February 2016 Archive

This Senegalese artist finds scrap tyres to turn into functional pieces of furniture. >

Boxchool uses modular design to create innovative educational facilities for children in rural regions >

Professors from the University of Berkley, California have developed groundbreaking wearable technology that analyses your sweat for up to date health results. >

Echosight uses multiple exposure to compare and contrast visual stories from around the world. >

Five Dutch design thinkers and innovators will be speaking on the Design Indaba Conference stage this year. >

The Pentagram partner shares his thoughts on jargon, the power of words and writing as a form of design. >

In a collaboration that marks new territory for both brands, Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake and Iittala have released a homeware collection >

Inexpensive healthcare devices are within reach says Frank Kolkman, the creator of a DIY-surgical robot. >

Sending scents via the internet is a future reality thanks to research from Mixed Reality Lab in London. >

Based in Iowa City, the newly founded Centre for Afrofuturist Studies is a two-year artists-in-residency programme that examines blackness, art and technology. >

Digital artist Folasade Adeoso juxtaposes ethnographic photos of the colonial era with drawn lines, gif animations and flashing flowers of present-day Tumblr. >