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This architect is helping to rebuild health facilities in disaster-hit areas

Creative Work • 6 Apr 18

Partners In Health offer high-tech facilities where there would otherwise be very little care options in places like Haiti and Liberia. >
Thabisa Mjo on using bold product design to tell stories

Creative Work • 5 Apr 18

"I consider design a form of story-telling and design is the medium through which those stories are told." >
Dutch designer Anton Karlsson on the importance of using humour to make people think

Creative Work • 5 Apr 18

He recently won a Rising Star award at the 2018 Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair for his range that is modelled on the digestive system. >
This designer uses bacteria to make colourful silk scarves

Creative Work • 5 Apr 18

Are microorganisms even more useful than we previously thought? >
Plenty aims to build a giant indoor farm next to every major city

Creative Work • 5 Apr 18

Plenty’s mission is to give each city a hub to grow organic herbs and vegetables locally and indoors. >
Meet the Congolese designer who has worked with Kanye, Jay Z & Rihanna

Creative Work • 4 Apr 18

The designer talks about her new label, shaking up stereotypes and creating jobs over charity in Kinshasa. >
Meet the world's first drone costume designer

Creative Work • Duration: 00:10:27 • 4 Apr 18

Before industrial designer, Léa Pereyre, started working at Verity Studios the job description of "drone costume designer" did not exist. >
Scientists design liquid barrier to protect coral reefs from UV damage

Creative Work • 4 Apr 18

As the world’s temperatures rise, a threat to marine life is mounting in the form of sun bleaching. These researchers may have the solution. >
13 crafty creatives of product, interiors and industrial design

Creative Work • 2 Apr 18

Insects, bottle caps, shapes and colours, are just some of the inspirations behind the work of these 2018 Emerging Creatives. >
Empathy Bridge for Autism is a toolkit for building meaningful connections

Creative Work • 1 Apr 18

The social challenge for people with autism is that it can make it difficult to form meaningful connections, often leading to isolation. >
Photographs capture the dangerous practice of wine collecting in Namibia

Creative Work • 1 Apr 18

The palm wine collectors in Namibia risk their lives for their cultural practice. >
This Polish designer created a book that puts you in the shoes of someone with dementia

Creative Work • Duration: 00:08:46 • 31 Mar 18

The Polish photographer and communication designer turned her frustration into art. >
Smart glasses help kids with autism recognise facial expressions and emotions

Creative Work • 31 Mar 18

Stanford researchers develop artificially intelligent glasses for autistic children using Google Glass technology. >
Employ Me helps those on the autism spectrum on the journey to finding a job

Creative Work • 30 Mar 18

The uniquely designed set of learning materials aims to correct a shameful employment imbalance. >
On the future of food, fashion and eating our environmental problems away

Creative Work • 30 Mar 18

The world is changing rapidly, this means our fashion and food choices need to keep up. >
Photographer documents a French community living completely off the grid

Creative Work • 30 Mar 18

They started living here as a resistance movement against plans to build an airport on the land. >
6 young visual artists on our radar

Creative Work • 30 Mar 18

Photography and Filmmaking from the eyes of this years Emerging Creatives. >
Norway announces plans for a sustainable, smart city near the country’s major airport

Creative Work • 29 Mar 18

The ‘energy positive’ Oslo Airport City will be the first of its kind. >
Tony Brook on his recent collaboration with BBC Creative

Creative Work • 29 Mar 18

“At its best, graphic design can be thought provoking, beautiful, memorable and leave a lasting impression." >
The Beecosystem brings the art and science of beekeeping straight into your home

Creative Work • 29 Mar 18

Its size means that it is ideal for use in the home, the classroom and other important educational spaces. >
The Unmasked Women project tackles mental health among black women

Creative Work • 28 Mar 18

The creative project is prioritising the work of young black women artists. >
A new preservative-free way to protect food from spoiling

Creative Work • 28 Mar 18

This plant-based food design can extend the freshness of fruits and vegetables up to four times. >
Using textile design to track the history of nutmeg

Creative Work • Duration: 00:02:51 • 27 Mar 18

Marta Velasco Valesco on what inspired her #Antenna2017 project, Pulau Banda. >
Spaces designed not for cars, but for people

Creative Work • 27 Mar 18

Is an underground, automated road tunnel the answer to the nightmare that is traffic congestion? >

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