2018 Archive

This design festival is stitching together India's design community

Design Frontiers • 30 Apr 18

"It was one of its kind in the Indian design history. I’m not aware of any other festivals organised on such a massive scale." >
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?" >
Will AI be our new co-dependent relationship?

Design Frontiers • 7 May 18

Nicole Pérez’s annoying robots ponder the future of automated intimacy. >
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.” >
This British Nigerian artist's films celebrate the full spectrum of blackness

Design Frontiers • 24 May 18

Seye Isikalu’s work thoughtfully captures black bodies on screen. >
LifeArk off-grid housing is focused on sustainable community transformation

Design Frontiers • 29 May 18

The affordable, emergency housing system is aimed at disaster prone areas and displaced peoples. >
The Unusual Football Field challenges the boundaries of existing areas

Design Frontiers • 31 May 18

As the world gears up for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, we take a look at this curious soccer pitch designed for space-starved urban areas. >
Making the music video great again

Design Frontiers • 5 Jun 18

As musicians continue to push the boundaries visually, we examine the evolution of their relationship with film. >
To teach graphic design is to learn to adapt with the field says Lucille Tenazas

Design Frontiers • 11 Jun 18

“For us, as educators, we are constantly aware that our profession is sort of a moving target.” >
Aso Oke fabric travels from head to toe

Design Frontiers • 12 Jun 18

A Nigerian designer is translating his passion for traditional Nigerian fabric into an unusual design application. >
5 African Internet start-ups redefining agriculture

Design Frontiers • 18 Jun 18

It's Sustainable Gastronomy Day, a day that reaffirms that all cultures and civilisations are contributors and crucial enablers of sustainable development. >
Mexican students design a carpet for growing crops in refugee camps

Design Frontiers • 20 Jun 18

Rise, which was designed by three Mexican industrial design students, addresses one of the world's most pressing issues. >
We speak to an emoji activist on why diverse emojis matter

Design Frontiers • 22 Jun 18

Jennifer 8 Lee says the Emojination wants to make the approval of emoji a more inclusive and representative process. >
SenSprout is helping farmers better understand their crops while saving water

Design Frontiers • 26 Jun 18

SenSprout’s aim is to grant farmers a better understanding of how their crops consume water without using expensive technology. >
These images are a vivid and electrifying depiction of isolation

Design Frontiers • 3 Jul 18

Step into Andrea Koporova’s haunting Ghost Town. >
Developed by a Cape Town lecturer, this self-sustaining toilet turns waste into material of value

Design Frontiers • 4 Jul 18

The innovative Sanihive took home two major prizes at the recently held UNLEASH event. >
The Connected Supper Club on dinner tables as spaces for positive change

Design Frontiers • 4 Jul 18

“London is a big city and I don’t find it surprising that people are attracted to small events centred around dinner tables." >
Zambian fashion entrepreneur on prints, nostalgia and the importance of finding synergy

Design Frontiers • 5 Jul 18

Lucy Mulima started Aya Goods after years spent working in fashion, PR and media. >
World’s largest 3D printed structure unveiled at Venice Biennale

Design Frontiers • 6 Jul 18

The Cloud Pergola was envisioned as a paradigm for what architecture should stand for in the 21st century. It will be on show until 25 November. >
How drones are helping in the fight against malaria

Design Frontiers • 10 Jul 18

“Where do mosquitoes go in the dry season?” >
How can we adjust our world to accommodate an ever-expanding global population?

Design Frontiers • 11 Jul 18

These interventions could help relieve the enormous pressures felt by cities in a crowded world. >
Eliminating the enormous energy cost of mining cryptocurrencies

Design Frontiers • 13 Jul 18

Estonian company Nordcoin is changing the game and making crypto-farms mobile >
Faith XLVII unveils new mural and Peace Manifesto in San Fransisco

Design Frontiers • 16 Jul 18

"We formulated our own Manifesto, keeping the perspective as inclusive as possible. For me, the main objective is empathy. " >

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