November 2015 Archive

Scientists illustrate the space colonies of the future

Design News • 19 Nov 15

Scientists have come up with a number of designs for what life would be like when staying on Earth is no longer an option. >
Artisans of Kibera: Victorious Bone Craft

Design News • 19 Nov 15

In Part 3 of a series presented by Nairobi Design Week, we meet one of the founders of Victorious Bone Craft – a small business based in Kenya's Kibera. >
The CannaCloud is the instant high without the fuss

Design News • 19 Nov 15

This new system makes medical marijuana prep as easy as brewing a cup of coffee. >
This lamp takes its inspiration from a blade of grass

Product Spotlight • 19 Nov 15

This brass and walnut wood lamp sways gently, mimicking a blade of grass in the wind. >
Local SA design brand launches local tees

Product Spotlight • 18 Nov 15

Ballo has launched a range of locally made hemp apparel, featuring original designs by South African illustrator Si Maclennan. >
Artisans of Kibera: Fiona, jewellery artisan

Design News • 18 Nov 15

In Part 2 of a series presented by Nairobi Design Week, we meet Fiona – a young social entrepreneur from Kibera, Kenya's largest informal settlement. >
A garment making process that translates bodily movements into clothes

Next Generation • 18 Nov 15

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jessica Smarsch has digitally captured muscle movements and used them to create bespoke textiles for her fashion range. >
Paul Pateman’s A to Z of sex and disability

Design News • 18 Nov 15

A raunchy graphic alphabet aims to dispel misconceptions about disabled people’s sex lives. >
Icon's underwear line tackles incontinence in women

Product Spotlight • 18 Nov 15

Icon's new underwear line seeks to help women who suffer from light incontinence after childbirth. >
Worms that digest plastic could be the answer to the world’s plastic pollution

Design News • 18 Nov 15

Scientists have discovered that yellow mealworms are able to decompose plastic in under 24 hours. >
Using your cellphone and pocket change, you could feed Syrian refugees

Design News • 18 Nov 15

This United Nations mobile app allows donor’s to give as little as $0.50 to feed Syrian refugees attending school at the Al-Za’tari refugee camp in Jordan. >
Smart burn dressing lights up under UV light when infected

Design News • 18 Nov 15

This smart burn dressing is designed to change colour when the patient’s burn wound is infected. >
Artisans of Kibera: Baraka, tyre sandal artisan

Design News • 17 Nov 15

In Part 1 of a series presented by Nairobi Design Week, we meet Baraka – a young social entrepreneur from Kibera, Kenya's largest informal settlement. >
Using hummus to try and bridge the divide between Israelis and Palestinians

Design News • 17 Nov 15

Design student Liora Yuklea taps into food culture to bring together neighbours at war. >
Foldout shelter aims to provide homes to those in crisis regions

Design News • 17 Nov 15

Barberio Colella ARC’s foldout shelter can be assembled in a minute using locally sourced materials. >
Lightweight winter jacket with built-in thermo-control technology

Design News • 17 Nov 15

Kelvin is a jacket designed to warm the wearer from the inside out. >
Slaughter-free "genuine" leather for your shoes and jackets

Design News • 17 Nov 15

Modern Meadows is a Brooklyn-based biotechnology start-up growing slaughter-free leather from living cow cells. >
Artificial neurons able to learn human language

Design Frontiers • 17 Nov 15

ANNABELL, a new cognitive model, is able to learn language organically, without the need for pre-coded responses. >
Andile Buka's photo book explores the Johannesburg landscape

Design News • 17 Nov 15

"Crossing Strangers", Andile Buka’s first published work, is a photobook exploring Johannesburg and the people that live there. >
Photographer captures the oppressive reality of anxiety

Design News • 16 Nov 15

Katie Crawford’s self-portraiture series captures the raw essence of anxiety. >
Vibe-ing explores the possibilities of self-healthcare in textile design

Design News • 16 Nov 15

An innovative garment joins the ranks of high-tech fashion by combining vibration therapy with textile technology. >
A Ugandan graduate can charge your phone with a bicycle tyre

Design News • 16 Nov 15

Elliot Mwebaze has developed a device that enables phones to charge using a bicycle dynamo. >
Colour-changing clothing amplifies body language

Design News • 16 Nov 15

Eef Lubbers’ Kimbow dress changes colour with the wearer to transcend the limits of static textiles. >
Biodegradable, laundry-free bed sheets

Product Spotlight • 16 Nov 15

Beantown Bedding has created biodegradable bed sheets that can be used for a few weeks and then thrown into the compost. >

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