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30 Years of Innovation: Happy Birthday, ITP
30 Years of Innovation: Happy Birthday, ITP

Mud, paparazzi, and what rodents have to do with the bleeding edge of interactive technology.

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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: Innovation Against All Odds
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: Innovation Against All Odds

What a 14-year-old African boy can teach the world about ingenuity and innovation.

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Pictorial Webster’s: A Visual Dictionary of Victorian Curiosities
Pictorial Webster’s: A Visual Dictionary of Victorian Curiosities

Cards, stamps, and what zebras have to do with Victorian craftsmen.

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Short Film Spotlight: Greenpeace Global Voices
Short Film Spotlight: Greenpeace Global Voices

What the streets of Delhi have to do with the halls of Copenhagen.

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Art Meets Science: They Might Be Giants’ Creative Education
Art Meets Science: They Might Be Giants’ Creative Education

What paleontology has to do with stop-motion animation and kindergartners.

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Responsive Shapes: Minivegas Digital Sculptures
Responsive Shapes: Minivegas Digital Sculptures

What Daft Punk have to do with sculpture and the evolution of storytelling.

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Data Posters: FlowingPrints
Data Posters: FlowingPrints

Yellow buses, Scantron sheets and why teachers prefer California.

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Creativity for Sustainability: Glove Love
Creativity for Sustainability: Glove Love

All gloves are off in the war on climate change, or what models have to do with natural history.

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New Traditional: Japanese Figurines
New Traditional: Japanese Figurines

From folk craft to art toys, or what Sumo has to do with sustainability.

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Illustartion Spotlight: Every Person In New York
Illustartion Spotlight: Every Person In New York

Nachos, modern art, and how to put yourself on the cultural map.

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