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Balhae Character Design

Ziwan Li Character Design Digital Art Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Balhae

The background of the project follows apprentice Junghyae and her mentor, Master Yoo, summoned to Gyeru village to banish spirits from the seas. Their journey unveils Balhae's culture and mystical practices. This character design project pays homage to Balhae's civilization, blending history and fantasy. The artist's fascination with history, culture, and fashion not only imbues this design project with aesthetic appeal and functional storytelling but also adds a sense of historical weight and a touch of poetry to it.

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Hsinchu Scroll Interaction Installation

Cultural Affairs Bureau of Hsinchu City Interaction Installation Installation Monday, 26 October 2026

Hsinchu Scroll

Hsinchu Scroll is an interactive installation created for an exhibition in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The design adapts the traditional Chinese handscroll into a spatial journey through two galleries, each measuring about 30 by 15 meters with a ceiling height of 5 meters. Infrared depth sensors track visitor movement and trigger real-time calligraphy and flowing water effects. Lightweight modular screen structures and high-gain projection fabric support large-scale digital projections. In a final zone, visitors leave digital calligraphic marks and join the evolving exhibition.

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Seniors Keeper Smart Door Lock

Jiang Wu Smart Door Lock Idea Sunday, 25 October 2026

Seniors Keeper

Seniors Keeper is a smart door lock designed for elderly people living alone. The lock connects to vital signs sensing devices such as smartwatches. When an emergency is detected at home, the lock emits red light, projects a call for help, notifies emergency contacts and opens the door automatically. Neighbours or rescue workers can then speak with the resident through the microphone and speaker built into the lock. A motor drives the lock core, so the door can be opened even when it is locked from the inside. The lock has a diameter of 70 mm and a height of 50 mm.

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Cryptographic Beings Artwork

Michael Sedbon Artwork Installation Saturday, 24 October 2026

Cryptographic Beings

Cryptographic Beings is an art installation that stores digital data in living algae. The work consists of thirty vegetal bits, each one a glass vessel holding filamentous algae. Photosynthesis produces gas vesicles, so the algae float in light and sink in darkness. Each floating or sinking state represents a digital zero or one, and the installation can store a five letter word. Motorized robotic arms control the light reaching every vessel, and a custom colour sensor reads each state. The machine runs autonomously for months during an exhibition.

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Pinnannousu Robotic Ice Sculpture Performance

Jussi Angesleva Robotic Ice Sculpture Performance Installation Friday, 23 October 2026

Pinnannousu

A slowly melting sculpture performance, where an industrial robot carves a large ice block to a computational lens that refracts the spotlight to graphics on the wall, spelling plus two degree celsius, an ominous warning of global temperature rise. The artwork juxtaposes the high tech optimism with transient global challenges that know no bounds. The intervention only speeds up the process.

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MediCapsule Multiscenario Medical Test Kit

Liang Zhang, Jiannan Wang Multiscenario Medical Test Kit Idea Thursday, 22 October 2026

MediCapsule

Medicapsule is a modular medical test kit designed for daily health monitoring in several situations. The kit measures blood oxygen, blood pressure, electrocardio activity, temperature, blood glucose and blood fat. A watch module acts as the power and data centre. The watch module can be clipped onto a band for continuous outdoor monitoring of blood oxygen and pulse rate. The same module snaps magnetically onto separate testing modules for detailed measurements. All results are gathered in the watch module for analysis. The capsule stores and charges every part.

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Design Team of the Day

Design Team of the DaySpecial CoverageTuesday, 20 October 2026

World's Greatest Design Teams.

Sometimes you need a very big team of talented designers to come up with truly great designs. Every day, we feature a distinct award-winning innovative design team. Explore and discover original and creative architecture, good design, fashion, graphics design and design strategy projects from design teams worldwide. Get inspired by the original works by grand master designers.

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