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“The Bridge School”, running through an old village in Fujian Province in China to connect the two sides, wins Li Xiaodong this year’s “Aga Khan Awards” due to its special structure and multi functions. Contrast to the old village is full of stone-built houses, “The Bridge School” utilizes modern and frugal steel and bamboo as main materials, giving the building a refreshing and stylish look. Except for serving as a school, the structure also doubles as a public library and a performance space as well.

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With everything, such as the cellphones and the tablet, turns to become much thinner and lighter than before, the accessories made for them is gonna in the same trend too. From Giesecke & Devrient, the new nano-SIM now comes with a smaller size, measuring merely 12mm x 9mm, which is 60 percent smaller than the classic model. Still, the new SIM is 15% thinner too. That’s quite exciting news as we may soon get everything thin and lightweight. But is that a good thing? I don’t know.

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Everything is gonna to be easy with creative ideas and concepts from genius designers. And this time you’ll find binding writing paper or print paper is quite a simple thing with Seonyoung Choi’s Hole Punch Binder. Implied by its name, the conceptual device is a clever combination of a punch machine and a binder, allowing you to directly punch a hole while filing the sheets.

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How thin do you think the package of a daily disposable contact lens could be? In my opinion, the “Magic” from Japan’s first and largest contact lens and care product manufacturer Menicon is rightly the answer we’re looking for.

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Hello you housewives, what about your dinners today? What, the pepper fall onto the table again?! Well, you should throw those traditional mills away and have a try with this no-spill one. It features a movable cap connected to the handle, thus the cap will protect pepper spilling when you stop working with the device.

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Phill, completed by Romanian designers Nuca Studio in Bucharest, is a meeting place for the entire family. It has a playground, a multipurpose room and a small café at the ground floor, and the restaurant on the upper floor. Thus before dinners, kids can play games and parents can have some coffee on the ground floor, without needing to wait through a boring time. The house is delicately decorated with bright colors and animated patterns, which make Phill also a nice place for people to relax themselves.

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My passion for cleanliness and organization finally drives me closer to this Corner Power Strip designed by Herald J. Ureña – Umaña. It features a triangular composition, which allows the gadget to be neatly placed in any corners. Plus, its clever design also ensures the power cord to face the direction of the outlet, so as to make it really convenient for use.

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Anything that comes with an outlook nothing to do with its functions is usually interesting. And the Pistol Hairdryer shown here is rightly a good example. It is shaped like a pistol, however shots no bullets but hot air instead. If possible, I’d like to try it.

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Yaps I love tea very much, but I never imagined squeezing tea bags to enjoy the ever last drop… It’s bit of weird, if without the help of Tèo Tea Spoon. The innovative gadget makes squeezing tea bags an elegant behavior, simply pull the thread of tea bag through the hollow handle, gently squeeze it and then done. No more water left on tables while you’re removing the bags from the cup, but merely sweet tea ready in cup for you to enjoy.

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Bregenz is a city in the west of Austria, where the famous Bregenzer Performing Arts Festival will be held in July or August every year. Except for the fantastic opera performance, what make Bregenz known to the world also includes these creative stage designs. Located on the shore of Lake Constance in Bregenz, every stage for Performing Arts Festival is floating with various themes.

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You know, design is sometimes so simple. The innovation of this water bottle merely lies in the neck that has been shifted from the top to a 45-degree angle. But the result turns out to be amazing: firstly, it’s more convenient to refill your bottle from a water cooler; secondly, it allows the users to drink in a more comfortable pose, no longer requiring them to have their faces pointed skyward. So how do you like it? The idea is really fantastic, in my opinion.

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While most designers are busying adding more and more elements into their artworks, Japan-based Yuki Matsueda has, however, managed to let some elements escape from his art pieces. The result seems quite amazing… A vivid 3D image is successfully created and all the elements are believed to be more shocking than those stay still on paper.

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There are no two identical leaves in the world, especially after they’re cut into different shapes. They seem not gorgeous, but really elaborate indeed. Wish you would appreciate the unique sense of beauty these leaves bring to us.

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Cheese Pencils are interesting packaging design for The Deli Garage’s cheeses. Also come along with them is a grater shaped like a pencil sharpener. As a result, you could easily have the cheese sprinkled onto the dish with the sharpener.

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As you open the wedding invitation card, the proverbial knot is then tied to turn the bride and the groom into one…

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