April 2016 Archive

Floating solar panels take to the seas

Design News • 29 Apr 16

Heliofloat solar farm is designed to generate clean energy out at sea and preserve water in arid regions. >
Skyscraper made out of wooden numbers

Design News • 29 Apr 16

Anders Berensson Architects is set to transform an old parking lot in Stockholm into a multi-use wooden skyscraper. >
Skull echoes offer solution to current password systems

Design News • 28 Apr 16

German research team look into skull echoes as new passwords to access private accounts or devices. >
Search engine uses ad revenue to plant trees

Design News • 28 Apr 16

Ecosia is a search engine and social initiative that uses income generated from search ads to fight global deforestation. >
Pockulus: Smartphone free, affordable VR

Design News • 28 Apr 16

Based on open-source tech, Pockulus is a DIY way into virtual reality. >
Bioo: A plant that is also a charging station

Design News • 28 Apr 16

Charging your electronic devices could be done in the easiest, greenest way possible with the Bioo plant. >
Plastic card melts to fix or modify anything

Design News • 27 Apr 16

FORMcard is a play dough type of substance that aims to become as ubiquitous as sticky tape or Prestik. >
A floating UFO to call home

Design News • 27 Apr 16

Italian boating company designs a flying saucer-like house boat for living and sailing on the sea. >
Local animator Mike Scott on creating lasting relationships with characters

Design News • 27 Apr 16

Cape Town animator Mike Scott’s work is simple nostalgia mixed with pop culture characters that you want to get to know. >
Tackling Islamophobia through unifying portraits

Design News • 27 Apr 16

It’s time to shift the conversation on the Muslim identity, says NATIVE VML. >
Gloves translate sign language into speech

Design News • 26 Apr 16

Two university students are bridging a communication gap by turning sign language gestures into spoken English. >
Advertising billboard doubles as Zika mosquito trap

Design News • 26 Apr 16

Two Brazilian agencies are creating awareness around the Zika virus while alleviating the problem. >
Hunt virtual prey with this VR experience

Design News • 26 Apr 16

Become the hunter in this interactive, educational, and experiential VR game. >
A biodegradable alternative to harmful plastic packaging

Design News • 25 Apr 16

AMAM takes top prize at the Lexus Design Award for its zero waste solution to packaging pollution. >
Lungile Mbokane: An emerging graphic artist telling stories through his work

Design News • 25 Apr 16

Johannesburg artist, Lungile Mbokane, speaks about his work and creative process. >
“Where is the ‘ME’ in Media?” asks a black woman in photography

Design News • 25 Apr 16

South African-based, Kenyan Stephanie Mzee’s new photographic series interrogates the representation of black women in media. >
Zedfactory’s pod homes are built on city car parks

Design News • 25 Apr 16

A new housing concept will tap into the millions of existing car park spaces across the UK. >
Panama’s waste is now a village of plastic bottles

Design News • 25 Apr 16

Isla Colón in Bocas Del Toro, Panama will be home to an entire village constructed out of recycled plastic bottles. >
Seymour Chwast set to launch Kickstarter campaign to publish new anti-war book

Design News • 22 Apr 16

Prolific designer Seymour Chwast plans to crowdfund his illustrative epic, “At War with War”. >
Dutch designer creates flexible wood for furniture range

Design News • 22 Apr 16

Designer Carolien Laro contradicts the notion of wood as a rigid material with her springy wooden furniture. >
Zero-maintenance, low-cost water filtration bucket

Design News • 21 Apr 16

The ProCleanse Water Filtration system is designed for the people who have no access to clean water. >
Japan’s invisible trains will take off in 2018

Design News • 21 Apr 16

Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima designs trains with a reflective surface that mirrors the surrounding scenery. >
African Design Centre fellowship programme to open in September

Design News • 21 Apr 16

Based in Kigali, the African Design Centre has launched a 2-yr fellowship programme to train the creative leaders who will design a more sustainable Africa. >
How to influence human behaviour and other lessons in this game-like online course

Design News • 21 Apr 16

EdTech startup 42courses.com collaborates with Ogilvy to launch an online course in Behavioural Economics from renowned ad man and TED speaker Rory Sutherland. >

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