May 2018 Archive

A photo series on colourism in Haiti, the first black republic

Design News • 1 May 18

“They used to put me down so much because I was this dark and now, I fucking love myself.” >
An ostomy bag for health, beauty and function

Design News • 2 May 18

We look back at some impactful design from a UK graduate who sought to combat stigma in health care. >
This is the world's first biodegradable home pregnancy test

Design News • 2 May 18

The lightweight, ultra-thin invention can be sent in an envelope and biodegrades in three months. >
Learn how these wearables serve the hearing impaired

Design Frontiers • 3 May 18

"How can the deaf and hearing-impaired community experience music, without actually hearing it?" >
Students explore bamboo as sustainable alternative to conventional building

Design News • 4 May 18

Combining traditional weaving techniques with digital design. >
Will AI be our new co-dependent relationship?

Design Frontiers • 7 May 18

Nicole Pérez’s annoying robots ponder the future of automated intimacy. >
This shelter is a response to forced immigration

Design News • 7 May 18

An eco-friendly modular shelter for displaced immigrants created by design firm DMOA. >
Childish Gambino forcefully unpacks race and violence in America

Design News • 7 May 18

The multitalented artist’s new music video delivers a striking social commentary. >
Ukubutha: A waste-to-energy solution to mobilise residents in informal settlements

Design News • 8 May 18

Architecture graduate Nicole Moyo shares her idea on how informal communities can create their own water, energy and waste systems. >
Caroline Smeenk on designing products to help pregnant women who can't access hospitals

Next Generation • Duration: 00:10:32 • 8 May 18

"17% of rural Canadians live over 2 hours away from their nearest hospital." >
Neri Oxman wins at Cooper Hewitt 2018 National Design Awards

Design News • 9 May 18

“All ten of this year’s winners present a powerful design perspective and body of work that is at once inclusive and deeply personal..." >
Playgrounds that feed war-torn Syria's kids in more ways than one

Design News • 10 May 18

It’s a healthy space where children are taught how to plant, grow and harvest fruits and vegetables. >
How will climate change affect our eating habits in 30 years time?

Design News • 10 May 18

Researchers and scientists say we'll need to intensify the use of drought-tolerant food sources such as seaweed and more. >
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga celebrates Congo's Mangbetu culture

Design News • 10 May 18

A dying warrior culture is remembered through the modern paintings created by this Congolese artist. >
Go ahead and take your selfies girl

Design News • 11 May 18

Body-positive artist Zola Lovette is the creative behind a series of illustrations celebrating bathroom selfies. >
Letters from a Birmingham Girl

Design News • 11 May 18

A documentary about intersectionality, identity and family. >
The WikiCell: Nature-inspired edible packaging

Design News • 14 May 18

WikiFoods aims to eliminate the overuse of plastic in food packaging. >
A Digital Drum is bringing computer skills to the youth in rural Uganda

Design Frontiers • 15 May 18

Design without Borders has developed a way to bridge the information gap between urban and rural youth of Uganda. >
Future forms of concrete, plastic could be both sustainable and eco-friendly

Design Frontiers • 16 May 18

“The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.” >
VR tool takes viewers inside Gaza to create empathy for those affected by oppression and war

Design News • 16 May 18

"By leveraging breakthrough technologies, such as virtual reality, we can create solidarity with those who are normally excluded" >
Rovik tells the story of Kenyan migrant warrior in a far away galaxy

Design News • 17 May 18

“The desire to place [the story] in the Star Wars universe was because we felt there was no African, cultural representation in an apparent galaxy." >
3D-printing tech for the marine world could save coral reefs

Design News • 17 May 18

Coral reefs are among the most fragile ecosystems on the planet and are essential to marine life. >
Xhosa culture, heritage, colour inspires Thandazani Nofingxana's designs

Design News • 18 May 18

The South African fashion designer exhibited at the Design Indaba Festival 2018 as one of 40 Emerging Creatives. >
A museum where your emotions are the main attraction

Next Generation • 18 May 18

Siphilele Magagula’s conceptual design asks participants to lay their prejudices bare. >

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