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Art mimics life

Beijing Design Week focuses on work that connects with people's daily reality, Sun Yuanqing reports. Sun Yuanqing For the past seven years, Beijing Design Week has been a celebration of every facet of design. But now it is increasingly involved with real-life issues.

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G20 tableware inspired by West Lake landscape

A set of tableware specifically designed for the G20 Summit welcome dinner in Hangzhou was inspired by the serene waters and beautiful natural landscape of West Lake.

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Presenting China in a poetic way: G20 logo designer

Featuring the image of a bridge, supplemented with the imprint of a traditional Chinese seal, the logo of the upcoming G20 summit was born in an abandoned cement plant in the suburb of the host city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.

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China's lunar rover Jade Rabbit retires

China's lunar rover Jade Rabbit, launched as part of the Chang'e-3 lunar mission in 2013, has stopped operations, according to an official announcement.

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Pakistan media sees 'nuclear' designs in Andhra Pradesh

The AP government has named its new capital after the ancient Buddhist village of Amaravati in a bid to attract the nations in the Far East, but it has unwittingly drawn the attention of the media in Pakistan.

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Instagram kills vintage camera icon…and users react

The classic camera logo and dark blue page design are gone, and not everyone is happy about it

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Union Jack officially retains place on New Zealand flag

​The British Union Jack was cemented in New Zealand's national flag for the foreseeable future Wednesday when the official result of a referendum on changing the design was released.

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Referendum set to end divisions over New Zealand flag

​New Zealand will this month decide their national flag in a postal referendum that will be the culmination of months of polarizing and sometimes bitter debate.

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Netizens ridicule TV gala mascot, Kang Kang

Online polemics are raging in China over the design of a monkey-like mascot for the stateTV's annual Lunar New Year gala heralding the Year of the Monkey.

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Japan approves "hamburger" design for 2020 Olympics' main stadium

The Japanese government on Tuesday approved a design by architect Kengo Kuma for the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games with the planned project also linking in construction behemoth Taisei Corp. whose bid to build the facility won.

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New "kirigami" design enhances solar panels' sunlight tracking efficiency

A new design pattern of solar panels can potentially improve their ability to harvest solar energy, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communication.

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Chinese student's water design debuts during World Water Week

​"My design is a UAV for monitoring water quality, and it uses some of remote sensing technology to reach the goal," said Ke Shuai, from Middle School attached to HUST China. He presented his design on Sunday during World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Tokyo's Olympic debacle continues as official in charge of stadium quits, emblem draws flak

​Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced Tuesday that a senior official in charge of the controversial construction of a new national stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will step down, as public condemnation grows following the government flip- flopping on the stadium's design plans.

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Nordic design hit new heights at annual show in Stockholm

​From plastic to rugs and even recycled trash, Swedish and Nordic design are strutting their stuff for the annual Formex design show in Stockholm which runs through Saturday.

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Russia works on design of 5th-generation submarines

Russia has started working on designing the fifth generation nuclear submarine which may go into serial production after 2020, a senior military officer said Wednesday.