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Design studio IDEO has created a device for healthcare startup Teal Health that enables women to self-collect samples required for cervical cancer screening in the privacy and comfort of their own homes.
On the facades of the theatre and the exhibition space, the studio created abstract images of mountain sceneries that mimic a traditional Chinese brushstroke painting and were designed to further emphasise the scenic nature of the project.
"Eco-anxiety is very close to general anxiety disorder in that you can have physiological reactions like heart palpitations, stomach pain and headaches.
"We had to use all existing openings — sliding doors and skylights in vaulted ceilings — but there was no rhythm.
These included the restoration of the brutalist Park Hill Estate in Sheffield, the conversion of the 18th-century Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings and the transformation of a Victorian terrace into the Bradbury Works workspace.
According to the studio, the portals playfully reinterpret "the solemnity of the doors of bourgeois houses", with their scale and materiality creating a focal point whilst maintaining an open and fluid connection between the spaces.
My own lived experience as a woman in north London likely resonates with many women and others who feel marginalised in different urban spaces around the world: only using the shortcut alley near my house when it's light, cutting short a phone call taken in a local park due to being verbally harassed, giving up an activity I loved (singing in a choir) because I'd be catcalled on my way home every week.
Responsibilities for this role include the developing of in-house products/production processes for in-line collections and Atelier custom projects, as well as exploring techniques and inventing new handcrafted wallcovering finishes.
"The scoop was established and further refined using accurate 3D parametric modelling to define a tight viewing corridor to the church window from a chosen vantage point at eye level on Union Street," Jones explained.
The company has vowed to donate one per cent of every home solid to the Cosmic Foundation Initiative, which is "dedicated to providing affordable housing and clean energy to children who were displaced by war".
Yes, some of his experiments – the B of Bang, the Garden Bridge, Vessel – have run into trouble: a structural engineering mistake, a political football and a high-profile urban ornament that sadly attracted more than its share of darkness and tragedy; but better surely to push the envelope and risk failure than take the tried and tested – the boring – route.
"By prioritising comfort and functionality, these carefully chosen pieces added the perfect finishing touch to our client's commercial space, catering to the modern needs of businesses in workstations and breakout areas," said JEB Group.