July 2016 Archive

A modern emergency shelter inspired by a timeless art

Design News • 29 Jul 16

This lightweight, mobile, structural fabric creates a “weaved” shelter for refugees and other displaced people. >
Art meets clean energy: Customisable solar panels blend in with any roof

Design News • 29 Jul 16

SolarSkin, a Sistine Solar product offers colour-matched photovoltaic panels in an artful way and retains its revolutionary technologies in renewable energy. >
Crowdsourced mapping to highlight crisis zones

Design News • 28 Jul 16

MapSwipe is a smartphone application used to crowdsource information about previously undiscovered crisis zones. >
Coolar: The electricity independent medical refrigerator

Design News • 28 Jul 16

Coolar is a carbon-neutral solar-powered refrigerator specifically geared towards preserving vaccines and critical medical supplies. >
This high-tech Lunchbox helps feed hungry children in the world's poorest regions

Design News • 28 Jul 16

With the Lunchbox, donating to a good cause is as easy as tapping a device. >
Floating Farm set to launch in Rotterdam

Design News • 28 Jul 16

Waterfront dairy farm presents a sustainable approach to food production in cities. >
Prize-winning African author questions accessibility in South Africa

Design News • 27 Jul 16

Writer, filmmaker and photographer Lidudumalingani Mqombothi says his work is about the little people. >
Coffee waste transformed into a new superfood

Design News • 27 Jul 16

CoffeeFlour creates jobs and builds communities by repurposing discarded coffee waste. >
Wake up, This is Joburg: A series that uncovers the peculiarities of the city

Design News • 27 Jul 16

"Wake up, This is Joburg" is a series of 10 books that tells the stories of the peculiar urban inhabitants of Johannesburg. >
SHE: Sanitary pads made from discarded banana tree material

Design News • 27 Jul 16

Sustainable Heath Enterprises (SHE) manufactures affordable sanitary pads made from banana tree fibres to keep Rwanda’s girls and women in school and work. >
The TransBrasil project explores gender identity through photography

Design News • 26 Jul 16

Brazil is reportedly the world’s most violent place for transgender people. Jetmir Idrizi’s photo series documents the country's persecuted community. >
Senegalese village is thriving because of this one building

Design News • 26 Jul 16

Thread Artists’ Residency and Cultural Centre fosters creativity and enterprise in a remote village in Senegal. >
The Visionary Kitchen creates dinners from food waste

Design News • 25 Jul 16

The Visionary Kitchen, a volunteer organisation, hosts weekly free dinners for up to 10 guests from foods that have reached their sell-by-date. >
New device reduces the risk of HIV

Design News • 25 Jul 16

This vaginal ring could dramatically reduce the risk of HIV in women. >
Sustainable housing 3D printed with mud and straw

Design News • 25 Jul 16

Italian company WASP starts 3D printing its first housing model with 40-feet-tall printing machine. >
Quirky Beedapest Hotel houses travelling bees

Design News • 25 Jul 16

Visit the Rose Lemon Restaurant at the Grand Beedapest Hotel, a resting spot for urban bees. >
uLites: A large self-sustaining emergency shelter

Design News • 22 Jul 16

The uLites shelter can house large numbers of people and vehicles in times of crisis. >
MOMALA – the healthcare app that detects malaria on the spot

Design News • 22 Jul 16

This medical app turns a smartphone into a microscope to diagnose malaria at an early stage in just a few clicks. >
Wakami's ethically crafted accessories empower over 500 Guatemalan women

Design News • 22 Jul 16

Working with women in rural Guatemala, Wakami is a design-driven organisation that sells over $1-million in products to over 20 countries. >
Creative campaign to try and show #LondonIsOpen

Design News • 21 Jul 16

Major of London Sadiq Khan launches the #LondonIsOpen creative campaign to reassure everyone that the world is still welcome in the UK's capital. >
One man's waste is another man's meal: How Denmark is feeding people with waste

Design News • 21 Jul 16

Hunger affects almost 795-million people worldwide. Finding smart ways to reduce excessive levels of food waste has now become a priority not a nice-to-have. >
3D-printed weather stations help rural Zambian communities

Design News • 21 Jul 16

Low-cost alternative to commercial weather stations provide much needed forecasts in developing countries. >
Biobased bridge finally brought to life

Design News • 21 Jul 16

After years of research, students create first demo of a pedestrian bridge made from flax and hemp fibres. >
Photographer Andile Bhala says these 6 tips will help any aspiring artist

Design News • 20 Jul 16

Soweto photographer Andile Bhala says these are the 6 things every aspiring artist should know. >

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