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De-Formance by Jessica Smarsch

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation

De-Formance is a unique project that investigates the connection between design and movement. >

4 Nov 16
Harvard researchers develop world's first 3D-printed heart on a chip

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Could this development mean the beginning of the end of animal product testing? Harvard researchers have developed a tiny heart that is 3D-printed on a chip. >

3 Nov 16
Capturing South Korea’s deep-sea diving women

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

See Hyung S. Kim’s breathtaking portraits of the sea women of Jeju. >

2 Nov 16
VR world creates empathy through action

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design

Immersive yourself in our dying planet to foster tangible change. >

31 Oct 16
Photos capable of producing electricity developed by Finnish Researchers

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

What if that photo on your mantle could help power your kettle? >

31 Oct 16
The Shit Museum sells you crap

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Not all shit is waste: Merdacotta is a material made of cow manure and clay that pushes you to see the potential of poo. >

26 Oct 16
Sensing strain in the body with new fibre optics

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

These refined fibres could one day revolutionise neuroscience and brain treatment. >

26 Oct 16
Student designed device to investigate the Arctic’s underwater environment

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

The DeepFreezeROV promises to expand our understanding of a world we can’t see. >

25 Oct 16
The ‘dirty’ way Toyota is creating cleaner fuel

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Would you drive a car powered by poo? >

24 Oct 16
Speeding up physiotherapy with soft robotics

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

A Swiss lab develops robotic exoskeleton tech for good. >

21 Oct 16
Disrupting expensive city housing with Big World Homes

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Affordable, flat-packed homes that rethink the way people live. >

21 Oct 16
The ‘glow-in-the-dark’, energy-efficient cycle lane

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

This unique solar-powered bicycle path is guiding Poland’s nighttime cyclists. >

20 Oct 16
Open source wheelchair for developing countries

Design Frontiers > African Design / Product Design

The SafariSeat by Kenya-based design team Uji is an open-source wheelchair specially tailored to the needs of people living in rural communities. >

19 Oct 16
Heart-monitoring smart watch empowers wearers to live longer lives

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

The iBeat is a life-saving wearable for every age. >

17 Oct 16
Hyperloop concept could be the railway transport of tomorrow

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Take a look at SpaceX’s evolution of maglev trains. >

17 Oct 16
The drone you can eat

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Edible and unmanned, this drone could be a game-changer for aid delivery. >

17 Oct 16
Pauline van Dongen’s latest invention is a shirt designed to correct your posture

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Eliminate slouching with this smart addition to your wardrobe. >

14 Oct 16
How to make roads work for you

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Solar Roadways, a US-based startup, imagines a world that is navigated by efficient, power-generating roads. >

11 Oct 16
Humans and algae: An interdependence

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

A future where fresh air is inside not outside. >

11 Oct 16
Ugly produce for a better world

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Food Design

That wonky-looking vegetable in your pantry could be the key to solving world-hunger. >

5 Oct 16
Future of food: Diary of a cell farmer

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Food Design

Imagine beef without cows and eggs without chickens. Cellular agriculture can serve up food with no animals. >

4 Oct 16
Turning famine into feasts: Insects as the livestock of tomorrow

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Food Design

Consider Nordic Food Labs - the science kitchen that makes bugs a more tasty prospect. >

3 Oct 16
Mars colonisation: Three fundamental questions

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Efforts are mounting to get us on the red planet - why, how and who? >

30 Sep 16
The Unusual Football Field challenges the boundaries of existing areas

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

A curious soccer pitch for space-starved urban areas. >

29 Sep 16

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