It’s best to top up losses with reverse osmosis filtered water, as this prevents mineral build-up in the aquarium. The main pictures here of the aquascape were taken when it was about four months old.

Stocking an aquascape isn’t as simple as finding something to offset your plants, writes Tom Ackrill. Here’s an overview of the fish that you should look at to partner with your own aquatic layout.

The recently released 50 Design Ideas You Really Need to Know book features essays tracking the evolution of design from the 19th century until now. Here, its author chooses five key design ideas.

Enhances our ability to question: in design thinking you question the problem, the assumptions and the implications. Proves extremely useful when you tackle problems that are ill-defined or unknown.

Teo Yu Siang and the Interaction Design Foundation, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. It’s hard to know where to start when your mind, table, hard drive and maybe even the front of your fridge are full of insights ...