2014 Archive

The special power of disgust

Design Frontiers • 15 Dec 14

It's time for aesthetics to reconsider the role of disgust as an emotion, says Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Merel Witteman. >
Technology and textiles, knitted together

Design Frontiers • 20 Nov 14

Dutch designer Borre Akkersdijk has created an eye-catching suit that is a wearable connected platform – with technological applications way beyond that. >
A safer and speedier rescue

Design Frontiers • 13 Nov 14

Spark Design and Innovation's inflatable raft uses an innovative tilting mechanism that makes it easier to pull rescue victims out of the water. >
Matali Crasset on making baskets in Bulawayo

Design Frontiers • 11 Nov 14

The French designer tells us in her own words about her time spent with Zimbabwean weavers developing baskets based on the gourd. >
A next-generation tree harvester

Design Frontiers • 10 Nov 14

Like the insect it is named after, the Gerridae harvester is light on its feet and the environment. >
Replicating the mother's womb

Design Frontiers • 4 Nov 14

A new infant care system proposes radically improved incubators that transmit the mother's heartbeat, breathing and voice. >
Shining a light on workers’ safety

Design Frontiers • 28 Oct 14

The new Halo Light is a multi-task light that ensures construction workers are visible from 600 metres away. >
A toy that teaches empathy

Design Frontiers • 15 Oct 14

Canadian industrial designer Ilana Ben-Ari’s puzzle game teaches the creative skills children won’t find in textbooks. >
A step up

Design Frontiers • 7 Oct 14

Michaella Janse van Vuuren's latest pieces take her technical proficiencies to new heights – and onto the fashion runway. >
The Biopanel

Design Frontiers • 26 Aug 14

Product designer Alejandra Olivera turns seaweed into a new eco-friendly insulation material for informal housing. >
A water pump for remote farmers

Design Frontiers • 19 Aug 14

A new foot-operated irrigation device is capable of tripling the revenue of smallholder farmers, says its manufacturer. >
Bamboo engineering

Design Frontiers • 5 Aug 14

Building with bamboo is not new but researchers at MIT are exploring new ways of creating construction products from the sustainable resource. >
A helping hand

Design Frontiers • 29 Jul 14

A new smart tool from MIT Media Lab is blurring the lines between handmade and digital technology. But that's not a bad thing. >
The possibilities of bioprinting

Design Frontiers • Duration: 00:04:34 • 22 Jul 14

Now that 3D bioprinting is becoming a reality, speculative designer Agi Haines explores the possibilities of new and improved replacement organs. >
Bright spark

Design Frontiers • 15 Jul 14

Faithless percussionist Sudha Kheterpal wants to shake up the world to create clean energy for people without access to electricity. >
Nabasco

Design Frontiers • 8 Jul 14

This future-forward, environmentally friendly material finds an artful application in a project by Dutch designer Ineke Hans. >
Watt scooter

Design Frontiers • 1 Jul 14

This electric push scooter by industrial design outfit eLabs is a made-in-South-Africa solution to inner-city congestion. >
Ekasi Water Cap

Design Frontiers • 17 Jun 14

Peter Krige has prototyped a pressure-tight closure that can be fitted onto easily available parts to create a shower for unplumbed homes. >

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