendly gift-wrapping concept, Dono

Copenhagen-based design studio Frensk creates a reusable wrapping paper system that keeps a record of past users. >
New fund will invest 40 million euros in designs that improve life

INDEX Awards and Dansk OTC are establishing a venture capital fund of 40 million euros to invest in life improving designs. >
This app for the visually impaired is centred on human kindness

Be My Eyes is a platform that allows the visually impaired to connect with a willing volunteer. >
Tomorrow’s Meatball explores what we’ll be serving up 20 years from now

A collaborative investigation into the future of food as told by eight weird-looking meatballs. >
IKEA furniture could charge devices using wasted heat

Space 10’s Heat Harvest turns everyday items into charging points for other devices. >
The future of urban farming is flat-packed

With this design, an instructions booklet and a set of flat-pack pieces that can be easily fitted together are all you need to start farming in the city. >
An app designed to help refugees locate missing family

Refunite is a free platform with an anonymous database of more than 405,000 users and an estimated 1 500 family reunions. >
Why Noma, one of the most famous restaurants in the world, will close its doors next year

In this short film, René Redzepi, founder and head chef of Noma, explains why after 12 years he's closing the doors of the best restaurant in the world. >
Morten Ydefeldt: Bridging the gap between digital and the physical

Industrial designer and maker, Morten Ydefeldt helps us imagine the possibilities of 3D printing design. >
Jo-anne Kowalski rewrites the rules of the textile industry

Copenhagen-based textile designer Jo-anne Kowalski is continually learning and unlearning her way around her industry’s technologies. >
Kwamie Liv's animated video is dark, eerie and beautiful at the same time

Danish artist Baby Duka is a multi-talented – he created the beats for Kwamie Liv's low-burning track, "Pleasure This Pain" and animated the music video. >
An ocean cleanup project, innovative healthcare and vertically-grown vegetables: five designs that could revolutionise life

Celebrate designs that address serious modern challenges, this year's INDEX Awards winners include clean energy batteries and a language learning app. >
Julie Dufour: Design education for kids

Julie Dufour teaches design and architecture methods in schools because she believes it will help children set the design agenda of tomorrow. >

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