October 2015 Archive

Egyptians discover new, low-cost desalination technology

Design News • 1 Oct 15

Researchers at the University of Alexandria in Egypt have created a low-cost desalinate technology that filters salty water, making it drinkable in minutes. >
Silkworms are spinning a new future for Kenyan farmers

Design News • 1 Oct 15

Farmers in Kenya are turning away from maize and looking toward silk farming. It is less susceptible to erratic weather and ensures a steady income. >
Virtual reality experience sends viewers into Zdzislaw Beksinski’s paintings

Design News • 1 Oct 15

This Polish studio is pioneering virtual reality art with Zdzislaw Beksinski’s surreal paintings. >
The Travellers: Ireland’s nomads struggle to find a place in the modern world

Design News • 1 Oct 15

A German documentary photographer documented the daily life of a Traveller family, Irelands forgotten minority group. >
Ackeem Ngwenya: Designing transport infrastructure for rural Africa

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:07 • 1 Oct 15

Ackeem Ngwenya talks about his design Roadless, which looks to solve the problems of transport for rural communities in Africa. >
Queer Kenyan Narratives from The NEST Collective

Design News • 1 Oct 15

Multidiscipinary group The NEST Collective is releasing a book that contains the stories they collected from the film "Stories of Our Lives". >
Imagining a future generation of human-centred, African designers

African Report • 1 Oct 15

MASS Design Group just announced the creation of three African Design Centres to train and educate the first generation of African designers. >
Vienna gives same-sex love the green light

Design News • 2 Oct 15

Same-sex couples in the place of the ordinary traffic light figure are becoming a permanent fixture in European cities. >
Tempescope: A box of rain, clouds or sun in your living room

Design News • 2 Oct 15

The Tempescope physically creates weather conditions, letting users share the sky from anywhere in the world. >
Origami-inspired dress fits at every stage of pregnancy

Design Frontiers • 2 Oct 15

Designers have come up with a wearable flexible enough to expand with its pregnant user. >
The New Zealand flag "disaster", according to a Kiwi

Design News • 2 Oct 15

New Zealand typeface designer Kris Sowersby gives us the lowdown on New Zealand's public flag redesign, a process which hasn't involved any designers. >
An encounter between space travel and grief in this 3D animation

Design Frontiers • 2 Oct 15

French filmmaking collective BRVTVS, create a hi-tech, futuristic music video set in deep space that captures the raw human emotion of grief. >
Pakiet: A modular collection by Polish design studio Zieta

Product Spotlight • 2 Oct 15

Polish design studio, Zieta have just released their new collection Pakiet – a modular, flat-pack family of furniture that comes in raw plywood and steel. >
Furqan Jawed’s talking smack with a poster a day

Design News • 2 Oct 15

Indian graphic designer and illustrator Furqan Jawed celebrates the crazy conversations he overhears with "A Poster Everyday". >
Getting milk to the market is helping Rwandan genocide survivors

Next Generation • 5 Oct 15

Rwandan genocide survivors received cows from the government but were unable to sell their milk at the local market until Chantal Butare came along. >
Addis Ababa is home to sub-Saharan Africa's first light rail system

Design News • 5 Oct 15

The recent launch of Addis Metro is a move by the Ethiopian government to cure the country's commuting headache. >
The wind turbine gets a smart tech makeover

Design News • 5 Oct 15

Beauty, tech, and renewable energy generation combine to give the wind turbine a much-needed makeover. >
How to harness the brainpower of millions of minds

Design News • 5 Oct 15

Tech entrepreneur Luis von Ahn has found two ingenious ways to help computers and humans collaborate where neither could succeed alone. >
Hand Over: Radwa Rostom's answer to Egypt's slum problem

Design News • 5 Oct 15

The Hand Over initiative aims to rid Cairo of its slums using eco-friendly, human-centred design. >
Santiago Cirugeda: The rebel architect on social projects

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:03 • 5 Oct 15

Rebel architect Santiago Cirugeda tells us why he is drawn to public projects and breaking the laws. >
A stage for musical improvisation puts a spotlight on reused building materials

Design News • 5 Oct 15

Italian architecture company, Studio Albori, looks at “reuse and improvisation” in building with its Makeshift installation at Chicago Architecture Biennial. >
Egyptian teenager designs the next generation of biofuel

Design News • 6 Oct 15

Teenager Azza Faiad is pioneering an inexpensive way to turn plastic waste into biofuel. >
Mushroom power could enhance smartphones, electric cars and more

Design Frontiers • 6 Oct 15

The ability of the Portobello mushroom to make things better has extended beyond food and into technology. >
Innovative alarm systems for SA’s most dangerous slums

Design News • 6 Oct 15

This new alarm system relies on the dedication of the community in one of South Africa’s toughest informal settlements. >

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