Design inspired by nature The Ecomimicry Project is a highly imaginative experiment in design demonstrating how the natural world may serve as inspiration for design ideas. Catalogues: a history of mail-order shopping Long before the internet there was the mail-order catalogue, from which you could buy almost anything without actually going to the shop. In the USA—where the whole idea started—the catalogue is still very popular, but the internet offers new and more immediate ways of purchasing. Catalogues are also a fascinating history of popular culture: design trends, cultural norms. Trends: Eating, Design and Future Food These days it matters where you eat, which supermarket you go to, and which food brands you purchase have all become of importance in our society. New research from the London firm The Future Laboratory seeks to shed Light on food politics , home-style cooking, `smart food´ and packaging. It also looks at food spaces, including luxurious canteens, cooking laboratories and store designs, and at how food is gaining new meaning in our lives as well as in top contemporary design. Mosques in Australia Getting approval for building a mosque in Australia is a tricky process. In Perth the Bosnian Muslim community is waiting to hear the outcome of local objections that its application to build a mosque in the City of Swan is out of character. In Camden south of Sydney, plans to build an Islamic school in the area have met with many objections from the local community.

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