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Wastecare is a face serum made from Aizome's industrial wastewater

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Aizome wanted to garner attention for its newly developed dyeing technique that uses high-frequency soundwaves to add plant-based colours to its textiles. German branding and advertising agency Serviceplan has developed a skincare product made from textile -industry wastewater to promote Japanese startup Aizome's chemical-free dyeing process.

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: O

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Popular at the time of its construction, the lift slab technique has since fallen from favor. The method involved casting and curing concrete floor slabs at ground level that were then lifted into position using hydraulic jacks. The method was particularly suitable for large, repetitive floor plates, which Olive Plaza possesses.

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Past Dezeen Awards winners share tips on how to create a winning entry

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Highlight any innovative techniques, materials, or technologies used and most importantly, be authentic and let your passion for design shine through in your submission." Remember to "look at the previous year's winners, write appropriate and comprehensive text and include diagrams." The studio's best advice?

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Earth School by Jeanne Schultz Design Studio and Adeyemo Shokunbi

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Building construction using the method of earthen brick modularity lends itself to easy-to-learn application techniques. Classroom Unit Diagram. Ultimately these channels function as a steady flow of water throughout the site and supply a pond, septic tank, and landscape irrigation. Brick Assembly Diagramatic.

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Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands

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Named Spindles, the project, which borrowed techniques from local chair making traditions, involved using small pieces of shaped wood to make a roof-supporting column. This is "an old technique", said Thorns, but one that opens up a lot of opportunities to use smaller trees.

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Nynke Tynagel designs "most complex 3D knit ever" for Anatomic chair

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Tynagel – best known as the former co-owner of Studio Job – drew inspiration from anatomical diagrams she remembered from her childhood. The big advantage of my digital vector drawings is that they can be easily translated into different crafts like marquetry and stained glass, alongside laser and other printing techniques," she said.

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Meydan commercial & office building by Habibeh Madjdabadi

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Image © Habibeh Madjdabadi During the 30s, 40s, and 50s, Tehran had developed its version of art-deco style conformed to the local construction techniques, and the old building on Kakh square, as one of the few, surviving examples, was respected by the people. Source by Kamran Afshar Naderi.