Designers

In Dubai the annual Global Grad Show is the world's largest graduate student design show

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Innovative inventions from the world's biggest student design show

The Global Grad Show is the world’s largest annual gathering of university design graduates, showing off their most innovative projects. New Atlas was at this year’s show to offer a glimpse at the most inventive ideas from the planet’s top students.

This outrageous 80-kilowatt electric is Pierre Terblanche's best work to date

Motorcycles

BST's wild Hypertek: A new aesthetic standard for electric motorcycles

This outrageous machine from South African carbon specialists BST has to rank as the most shamelessly futuristic electric motorcycle design we've ever seen. Penned by ex-Ducati design chief Pierre Terblanche, it's an 80-kW, wheelie-happy stunner.

The Lilium eVTOL air taxi design was inspired by the hammerhead shark and manta ray

Automotive

Frank Stephenson on biomimicry in cars and eVTOLs

Automotive design legend Frank Stephenson speaks about biomimicry and the Lilium project in part two of our interview.

Automotive

Automotive design guru Frank Stephenson interview part 1: Designs and inspirations

Frank Stephenson has had a dream career in automotive design, bringing cars like BMW X5, Mini Cooper, McLaren P1– and now the Lilium flying car – to life.

The DBS Superleggera at Aston Martin Melbourne

Automotive

Aston Martin's head of creative, Marek Reichman, talks us through his design philosophy

Aston Martin has broken out of its shackles since 2015, firing out a surprisingly diverse range of new cars, including the wild Valkyrie, sporty Vantage and muscular DBS Superleggera. Chief Creative Officer Marek Reichman talked us through his design philosophy at an event in Melbourne, Australia.

Volume 3 of an ongoing series called Aerial Facades from Camilo Monzón Navas in Colombia (Credit: MonzoonPhoto Behance CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Drones

Gallery: Architectural abstractions – the seductive geometry of buildings from above

Architects have long embedded geometrical patterns into their designs that lay hidden from the view of us ground-dwelling humans. In this gallery we feature some of the most spectacular secret symmetries uncovered through modern drone photography.

Surftopia by Eduardo Camarena Estébanez and María Urigoitia Villanueva received Special Recognition in this year's Laka Competition

Architecture

Laka Competition celebrates futuristic architecture that reacts with its surroundings

The winners of the 2018 Laka Competition have been revealed, collecting an exciting array of strange and innovative conceptual designs that focus on providing architectural or technological solutions to current environmental or social problems.

We sat down with curator Brendan McGetrick during Dubai Design Week to talk about the role of student design today

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Interview: Diving into the minds of a tomorrow's designers with curator Brendan McGetrick

With experience putting together exhibitions around the world, Brendan McGetrick knows a good idea when he sees one. We sat down with the curator during Dubai Design Week to chat about the role of student design now and moving into the future.

Zhang Liye from China’s Huazhong University of Science and Technology designed Acorn, an entirely biodegradeable base made from raw materials gathered from crop waste, fashioned into frames to raise plants in the desert

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Seven brilliant inventions from the world's biggest student design show

With 150 projects from the world’s leading design schools on show, the Global Grad Show in Dubai is an annual celebration of all the creativity student design has to offer. New Atlas was on the ground at this year’s edition to sniff out the brightest ideas.

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Potato plastic and 3D-printed ant nests feature in the 2018 James Dyson Awards

The finalists for this year’s James Dyson Award offer an exciting array of clever design solutions. Some of the highlights include biodegradable plastic made from potato starch and prefabricated ant nests designed to help rural communities easily harvest insects for food.

Rich Christoph's work on the Indian FTR1200 puts him up in the pantheon of "motorcycle designers whose names you should know."

Motorcycles

Interview: Rich Christoph, designer of Indian's gorgeous FTR1200

Rich Christoph designed one of the most beautiful bikes we've ever seen - the Indian FTR1200 Custom - and then had the unenviable task of building something road-legal out of it. He spoke to New Atlas about the Custom, the all-new FTR1200 streetbike and the blessed path that's led him to this point.

Mulan Weichang Vistor Centre, in the Civic and Community - Completed Buildings category

Architecture

The best buildings of 2018 face off in the World Architecture Festival Awards shortlist

The World Architecture Festival’s annuals awards shortlist has just been revealed offering a comprehensive snapshot of the best and brightest design ideas in 2018. The massive global competition spans 39 categories and this year’s shortlist features 536 projects from 81 countries around the world.