February 2016 Archive

Twins Cartoon release their comic magazine Garage in English for the first time at Design Indaba Conference. >

Northern Europe’s largest festival turns festivalgoers’ urine into fertiliser for barley crops >

Nominated by Tracey Lynch, the shawl designed by Laduma Ngoxolo has won the honour of Most Beautiful Object in South Africa. >

A celebration of language in eight words, four bright young designers and five songs from the wonderful Imogen Heap. And more! >

Nendo, the Japanese design firm, took on something that a number of people consider perfect in its design: chocolate. >

Modular lunchbox and app system, Prepd Pack is a convenient and healthy way to plan lunch. >

KarTent is a flat-packed cardboard tent designed to reduce the amount of discarded tents at festivals. >

Corinne Joachim Sanon converted her grandfather’s house into a bean-to-bar chocolaterie and created jobs along the way. >

The candidates for Women Architect of the Year have been unveiled and we’ve highlighted six who use architecture to solve the housing crisis and women’s needs. >

Researchers at Columbia University design a modular camera system that rethinks the common camera. >

Kazuya Kawasaki is a graduate of Keio University and a bio-activist using speculative design to pursue the possiblities of growing materials for fashion. >