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This Guinea Bissau artist uses his art to draw attention to social injustice

Design Frontiers > African Design / Art & Photography

"Design should be used as a tool to improve lives and harmonise situations,” says artist Nu Barreto. >

2 Oct 17
Holograms to be used to help heart surgeons during medical procedures

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

The device will be the first commercial system allowing clinicians a true holographic experience. >

2 Oct 17
UK student designs a gardening tool to help the elderly

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Interaction Design

The Greencart was recently awarded a James Dyson Award for student innovation. >

28 Sep 17
Tiffany Chu discusses transit, equity and access at the inaugural Design Commons

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

The co-founder of Remix is redesigning the way cities build their transport routes. >

22 Sep 17
The Algae Dome imagines a future of architecture-powered food

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Food Design

Where sustainable food design and public architecture intersect. >

18 Sep 17
An edible insect farm for the contemporary home by Livin Farms

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Could this convenient bug harvesting design propel the popularity of insect-based diets? >

13 Sep 17
Cutting-edge graphene paint takes ecological architecture to a new level

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

This lime-based coating is quickly becoming an industry standard with its thermal & eco-friendly qualities. >

6 Sep 17
The world’s first medical drone delivery system sets up shop in Tanzania

Design Frontiers > African Design / Creative Economy

Zipline will save millions of lives by making medical supplies accessible in developing areas. >

2 Sep 17
Heartworks: Storytelling through crafts and embroidery

Design Frontiers > African Design / Craft

Helle Vibeke Jensen and Tina Ratzer’s Heartworks workshop inspires out-of-the-box thinking. >

1 Sep 17
This electricity generating yarn could change the face of wearable tech

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

The carbon nanotube yarn generates electricity with just a tug. >

31 Aug 17
LifeArk off-grid housing is focused on sustainable community transformation

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

The affordable, emergency housing system is aimed at disaster prone areas and displaced peoples. >

30 Aug 17
The inflatable garden that could sustain life on Mars and beyond

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

This NASA project would see astronauts on a self-sustaining vegetarian diet for longer trips across the cosmos. >

29 Aug 17
Kolor Art Collective’s latest work questions what it means to be ‘normal’

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

Photographed by Pol Kurucz, the brazenly avant-garde series defies conventionalities. >

23 Aug 17
Meet Carolyn Davidson, the woman behind the iconic Nike Swoosh

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration

The retired graphic designer created the logo while she was still a student at Portland State University. The job earned her $35 back then. >

21 Aug 17
Exhibiting photography at roadhouses to celebrate this fading social culture

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Film & Animation

Night By Roadhouse brings local and international photography to a wide, non gallery-going audience in Johannesburg. >

18 Aug 17
SaveArtSpace turns billboards into public art canvasses

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

The initiative aims to empower artists from all walks of life and inspire a new generation of young creatives. >

17 Aug 17
Travel the world through the eyes of the Agoraphobic Traveller

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

This curator reveals the beauty that can be found in Google Street View. >

16 Aug 17
The Connected Supper Club on dinner tables as spaces for positive change

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

“London is a big city and I don’t find it surprising that people are attracted to small events centred around dinner tables," says Simon Nash. >

15 Aug 17
A 30 foot warship made from plastic debris is hoping to draw attention to ocean pollution

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

The Surfers Against Sewage initiative is highlighting the world’s largest ocean garbage site. >

14 Aug 17
Zambian fashion entrepreneur on prints, nostalgia and the importance of finding synergy

Design Frontiers > African Design / Craft / Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Lucy Mulima started Aya Goods after years spent working in fashion, PR and media. >

14 Aug 17
This wearable sticker set could help prevent sexual assault

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

Developed by a researcher at MIT, Intrepid can detect if somebody is taking off your clothes. >

3 Aug 17
Coline Mauroy’s Homemade project investigates ‘self-building’ in high-density environments

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

“Architecture is not only about making a building beautiful, it’s more about thinking about a space that can provide a better way of living". >

1 Aug 17
Could the future of mobility lie in 3D-printing?

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

The folks over at Michelin imagine a future of adaptive, airless wheels with the Visionary Tyre concept. >

27 Jul 17
Mexican students design a carpet for growing crops in refugee camps

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Rise, which was designed by three Mexican industrial design students, won an RSA Student Design Award in the Wearing Intelligence category. >

25 Jul 17

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