Simple Forms, a small design firm in Porto, has won recognition for its elegant cork-rubber bathroom sink.

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Roth has used modified forms of this same algorithm to design matching systems for Boston's public school system and for placing medical school graduates with residency programs.

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It forms part of a wider Philips Design's Microbial Home project which imagines an "integrated cyclical ecosystem" in the home where traditional waste is recycled to address sustainability issues.

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Both devices combine top-notch specs with beautiful industrial design -- pure rectangular forms with a mirror-like finish packaged in thin, light and water-resistant shells.

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The museums, two of the world's most prominent, said in a joint statement the New York-based e-business would provide Internet access for people to learn about and purchase many forms of art and architectural models and design objects, beginning in late 2000 or early 2001.

CNN: MoMA and Tate announce joint Internet venture

Printing in 3D involves sending a design file to a printer that then forms a solid version of that object by slowly building it up in layers of plastic.

BBC: Nokia backs 3D printing for mobile phone cases

Critics of the design, put off by its sharply folded and angled forms and irregular, slashed openings, find it an alien invader.

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Can these very forms, supported by social media and new technologies, now extend to urban design and planning?

BBC: What if...you could design a city?

Famous for his tactile and sensual fluid forms, he takes his inspiration from nature to create an organic minimalism that he calls "fat free" design.

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