Design News

  • Leapfrog rising sea levels
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Lilypad by architect Vincent Callebaut is a floating ecopolis for climate refugees in 2100. >
  • Molecular meat
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Cocoon by Rickard Hederstierna is a response to the world’s growing population and its desire to consume meat and fish. >
  • Petri dish flesh
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Tissue Culture and Art Project by Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr explores the use of tissue technologies as a medium for artistic expression. >
  • Crop artist
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Environmental artist Agnes Denes’s iconic 1982 work, Wheatfield, is revived in London in 2009. >
  • Mushrooms on the run
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Agata Jaworska’s In Transit proposes growing mushrooms in the packaging while they are being transported. >
  • Growth and death
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Artist Philip Ross’s work explores humanity’s relationship with plants. >
  • Communal pods
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Eco-pod proposes to stimulate the economy and ecology of downtown Boston through the installation of a temporary vertical algae... >
  • Earthship
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Science Barge is a prototype sustainable urban farm and environmental education centre afloat the Hudson River in New York. >
  • Flower power
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Comprising 15 solar panelled sunflowers, the Electric Garden in Austin, Texas, is literally what its name says. >
  • Hard stomach
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Julia Lohmann’s work explores the threshold between animal and animal material, probing society’s attitude towards animals. >
  • Farm footprint
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Crowd Farm draws energy through a flooring system that responds to human footsteps. >
  • Readymade oasis
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Evan Gant’s RainDrops system allows people to adapt standard plastic bottles to an existing gutter system to collect rainwater. >
  • Barrel o’ rain
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Designed to look like a giant water drop, Bas van der Veer’s A Drop of Water collects rainwater by filling a watering can and rain barrel. >
  • Rain harvesting
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The Cista is a rainwater harvesting system designed to be attractive and easy to use. >
  • Filterbrella by Andrew Leinonen.
    Singing in the rain
    Design News • 1 Nov 09 • Sponsored Content
    The Filterbrella by Andrew Leinonen provides protection while collecting and filtering rainwater to make it safe to drink. >
  • Dust to dust
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Sietch Nevada, by Matsys design studio, projects water-banking as the fundamental factor in future urban infrastructure. >
  • Powerplant tomatoes
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    A collaboration between Great Northern Hydroponics and GE Energy has resulted in a massive greenhouse cogeneration plant. >
  • Jelly fishfarm
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Somewhere between a biodegradable fish farm and a synthetic reef, Microcosmic Aquaculture is a speculative project. >
  • Robotic aquaculture
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    The self-sustaining and untethered Oceansphere is powered by a patent-pending hybrid ocean thermal energy conversion system. >
  • Body pharming
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Michael Burton’s design projects predict a future scenario where people grow and produce clinical and pharmaceutical products on the body. >
  • SMS with fish
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Amphibious Architecture is a visual interface that offers a looking glass into the aquatic ecosystem through SMSes. >
  • Functional food
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Pharmland is a proposal by Nord Architects to redirect 20% of Denmark’s agricultural land to grow medicine instead of food. >
  • Mould robots
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first-ever biological robot using mould. >
  • Food miles
    Design News • 1 Nov 09
    WHYBIN/TBWA Sydney has crafted 12 countries’ flags from food typical of the country. >

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From the Archives

  • Portraits in plastic
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    Established artist Mbongeni Buthelezi has exhibited widely in South Africa and abroad >
  • Weathering the storms
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    Bangladeshi architect and recent Soane Medal recipient Marina Tabassum’s modular houses are built to survive monsoon season >
  • Life through the lens
    Design News • 10 Jul 22
    A Russian photographer is awarded for documenting the social transformation of the traditional ‘reindeer people’ >
  • All the feels
    Q&A • 10 Jul 22
    Fernado’s high-end fashion brand taps into the emotional connection we have to fashion items >