November 2015 Archive

The world’s first hand-woven raffia car in Nigeria

Design News • 2 Nov 15

A weaver based in Ibadan, Nigeria has taken the age-old craft of weaving to new heights by weaving the entire body of a car. >
Solar power brings clean water to remote Mexican village

Design News • 2 Nov 15

The introduction of a solar powered water purification system sparked a new economy in a remote Mexican village. >
Emoji keyboard highlights the plight of refugees

Design News • 2 Nov 15

Virtual emoji keyboard lets the social media generation show they care about the plight of refugees. >
Warka Water creates water from air

Design News • 2 Nov 15

Design studio Architecture and Vision is bringing clean water to rural Ethiopia with its Warka Water project. >
A film shot in two European cities attempts to define progressive art

Design News • 2 Nov 15

"Progressive Art", a film by Phsics Media and shot in Amsterdam and Berlin, seeks to understand and investigate the meaning of its title. >
A new workstation for nomadic employees

Design News • 2 Nov 15

HÔTEL TRAVAIL is a new workspace concept for freelancers and nomadic employees by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Shay Raviv. >
Rosita Missoni: If your job is your hobby it's never tiring

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:01 • 2 Nov 15

Italian fashion icon, Rosita Missoni looks back on her upbringing and the inherited values that now underpin her fashion empire. >
MIT’s bacteria-powered material, bioLogic, will literally make your skin crawl

Design News • 3 Nov 15

BioLogic is an innovative second skin with an automated ventilation system that is powered by living organisms. >
Mogees can turn anything into a musical instrument

Design News • 3 Nov 15

Mogees, the latest in interactive surface technology and design, creates music with just a small device and your phone. >
How open-source software helped end ebola in Sierra Leone

African Report • 3 Nov 15

Salton Massally, CTO of iDT Labs, writes about how open-source software helped fight Ebola in Sierra Leone and what this can mean for West Africa. >
A one-dollar contraceptive designed for the developing world

Design News • 3 Nov 15

Designed to be self-administered and cost only one dollar, this contraceptive is changing the state of women's health in developing countries. >
Bar game takes the mystery out of urban planning

Design News • 3 Nov 15

“Cards Against Urbanity” pokes fun at the pains of urban planning in a cynical, yet educational way. >
Studio Formafantasma on words as a tool for design

Talks • Duration: 00:30:54 • 3 Nov 15

Italian design duo Studio Formafantasma use talking and collaborating as core tools in its design process. >
VizSnap: Facilitating photography for the blind

Design Frontiers • 3 Nov 15

The visually impaired take photos too, says Dustin Adams, the designer of VizSnap. >
Trailer: Studio Formafantasma on words as a tool for design

Trailers • Duration: 00:01:38 • 3 Nov 15

Italian design duo Studio Formafantasma use talking and collaborating as core tools in its design process. >
Empty plastic water bottles make the ideal insulated roof tiles

Design News • 4 Nov 15

'A'Gua water bottles by Donald Thomson are custom-designed plastic water bottles that turn into roofing tiles when empty. >
High fashion heels with low environmental impact

Design News • 4 Nov 15

Designer Kristel Peters' Rethinking High Fashion Shoes project questions the role of the designer in contributing toward a sustainable future. >
Tanzanian, sand-based water filter wins innovation award

Design News • 4 Nov 15

A simple, low-cost filtering invention has earned Tanzanian chemical engineer, Askwar Hilonga the Royal Academy of Engineering African innovation prize. >
Kris Sowersby: Breathing new life into old typefaces

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:17 • 4 Nov 15

New Zealand typeface designer Kris Sowersby spends time developing new expressions of old analogue typefaces. >
Vera de Pont designs clothing for a world submerged in water

Next Generation • 4 Nov 15

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Vera de Pont designs garments and accessories for inhabitants of an imaginary underwater planet. >
Could the future of sex be robotics?

Design News • 4 Nov 15

Tech advancements have seen the development of the most lifelike humanoids to date, but what does this mean for the relationship between man and machine? >
Healthcare wearable provides stats at a glance

Design Frontiers • 4 Nov 15

Vivi makes it possible for a surgeon to check a patient’s vitals without looking away. >
Thermal sponge table designed to save energy

Product Spotlight • 5 Nov 15

A French design studio has revamped the humble table, turning it into a device to control the temperature in a living space. >
Short story vending machines ignite a reading revolution in Grenoble

Design News • 5 Nov 15

A French publishing company encourages digital-dependent commuters to read instead of play on their personal tech devices. >

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