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3 Indian clothing brands spearheading sustainable fashion

Design News • 26 Nov 15

These brands are setting an example for India’s fashion industry with their socially and environmentally responsible clothing lines. >
CUCULA opens doors for refugees in Berlin

Design News • 26 Nov 15

German organisation CUCULA is using design, education and community to create second chances for foreign immigrants. >
DesignThinkers uses empathy and observation to lead its design

Inside View • 26 Nov 15

DesignThinkers’ Robert Bloom tells us about the makeover of the busy Izhwezi Clinic and how the chief tool was empathy. >
This modern tea set is preserving the traditional Chinese tea ceremony

Product Spotlight • 26 Nov 15

Mosey is a portable tea set designed by Jie Chen to preserve the traditional Chinese tea ceremony in the modern world. >
A phone case that powers smartphones

Design News • 26 Nov 15

Nikola Labs are developing a phone case that can extend the battery life of smartphones using wasted energy. >
Learn a new word and prove that you’re not a robot

Design News • 26 Nov 15

iCAPTCHA by Bilingo is a service that checks that you’re not a robot while teaching South Africans words from the 11 official languages. >
Delicious monsters by Porky Hefer

Design News • 25 Nov 15

Cape Town-based designer Porky Hefer has created bizarre human-scale nests, inspired by fantastical underwater creatures. >
Hack household goods to create imaginative toys for children

Next Generation • 25 Nov 15

David van der Stel has designed Hackjes, a set of connectors and add-ons created to help you "hack" household objects into creative objects. >
Illustrations unlock the hero in every kid

Design News • 25 Nov 15

Jason Ratliff’s work plays on imagination, wonder and play in his illustrated superhero series. >
A manmade lagoon could be the future of tidal energy

Design News • 25 Nov 15

The UK is at the forefront of renewable energy with plans to launch a new era of tidal energy. >
LIVIN Farm’s Hive lets you grow and farm your own mealworms

Product Spotlight • 25 Nov 15

A desktop hive for the kitchen allows users to feed, farm then eat their own mealworms. >
Water sensitive textile shelters become cheerful in the rain

Design News • 25 Nov 15

Water Culture by experimental Italian design studio Fabrica is a textile that responds to rain by producing cheerful prints to offset gloomy weather. >
Tokyo Totem unpacks the cultural playground that is Tokyo

Design News • 25 Nov 15

A multimedia guidebook helps visitors see Tokyo in different ways, through the eyes of its 46 contributors. >
Milkweed creates unisex garmets from thick-knit textiles

Product Spotlight • 24 Nov 15

Brighton design brand Milkweed creates biodegradable, sustainable, unisex knitwear from local, organic yarn. >
A frozen palace all year round

Design News • 24 Nov 15

Sweden's ICEHOTEL group announces plans to build a sustainable frozen hotel, preserved in summer by solar energy. >
This Sao Paulo house is a playpen for adults and children alike

Design News • 24 Nov 15

Designed by Brazilian architecture firm Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos, Toy MM01 was built purely to house toys and entertain guests. >
Electronic plants breakthrough could lead to more innovations

Design Frontiers • 24 Nov 15

A Swedish research team have created analog and digital electronic systems inside a living rose. >
An eco-friendly buoy turns seawater into drinking water

Design News • 24 Nov 15

SAROS is a simple and environmentally friendly alternative to costly, energy-wasting desalination plants. >
Artist creates tiny galaxies with glass

Design News • 24 Nov 15

Japanese glass artist Satoshi Tamizu places a tiny universe in each piece he creates. >
Traditional Oriental rugs meet bold digital graphics

Design News • 24 Nov 15

Faig Ahmed weaves digital patterns and optical illusions into traditional Azerbaijani rugs. >
Bone conduction mp3 player plays music underwater

Design News • 23 Nov 15

A team of designers have come up with a lightweight, amphibious mp3 player using bone conduction. >
Story Pod is a moveable reading nook for the community

Design News • 23 Nov 15

Story Pod is a reading nook and book exchange by day and a community lantern by night. >
King Debs raises a fist against injustice with his latest murals

Video Interviews • 23 Nov 15

Multimedia designer and Emerging Creative, King Debs responds to social unrest with his larger-than-life street art. >
Modern and sustainable housing for healthcare workers in Burundi

Design News • 23 Nov 15

Architect Louise Braverman designed solar-powered housing for healthcare workers in the remote Burundian village of Kigutu. >
Décor series made out of salmon skin encourages sustainable fishing practices

Design News • 20 Nov 15

Designer Nienke Hoogvliet is calling attention to the global overfishing crisis by reusing salmon skin in her Re-sea Me décor range. >
20 tuk-tuks transformed into moving artworks

Design News • 20 Nov 15

Rickshaws made over by a collection of prominent designers in the name of India’s elephants. >
The Plumage cape is lauded the first of its kind in fashion

Product Spotlight • 20 Nov 15

3D printing technology opens up new avenues for fashion design and textile construction. >
An office building supported by fibres was recently unveiled in Japan

Design News • 20 Nov 15

Japanese architects have created a curtain of carbon fibres to support their newly designed building during an earthquake. >
Salt and a car battery can provide clean water with this community device

Design News • 20 Nov 15

Portable chlorine maker provides easy access to clean, drinkable water in low resource communities. >
Local Studio is leading urban transformation in Johannesburg’s inner city

Inside View • 19 Nov 15

Founded by Thomas Chapman, Local Studio is dedicated to urban transformation through design schemes that involve state, community and private business. >

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