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On the best graphic design of the year, like the retro Cliik home storage company + Living Things Soda probiotic drinks
Read about inspiring visual design ideas, as selected by the good people at It’s Nice That.
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On present bias, sunk cost bias, and the moments you can shift people to healthier transport
Read The Slate, on how it’s tricky to move people out of private cars and toward healthier cycling, walking or public transport options - even in places where they’re plentiful.
But moments like a new home, a new job and commute, or disruption like major engineering or a terrorist incident, can permanently change behaviour.
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On time, embracing inconvenience, treating to-do lists as a menu of choices, and what we're going to do with what's left of our Four Thousand Weeks
Watch Oliver Burkeman's course on how we might best use the time we have. This isn’t conventional time management - it’s much more about our choices about how to use an entire human lifespan well. Oliver turns what could be daunting into something uplifting.
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On the surprising ways our food systems work, what it means for our health, and more sustainable ways of doing things.
Read Henry Dimbleby’s account of our food systems, how they’re harming our health, and the changes we can make to create a more sustainable future.
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On designing affordable housing, informed by trauma, and the value of prototyping.
Read how Ikea designed a community of sustainable tiny houses for older homeless people with disabilities.
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On conversation... as fashionable hobby, as improvisation, as a chance to notice and play more
Read 'Do Conversation', Robert Poynton, from the Do Lectures team.
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On the unlikely people and stories behind band logos, and what they've come to represent
Read 'Logo Rhythm - Band logos that rocked the world'
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On what happens when you stop growing for a decade, how just trying to copy rivals won't work, and the excitement of doing more with what you're already good at
Listen to Torsten Bell’s book, ‘Great Britain - How we get our future back’, now a Labour MP, ex UK Treasury, clear thinker.
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On being included, seen and heard, when we design experiences with new technology
Watch Amit Ghose's story of being left out of everyday smartphone use, and building confidence.
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On designing buildings for climate, people's cultures and a new age of independence
'Tropical Modernism' - the Bauhaus of the tropics, Victoria and Albert Museum
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On the power of coaching, teamwork, seeing the world and yourself differently
Watch 'BBC ‘Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams (UK BBC iPlayer streaming)
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On pitching for a win, when you're not the favourite, with a bigger idea
London's Paralympic & Olympic games bid gave equal priority to all athletes.
Listen to some of the people who made it happen (when Paris was expected to take the 2012 crown).
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On being storytellers, feeling at home on stage, and the necessity of the arts in our lives
Jack Lowden stars in 'Slow Horses' on Apple TV+.
With its stories of organisational dysfunction. And its misfits and outcasts, that you definitely want on your team, when faced with huge uncertainty and risk.
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On mental fitness, changing men's talking habits, and "How are you, out of 10?"
Listen to the founder of Talk Club, an organisation that supports mental fitness.