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Designer / Brand: Pak Hei Wang Project: Social Playbook Tag: Social Date: Monday, 9 November 2026

Pocket Spaces

Pocket Spaces is a social intervention guide for high density public housing estates. The design turns narrow corridors and stairwells into shared social spaces. A 12-page portable manual printed on recycled paper leads residents step by step, from spotting neglected areas to building simple modular units. Assembly uses wood collected from community waste, cable ties and simple clamps, so elderly residents and children can complete a unit in 30 minutes without special tools. Pocket Spaces supports spatial autonomy and neighborly bonds in communities facing redevelopment.

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Designer / Brand: Ladan Zadfar Project: Mobile Application Tag: Social Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026

HilfePunkt

Migrating entails grappling with unfamiliar rules, especially without language knowledge. Hilfe Punkt serves as a guiding light, simplifying the path of newcomers by providing different services such as getting appointments and receiving informational updates. Tailored for diverse groups, it breaks language barriers, offering native language support for clear communication with authorities. Crucially, it tailors information based on users' locations. Our mission is swift adaptation, empowering seamless integration.

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Designer / Brand: Eisuke Tachikawa Project: A Website with Open Designs for Survival Tag: Social Date: Saturday, 7 November 2026

Olive

Olive is a wiki site that gathers and shares practical knowledge during a disaster. The project was named Olive, derived from the letter O (an emblem of the Japanese national flag) + Live (to live on). Ideas were quickly gathered with help from worldwide, on how to build necessities to survive in affected areas without the supplies. It achieved over one million page views within three weeks. It is still expanding today as a database of disaster countermeasures using collective intelligence.

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Designer / Brand: Yard Studio Project: City Lounge Station Tag: Social Date: Friday, 6 November 2026

Yongai E Home

The life in a city is usually fast-paced and self-enclosed. The designer hopes to create a temporary homelike lounge in the city through a lighting box with warmth. The project is a special box located in the city center, serving as a warm light in the city. It provides a home-like rest stop for city workers in busy areas, offering convenient services such as a place for short breaks, drinking water, charging stations, first-aid kits, and various other amenities.

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Designer / Brand: taichi hirata Project: Food Van Tag: Social Date: Thursday, 5 November 2026

Wagon Remodeling

The Japanese stone roasted sweet potato food wagon has long been an important presence in Japan's winters, bringing warmth and gently illuminating the town as night falls. It was reimagined through a contemporary design approach. In Kyoto, where the cityscape features a rhythm of horizontal and vertical elements like lattice windows, it was designed to integrate diagonal elements, adopted for structural reasons, in a way that complements Kyoto's streets as the ground and forms a figure within it.

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Designer / Brand: Yen Juiyi Project: Social Empowerment Tag: Volunteerism Date: Wednesday, 4 November 2026

Royal Lab Morphis

Royal Lab Morphis reframes learning as an evolving cultural ecosystem that links heritage craft with contemporary practice. The project transforms museums, workshops and everyday urban spaces into open learning sites where knowledge is passed through direct hands on engagement. Over three years, 13 master craftspeople in Tokyo and Taiwan mentored 123 learners, resulting in 75 percent tertiary admission for secondary students, 80 percent clarity for emerging professionals and alumni returning as facilitators. Morphis complements formal education by offering a scalable, community centered model.

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Designer of the DaySpecial CoverageMonday, 2 November 2026

World's Best Designers, Artists and Architects.

Good design deserves great recognition. Everyday, we are pleased to feature designers who create original and innovative designs, architecture, stylish fashion and creative graphics. Today, we are presenting you one of the World’s greatest designers. Check out an award-winning design portfolio today and get inspired.

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