October 2015 Archive

A new, rugged tablet is transforming Kenya's schools

Design News • 7 Oct 15

The ruggedised tablet and education kit designed by Nairobi technology company BRCK is making digital learning more accessible to Kenya's children. >
Guy Martin captures the turmoil of the Egyptian revolt

Design News • 7 Oct 15

World-renowned photographer Guy Martin documented the beauty, violence and pride that accompanied the 2011 Egyptian uprising. >
Build, modify, and customise your smartphone

Design News • 7 Oct 15

The RePhone is the next generation of customisable technology that lets users build, hack, and modify a smartphone. >
Artist captures the topography of hair

Design News • 7 Oct 15

New Jersey-based painter So Yoon Lym weaves a new appreciation of hair braiding and realistic painting. >
Free Electric: A bicycle that generates free, clean energy

Design News • 8 Oct 15

Manoj Bhargava's Free Electric hybrid bike could impact billions of people who’ve lived their lives off the grid. >
Toby Allen's illustrations show us what mental illnesses look like

Design News • 8 Oct 15

UK Illustrator Toby Allen uses her talents to give the unseen monsters of mental illness a face. >
Facebook set to beam internet down to Africa from space

Design News • 8 Oct 15

Facebook is designing and building a satellite to provide internet access to people in remote parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. >
A smart water meter to help users understand their water usage

Product Spotlight • 8 Oct 15

Fluid is a smart water meter that has been designed to allow users to monitor and become more aware of their water usage. >
Scraps of fabric bring dignity to young African women going through puberty

Design News • 8 Oct 15

Transformation Textiles provide Dignity Kits to girls going through puberty in order to help them deal with menstruation without interrupting their education. >
Wheels Park: A glow in the dark skatepark in Liverpool

Design News • 9 Oct 15

Liverpool now has a glow-in-the-dark skatepark, designed by Korean artist Koo Jeong A. >
Google gets 1 billion Indians connected

Design News • 9 Oct 15

Train stations in India are set to provide one billion users with internet access. >
Our future homes on the Red Planet may be built with ice

Design News • 9 Oct 15

The first prize for the NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge Design Competition went to a house made of ice. Here's a closer look at the futuristic igloo. >
This designer is using dollars and pounds to make textiles

Design News • 9 Oct 15

Angela Mathis is shredding up cash to make textiles for a new collection of stools in a project called Value. >
Drones and dancers happily unite for this music video

FilmFestFriday • 9 Oct 15

Los Angeles-based producer Nosaj Things employs drones and contemporary dancers in the music video for “Cold Stares”, a track featuring Chance the Rapper. >
World Hunger Month advert illustrated by 250 children

Design News • 12 Oct 15

1000 drawings, created by 250 impoverished children, inspired KFC Add Hope’s new advert. >
Zambia's Barefeet enriches the lives of street kids with theatre

Design News • 12 Oct 15

Art, theatre, and music at Barefeet give Zambia's street kids a chance to explore their creativity in a safe environment. >
A focus on low-cost housing at the Chicago Architecture Biennial

Design News • 12 Oct 15

Three architecture firms are setting the tone for affordable and sustainable alternatives to informal housing. >
Graduate brings designs from books and movies to life

Next Generation • 12 Oct 15

Daniela Treija’s Design Academy Eindhoven graduate project translates imaginary inventions from books and films into real-life designs. >
Help NASA test the durability of their spacesuits

Design News • 12 Oct 15

NASA is asking for help with new methods for testing their spacesuits for conditions on the moon and Mars. >
Scientists have come up with a design for a real life forcefield

Design Frontiers • 13 Oct 15

Researchers at defence company Boeing are working on a futuristic cloaking device to protect vehicles against the hidden battlefield killer: shockwaves. >
Mumbai-based Mayur Mengle's illustrations explore the daily commute

Design News • 13 Oct 15

Mayur Mengle takes his daily two-hour commute on Mumbai's railway line and turns it into a doddle-a-day. >
Sou Fujimoto challenges perceptions of what could be considered architecture

Design News • 13 Oct 15

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto uses potato chips and staples to comment on the notion of “found architecture”. >
Kalimba Radio is an app designed with Zambian music in mind

Design News • 13 Oct 15

Kalimba Radio provides Zambians with unlimited, free local music – old and new. The music is available offline and with no data plan. >
The Brilliance device treats babies with jaundice

Design News • 13 Oct 15

The Brilliance, designed by nonprofit D-Rev, is a phototherapy device designed to treat infants with jaundice in poor communities. >

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