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IKEA Recreates Famous Living Rooms

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Hilarious Matchboxes Depict Cats Making Questionable Decisions

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The fourth largest religion.

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In the name of Adobe, the Reader and the Writer.

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Artopia: A 3D Painting App That Lets You Create Artworks for Others to Discover in Augmented Reality

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“Cerebrum” by Bella Huang

These bottles are designed specifically to be puzzles for Alzheimer’s patients by using contrasting colors and memorable subjects such as geometric elements to help them to memorize their medications.

The aim is to try to match the geometric elements onto the corresponding forms on the wood board. This type of activity helps to maintain motor skills and spatial thinking ability. It is suitable for people with Alzheimer’s, or adults with disabilities or a visual impairment.

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Blueprint by JetBlue

JetBlue’s design team created a paint scheme that showcased the so-called “bones” of the 100-seat aircraft...a mechanical x-ray of sorts. Plane spotters are encouraged to give the overhead bins, under-seat storage areas, and the luggage holds a closer look to see if they can spot the nearly 50 items these “Blueprint” customers are traveling with.  

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The Give-A-Care Collection, designed by lg2, Toronto.

Products for young women with breast cancer that actually understands young women with breast cancer. More than just a care package they can actually use, each product is named in a bold way that helps to educate about what a loved one with breast cancer is actually going through.

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The Swim Reaper is a campaign by Water Safety New Zealand to warn people about the risk of drowning in the run-up to summer, using the tagline "Swim dumb and you're done."

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IKEA’s Recipe Posters That You Have To Cook To Make Effortless Meals

Each recipe poster features illustrations of the ingredients needed to make that particular meal. To prepare the dish, simply place the ingredients—including seasonings and sauces—over their drawings on the poster. When the ingredients have all been neatly laid out, all you have to do is to roll them up in the parchment recipe poster, and cook the entire package.

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Ikea’s New Ad Is A Pregnancy Test You Pee On

Expectant mothers are urged to urinate right on the paper. And if they’re pregnant? There’s simply a new price under the old one: 50% off a new crib appears right on the page for Ikea Family members. 

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Tatsuya Tanaka Continues Building Tiny Worlds in his Daily Miniature Calendar Photo Project

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ballerina's movements mesmerizingly traced by algorithmically-generated geometries  by masahiko sato + euphrates

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A Secret Work Studio Suspended Below a Highway Overpass by Fernando Abellanas

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by Wrong Hands

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Origami Animals Bound Across Walls in Murals by ‘Annatomix’

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Rebranding the Local Government

To better engage the citizens of Atlanta with all the development happening around the city, the Department of City Planning asked the branding firm Matchstic to redesign their Public Notice signs. 

The approach that drove all of the visual messaging: “To Be Clear Is To Be Kind.” The finished pieces bring clarity where there was once confusion and indifference.

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Park Royal Hotel by WOHA Architects, awarded the highest rating for environmentally-friendly buildings in Singapore.