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A designer at New York ideas-led brand design agency Vault49 who wants to encourage more open discussion of mental health issues created an Instagram animation to mark the end of Mental Health Month in the USA.

Archiboo is calling for entries for its 2018 Web Awards. The Awards celebrate architects and their collaborators who best use online to communicate great architecture.

Think Connecticut, and the mind conjures up clapboard houses and picket fences. But architecture buffs know the state for glass walls, cement, and dark wood — the signature media of the Modernist architects who once made it their playground.

Most products strive to be aesthetic and functional. The SanSui does both, but also has an elegance and flair to it that goes beyond being aesthetic and functional. It looks good, performs well, but ultimately, soothes one’s soul too.

All that glitters is not gold: this season, it's just as likely to be bronze, pewter, nickel or brass. Metallics are big news in interiors right now with burnished and shimmering finishes finding favour across everything from wallpaper, tiles and textiles to lighting and accessories.

Facebook's $2 billion (£1.2 billion) acquisition of Oculus Rift has reopened conversation about the potential of virtual reality, but a key question remains: How will we actually interact with these worlds? Minecraft creator Markus Persson noted that while these tools can enable amazing experiences, moving around and creating in them is far from a solved problem.

Vondom Vertex Bar Stool

Part of an ongoing collaboration between designer Karim Rashid and Spanish manufacturer VONDOM, this indoor/outdoor bar stool is sculpted from rotationally moulded, 100 per cent recyclable polyethylene resin. It stands 88cm tall and its geometric shape is intended to look as if it has been hewn from a single block of material, but it's hollow. It comes in matte and lacquered finishes.

Speed, power and durability are key characteristics of industrial robots. These robots are typically used in applications such as welding or in lifting heavy components for vehicle assembly. Yet despite advanced calibration methods, the position accuracy of industrial robots has been inadequate for certain tasks. This is now changing thanks in part to highly accurate, output-side encoders from HEIDENHAIN and AMO.

For pharmaceutical manufacturers, managing supply chains is critical to success. Within supply chain management, visibility is a top competitive priority, increasing in importance each year. Yet the GEODIS 2017 Supply Chain Worldwide survey recently found that only six percent of companies from a variety of industries have achieved supply chain visibility despite its growing indispensability.