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2030 vision
IKEA uses artificial intelligence to visualise how humans will be living in 2030.
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Bodily exchange
This store makes consumers rethink the concept of ‘product’.
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Upward mobility
Stefano Boeri Architectti brings urban forestry to social housing in Eindhoven
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#DI Exclusive: Timothée Mion tells us how to take out the trash
We probe Mion’s concept for clearing space debris
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Subline lets New Yorkers reclaim disused subways
Pietro Quintino Sella’s conceptualises new transportation routes for cyclists and pedestrians in abandoned subway lines
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antenna 2021 design graduate Rosana Escobar redefines the value of materials with her project, Unravelling the Coffee Bag
Tracing a global product back to its local context and raw state
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antenna 2021 graduate Anandita Ayesha Rangarajan’s Hate, Spaces, Ghettos project uses architecture as a means of political and social critique
Commenting on ghettoisation and spatial segregation in cities
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Kimia Amir-Moazami tackles food wastage with Vorkoster
Kimia Amir-Moazami tackles food wastage with Vorkoster
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antenna 2021 graduate, Benjamin Bichsel tackles plastic clothing waste
Cima explores circular solutions for disposable medical apparel
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Maxwell Ashford presents his robotically recycled footwear at antenna 2021
RUEI-01 focuses on responsible consumption and production
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Camila Chiriboga on fashion that brings dignity to differently-abled people
The antenna 2019 speaker created Veº, an inclusive system of fashion for the blind and visually impaired.
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6 clever design solutions for pressing healthcare issues
We highlight some of the design solutions aimed at healthcare sector.
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The Sumo Diaper is an eco-friendly and fully biodegradable diaper
The product was created by Luisa Kahlfeldt using a cellulose fiber that is made from eucalyptus wood pulp and brown algae extracts.
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Zana Masombuka on Ndebele Superhero as a process of reimagination
“Africans need to interpret their history themselves and seek to reinvent Africa according to their own terms.”
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3 projects that predict the future of food, travel and architecture
These three young graduates formed part of the inaugural Antenna event organised by Design Indaba and Dutch Design Week.
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Here is what to expect at the #antenna2019 exhibition
Come see innovative projects including ones looking at redesigning hearing aids, photography and converting waste into ink.
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Meet the speakers at this year's antenna conference
#antenna2019, hosted by Design Indaba, Dutch Design Week and World Design Embassies, is taking place today in Eindhoven.
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Friends forever – until the connection drops
Just how will artificial intelligence affect the world of design and the job of the designer? It could become a win-win situation.
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Is it possible for childbearing to happen outside the human body?
Billie Rehwald talks about her project Ectogenesis, which is looking at using design as a tool to consider this possible reality.
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Connextyle is providing multi-sensory healing for stroke patients
Inspired by the ancient Japanese technique of Kintsugi, the Connextyle shirt is a rehabilitation garment that helps stroke patients regain their muscle use.
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Mirjam de Bruijn's work explores the border between function and aesthetics
She speaks about Twenty, a range of waterless dissolvable capsules that take away the need to use 80 - 95% water to make these products.
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Inclusive, human-centred furniture for the disabled
Inspired by her sister who has Down's Syndrome, the designer behind this furniture range uses a human-centred approach to design.
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The potential future of food is growing all around us
Lichen, a cryptogram or type of plant, can be made in several tasty ways. So why aren’t we eating it?
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Designing a way to build bonds between strangers
Social designer Manon van Hoeckel creates spaces, art pieces and experiences that confront divides between people.
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