October 2015 Archive

Katharina Grosse paints herself an imaginary world

Design News • 20 Oct 15

This Berlin-based artist uses colour to distort surfaces and objects, creating otherworldly installations. >
An industrial design student’s expiry label could tackle the global food wastage problem

Design News • 20 Oct 15

A bio-reactive, food expiry label trumps unreliable sell-by-date stamps on packaged food. >
Too Young To Wed captures the haunting truth about child brides

Design News • 20 Oct 15

This travelling photo series captures haunting images of child brides around the world. >
One Heart One Tree plants a virtual forest on the Eiffel Tower

Design News • 20 Oct 15

Artist Naziha Mestaoui is planning to grow a virtual forest on the Eiffel Tower that will be matched by a real one in the soil. >
Teen scientist's device harvests the ocean's untapped energy

Design Frontiers • 20 Oct 15

A 15-year-old scientist designed a low-cost device that harvests the ocean's energy to provide power to the developing world. >
Grassroots Cactivism could solve California's drought problems

Design News • 20 Oct 15

Grassroots Cactivism, a speculative project designed by Ali Chen, uses cacti as a source of food, water purification and animal fodder. >
Riding the Bird of Prey Bicycle

Product Spotlight • 21 Oct 15

The designer behind the Bird of Prey Bicycle, which the user rides prone like a superhero, says it is the fastest, most comfortable bike ever. >
This trashcan-inspired home is the future of urban living

Design News • 21 Oct 15

From its smart home features to its mobile glass-cube structure, the Kasita is a new kind of home. >
UNICEF's Kid Power wearable saves lives

Design News • 21 Oct 15

UNICEF have brought out a wearable that encourages kids to get active in exchange for points that save the lives of starving children in developing countries. >
Neva: the device designed to power medical equipment in an outage

Design News • 21 Oct 15

Neva, designed by Nigerian scientist Louise Oduyoye, powers medical devices during an outage. >
Smart baby tech gives parents a jump on their kids’ education

Design News • 22 Oct 15

The Starling is a smart-wearable for babies designed to early language skill development. >
Children from Kenya’s slums tell their own story in a DIY zine

Design News • 22 Oct 15

Zinester, a social initiative, is giving children from Kenya’s biggest slum a chance to write and photograph their own narrative in a DIY zine. >
TextielMuseum presents Fiber Futures | Art from Japan

Design News • 22 Oct 15

The Netherlands-based textile museum showcases 30 Japanese artists pushing boundaries in the practice of fibre art. >
India's Kothi community defies gender roles despite persecution

Design News • 22 Oct 15

A Woman In My Heart by Candace Feit captures a community of men who struggle to find a way to express their feminine identities. >
The ReMotion Knee is a low-cost prosthetic for developing countries

Design News • 22 Oct 15

D-Rev, a company focusing on providing quality healthcare to low-income populations, is launching the ReMotion Knee. >
Master of the craft: Surfboard shaper

Design News • 22 Oct 15

In a photo series focusing on master artisans, we look at the hands of the makers. Today we look at a master surfboard shaper. >
Photos from the frontline of South Africa's student protests

Design News • 22 Oct 15

Photographer Imraan Christian documents the day a student protest over unaffordable university fees turned violent. >
Cube, the Netherlands' first design museum, opens this weekend

Design News • 23 Oct 15

The Netherlands' first design museum opens this weekend with two internationally focused exhibitions: "Designing the World" and "Design Identities". >
Retro book covers get modern in this hypnotic animation

Design News • 23 Oct 15

German designer and animator Henning Max Lederer took 55 vintage books and set the cover graphics in motion to achieve psychedelic results. >
Fashion brand The IOU Project restores the livelihood of artisans in India

Design News • 23 Oct 15

Online store pairs Indian handloomers with European designers in an attempt to change the way we make and buy clothes. >
Sight Sound Soul encourages meditation in living spaces

Design News • 23 Oct 15

Thailand-based designers have designed an object that encourages meditation with sight and sound. >
An Uber-like SMS service is transforming Dakar's unsanitary pit latrine system

Design News • 23 Oct 15

The new and environmentally friendly way of emptying poop from pit latrines is cutting sanitation service costs for locals in Senegal's capital city. >
A wearable translates sign language into English

Design Frontiers • 23 Oct 15

Researchers are working on a high-tech wearable to bridge the gap between the deaf and those who don’t understand sign language. >
Sanivation turns human waste into a useful fuel in Kenya

Design News • 23 Oct 15

Sanivation installs toilets in Kenya’s homes and, in exchange for a small monthly fee, picks up the waste and turns it into a clean cooking fuel. >

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