BBC Designed

The best of global, game-changing design in fashion, technology and architecture.

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"They seem to erupt from the rocky earth, their concrete structures taking on the appearance of once-sacred natural formations." https://t.co/7T7IJogQBq by @a_nugent88

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"Queer Looks argues that clothing has played – and still plays – a key role in shaping personal identities beyond conventional gender roles" https://t.co/6B9tkF2Npw by @dominicLut #Pride

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"Kahlo’s powerful style is as integral to her myth as her paintings. It is her construction of identity through her ethnicity, her disability, her political beliefs and her art." https://t.co/z1jUNj04MZ by @LindsayKB

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The diversity in Art Nouveau may be surprising – but “a style wasn’t defined simply by how things look, it was also an intellectual and ideological outlook.” https://t.co/YX8yBhPqwL by @catherine_pound

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Will Meghan go for pared-down chic or Hollywood glam on the big day? https://t.co/WOVmSAhHc9 by @bel_jacobs #royalwedding #bridalwear #fashion #meghanmarkle

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How royal women have influenced fashion by @LindsayKB https://t.co/eu9QfrF3wp

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"There is no better designer than nature." https://t.co/RqJA1PjpSH by @LindsayKB

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'Art Deco design has endured like no other style, and it is in jewellery that the era’s influence has proved particularly lasting.' https://t.co/sgYHxSGfrE

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The objects provide an insight into the luxurious lifestyle of an Islamic dynasty. https://t.co/MzHq6xcXqF

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Why Antwerp should be high up on Europe's design map. 🗺👇 https://t.co/76BmfYJbCF by @LizaForeman

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How can staircases even DO that. 😍https://t.co/kptpPGMEok by @dominicLut via @BBC_designed

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Italy's innovative eco-mission is transforming Milan from the 'grey' city into a green rural metropolis. https://t.co/5ieHeOtHQi

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Can radical fashion ask profound questions about life and society? https://t.co/dpf2FTFBx1

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'The Bauhaus was much more than an architectural style – it was a new way of thinking.' https://t.co/7yaVDdrcwg

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High-resolution photographs of this tiny seal stone, which was found in the grave of a Mycenaean soldier, uncover an extraordinary fight scene. #Civilisations

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"I always try to tell a story through my designs." https://t.co/8UI0zklsCj

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Can a Lebanese fashion brand turn this former imperial ornament into a fashion statement in the Arab world? https://t.co/wAbPsSYLwR by @sophiasgaler

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I went back to #Beirut this month to cover a bunch of stories there and my first one is out today for @BBC_designed! All about the mighty (tar)boosh - how one Lebanese designer is 'neo-Orientalising' the hat most of us know as the fez. https://t.co/nGEC9yQVL2

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Take a look back at these six amazing superyacht concepts from last year. 🛥 https://t.co/nrjLpBlqwn

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The psychological mind games restaurants like to play. https://t.co/gPHF0y2ynG