There’s nothing like the impending new year to prompt self-reflection. What did you do over the last 12 months that mattered? What will you absolutely not (you swear) do again next year? The design world isn't immune to this annual rite of navel gazing. Like Santa, we’ve kept a watchful eye, taking stock of the good, the bad, the really, truly ugly design over the last 365 days. We'll spare you the bad stuff (you're welcome!) and leave you with some of our favorite projects, concepts and ideas from 2014.
27 of the Most Inspiring Designs From 2014
Our favorite projects, concepts and ideas from 2014.
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Robotic Birds
Nico Nijenhuis is building lifelike robo-birds to scare their real-life counterparts away from places like landfills and airports. The trick: Making the autonomous robots move in life-like patterns. So far, these 21st century scarecrows have reduced bird visits to one landfill by 75 percent.
Nico Nijenhuis is building lifelike robo-birds to scare their real-life counterparts away from places like landfills and airports. The trick: Making the autonomous robots move in life-like patterns. So far, these 21st century scarecrows have reduced bird visits to one landfill by 75 percent.
