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  • 5 surprisingly sustainable fashion fabrics
    Inside View > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    It's not just organic cotton and hemp on the sustainable fabrics line up. Here are five of the most curious eco-friendly textiles. >
    6 Nov 19
  • Using Casein formaldehyde, an extract from skimmed milk, Tessa Silva-Dawson created durable plastic.
    Cow's milk plastic provides a natural, eco-friendly alternative
    Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Product Design
    Using an extract from skimmed milk, Tessa Silva-Dawson created a durable alternative to harmful plastics. >
    11 Jul 16
  • Rwandan genocide survivors received cows from the government but were unable to sell their milk at the local market until Chantal Butare came along. Image: minagri.gov.rw
    Getting milk to the market is helping Rwandan genocide survivors
    Next Generation > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking
    Rwandan genocide survivors received cows from the government but were unable to sell their milk at the local market until Chantal Butare came along. >
    5 Oct 15
  • 5.5 design reimagines how we think about milk with the "Vaice a lait"ape Town's eco-friendly Hotel Verde
    Reconnecting to the idea of the udder
    Design News > Food Design / Product Design
    5.5 Design Studio have created the "Vache à Lait" (Milk Cow) in order to reconnect consumers to the idea of milk coming from the udder. >
    11 Aug 15
  • Re-Pack Milk
    Innovative milk carton designed to combat Sao Paulo water crisis
    Product Spotlight > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design
    Design students in Sao Paulo, Brazil have designed a milk container that radically reduces the costs of recycling traditional milk cartons. >
    10 Aug 15
  • Take Five.
    Take Five
    Take Five > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design / Product Design
    The top feature this week told the story of a young designer following the trail of his Zulu roots. >
    4 Apr 15
  • Food fight: Shin-ichi Takemura
    Design News > Food Design / Design Thinking
    Shin-ichi Takemura says we should rather be talking about being “creative” than “sustainable" in terms of the environment. >
    15 Nov 11
  • Food fight: Sita Bhaumik
    Design News > Food Design
    It boggles artist Sita Bhaumik’s mind that contemporary famines are manmade. >
    15 Nov 11
  • Food fight: Frank Tjepkema
    Design News > Food Design
    Product designer Frank Tjepkema believes that as a consumer, you are responsible for the way the food you eat is produced. >
    15 Nov 11
  • Oog on Droog
    Design News > Craft / Design Thinking / Product Design
    Focusing on Droog's eco explorations proves that the Dutch design collective's fountain of good ideas never runs dry. >
    1 Aug 06
  • New media marvels
    Opinion > Interaction Design
    Getting animated about this year's new media superheroes is CNMA judge and editor of the UK's Creative Review magazine, Patrick Burgoyne. >
    1 May 06
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