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Make your design voice heard by voting for this year's nominees
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Researchers and designers looking to nature for inspiration have literally one million reasons to reveal the secrets of insects
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Some architects played with Legos as a child. And some never stopped playing with them
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The cardboard sleeve became the ubiquitous finger-saver for coffee fanatics everywhere
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The childhood toy becomes an architect's dream come true
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For years, inventors have tried to create a wetsuit capable of withstanding a shark's deadly bite
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It was actually first developed during World War II in an effort to help save the lives of seamen and pilots who had to await rescue in open water
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With a little ingenuity, a 1930s cartographer left his mark on the society
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Franchises of the fast food behemoth become roadside art
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A brief history of the McDonald's Golden Arches and the influence of Modernist ideals
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Postage stamps can reveal more than the history of a letter, they can reveal the history of a nation
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Once thought a sign of weakness, the baseball glove has become an iconic piece of equipment
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It is now nearly invisible in word-processing programs, but it was one of the most elaborate of manuscript ornaments
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The evolution of the baseball bat, and a few unusual mutations
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The development of the baseball, from shoe rubber and lemon peels to today's minimalist, modernist object
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Design agency BREAKFAST is creating the street sign of the future
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The right font can be appealing, but please don't take this as an excuse to use Comic Sans
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The real buildings that played the Daily Planet in film and television
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The real-world buildings that may have inspired Superman's iconic office tower workplace
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From micro apartments in New York City to the slums of Mumbai, these are the issues currently obsessing designers around the world
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