July 2016 Archive

Dencity competition winners foster new ideas that tackle high density in informal settlements

Design News • 13 Jul 16

Social, architectural and technological solutions to improve the living conditions in the world’s urban slums. >
Sea of Hull brings together 3000 naked bodies for climate change

Design News • 13 Jul 16

To raise awareness about rising sea levels, over 3000 nude people painted themselves blue and descended on the city of Hull. >
Flare, the ambulance Uber in Nairobi

Design Frontiers • 12 Jul 16

Using an integrated ambulance dispatch system, Flare is a next-generation tech product that cuts hours to minutes in medical emergencies in East Africa. >
Nimb discreetly sends alerts in emergency situations

Design News • 12 Jul 16

If you’re in distress, the Nimb ring sends your location to family and friends. >
Trackable lifejacket uses app technology for man-overboard rescue

Design News • 12 Jul 16

Anti X1 is a clever redesign of the time old lifejacket, created to improve safety at sea >
Buildings made of bones

Design Frontiers • 11 Jul 16

Cambridge researchers explore bone and eggshell as greener building materials of the future. >
Dune covered carpark doubles as flood defence

Design News • 11 Jul 16

Named the Best Dutch Building of the Year in 2016, the Katwijk underground parking garage protects against future floods. >
Cow's milk plastic provides a natural, eco-friendly alternative

Design News • 11 Jul 16

Using an extract from skimmed milk, Tessa Silva-Dawson created a durable alternative to harmful plastics. >
Interaction is more important than expensive tech, says experience designer Marcus Lyall

Design News • 11 Jul 16

Marcus Lyall is behind some of the most spectacular shows of our time. >
Cozmo, the unpredictable robotic companion

Design News • 8 Jul 16

Tech innovation company Anki have designed a tiny robotic companion like no other. >
Floris Kaayk: The Modular Body merges fact and fiction

Design Frontiers • 8 Jul 16

Filmmaker Floris Kaayk toys with the public’s willingness to believe in the extraordinary. >
Design graduate shares her artful take on wood joinery using plastic bottles

Design News • 8 Jul 16

Royal College of Art student Micaella Pedros unveils a resourceful technique of making furniture >
Sohofama: Farm to table in Hong Kong

Design News • 7 Jul 16

At Sohofama restaurant urban farming meets Chinese comfort cuisine with a menu inspired by Chinese doctors and farmers. >
SunFire: A 3-part solution for solar cooking

Design News • 7 Jul 16

SA based company’s parabolic solar kits offer a sustainable cooking solution in rural or hard to reach areas of Africa. >
Home-grown sanitary pads help treat infections

Design News • 7 Jul 16

Growing healthy bacteria in agar jelly, the pads are placed in front of the vagina to balance pH-levels. >
Addressing packaging waste one pizza box at a time

Design News • 7 Jul 16

GreenBox is a reconfigurable pizza box designed for multiple use >
Portraiture encourages pride in a marginalised Bangladeshi community

Design News • 7 Jul 16

Photographer Samsul Alam Helal’s portraits depict Bangladesh’s oppressed Dalit community. >
Photographer chronicles the people of Cape Town’s bustling public transport system

Design News • 6 Jul 16

Photographer Mads Norgaard spent seven years photographing the people that make up the fringes of Cape Town. >
Amahlé’s Ndebele inspired jewellery for a European market

Product Spotlight • 6 Jul 16

The Africa-inspired jewellery is designed to be sophisticated, yet durable enough for everyday use. >
Producer Ibaaku on the avant-garde in Senegal

Design News • 6 Jul 16

Alien Cartoon marked the birth of a new wave of music in Senegal. Its creator Ibaaku tells us about what inspired the album. >
Public art melts away in political protest

Design News • 5 Jul 16

Created by American design duo LigoranoReese, these ice sculptures show the disintegration of the American Dream. >
New smart material reacts to light, heals itself and remembers its shape

Design Frontiers • 5 Jul 16

Researchers at WSU have for the first time developed a smart material with more than one function. >
Photobook captures an orphaned elephant’s journey back to the wild

Design News • 5 Jul 16

In a series of black and white photographs, this photo book takes a stand against poaching in Zambia. >
What Design Can Do unveils Refugee Challenge winners

Design News • 4 Jul 16

Alongside a conference on design and innovation, What Design Can Do hosted the refugee challenge to address one of the major issues of our time. >

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