June 2016 Archive

Why I've got beef with festivals like Glastonbury

Design Frontiers • 23 Jun 16

In Issue 3 of Do The Green Thing, Naresh Ramchandani tells us why it's time for festivals like Glastonbury to go meat free. >
CROSS.CULTURES is an exploration into heritage, personal influences and culture

Next Generation • 23 Jun 16

Despite their highly different cultures, Cebisa Mafukuzela and Georgina Campbell found a way to celebrate their heritage through their project CROSS.CULTURE. >
The Hive pavilion replicates the ways bees communicate

Design News • 23 Jun 16

Built using over 17 000 pieces of aluminium, the Hive is fitted with LED lights and sound to replicate the buzzing, tooting and quacking communication cues used >
VR technology enables crime scene visits in court

Design News • 23 Jun 16

A research team is developing sophisticated crime scene re-enactment technology for the criminal justice system. >
Mobile app MedRx makes healthcare accessible in Ghana

Design News • 23 Jun 16

As an interactive platform, MedRx solves its user’s healthcare needs by making information more accessible. >
ZERO PER STOOL exemplifies craft with a zero-waste focus

Product Spotlight • 23 Jun 16

Upcycling design studio in South Korea creates distinctive seating design without letting a single scrap of wood go to waste. >
Photo series captures the tattooed faces of a dying culture in Myanmar

Design News • 22 Jun 16

The Lai Tu Chin culture is disappearing. This photographic series documents the last of the dying culture. >
4 Innovative ways to locally grow food

Design News • 22 Jun 16

These designs hope to use less water, produce more food and bring ecology back into urban centres. >
Affordable, modular housing design comes fully fitted

Design News • 22 Jun 16

Indian architects present a prefab housing system where the storage and furnishings form part of the unit. >
Twenty-Fifty: A visualisation of the world’s food crisis

Next Generation • 22 Jun 16

Designer Gemma Warriner is trying to make the global food crisis we face in 2050 accessible by representing the data in vegetables. >
Low-cost housing project harnesses existing infrastructure

Design News • 22 Jun 16

Using sustainable materials and local labour, the Casas Melhoradas housing project is trying to eliminate city slums. >
What Design Can Do looks at what Africa can do for Europe

Design News • 21 Jun 16

The challenges we face can be solved through international cooperation. This year’s WDCD conference looks at Africa’s solutions for Europe’s problems. >
Benjamin Hubert on how to redesign the way you work to make a bigger, better impact

Talks • Duration: 00:39:34 • 21 Jun 16

Design by numbers. British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert shares a bit of data about his journey through the design industry. >
The Tycycler provides waste-pickers with an alternative to tyre burning

Design News • 21 Jun 16

The Tycycler is on a mission to stop harmful tyre burning and assist waste workers in recycling tyre-wire. >
Designer Ying Gao creates dresses that respond to emotion

Design News • 21 Jun 16

The dresses imitate “microbial life” and react to the emotions of viewers. >
Turning plastic into fuel, an innovative way to deal with waste

Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 16

A team made up of researchers from USA and China have come up with a new way to deal with plastic waste. >
Are edible cups the future of tableware?

Design News • 21 Jun 16

LOLIWARE is a line of all-natural, seaweed-based cups that are completely safe to eat >
Why London's cars are like America's guns

Design News • 20 Jun 16

Issue 2 of Do The Green Thing, "Why London's cars are like America's guns", is a call to reduce the number of cars and protect public space and fresh air. >
Photography series focusses on the Mundari cattle herders of South Sudan

Design News • 20 Jun 16

Photographer Tariq Zaidi captures the life and spirit of the cattle herding Mundari tribe of South Sudan in his latest photographic series. >
Rotating veil shields medical centre from the heat

Design News • 20 Jun 16

This plan for a medical centre in Al Ain, UAE uses a rotating veil to naturally control its temperature. >
We talk to South African ceramicist Andile Dyalvane

Q&A • 20 Jun 16

Andile Dyalvane’s first solo exhibition is set to open in New York’s Friedman Benda gallery this month. >
Dutch architects reveal "What a brick can do in Mali"

Design News • 20 Jun 16

Architecture firm LEVS architecten champions non-fired bricks for the design and development of Dogon, Mali. >
5 companies working toward a sustainable future

Design News • 20 Jun 16

Following the signing of the Paris agreement this year, sustainability is on top of everyone’s minds and it seems like global brands are leading the way. >
Margaret Calvert: Sign of the times

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:47 • 17 Jun 16

Renowned graphic designer Margaret Calvert talks tech and working against repetition. >

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