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The craft of image creation with W&N Studios

Warren Du Preez and Nick Thorton Jones are London-based image makers, artists and film makers who've worked with Bjork, Alexander McQueen and Iris Van Herpen. >
Food production in a world without meat

The rate at which we eat meat is not sustainable. A project by Central Saint Martins graduate Hanan Alkouh looks to replace pork with seaweed. >
Future of food: Diary of a cell farmer

Imagine beef without cows and eggs without chickens. Cellular agriculture can serve up food with no animals. >
Turn Table: The Anatomy of a Pitch

In the most creatively courageous way, London-based creative agency NB Studio wrote a play of their Design Indaba Conference Talk. >
NB Studio on being brave, bold and creatively courageous

London-based creative agency NB Studio created a theatrical only-at-Design Indaba experience with a play that reveals the tensions at a design pitch. >
Wair: A scarf that protects from air pollution

With air pollution on the rise, this designer turns to accessories as a solution. >
A city that doesn't evolve is just an open air museum

Dezeen has put together a design manifesto that outlines how designers can help Britain thrive after Brexit if the government helps design. >
Luxury leather bags made from human skin

Material Futures graduate Tina Gorjanc creates a collection of leather products made from the lab-grown skin of Alexander McQueen. >
Erik Kessels: In advertising, ideas are more important than craft

Erik Kessels believes that in advertising, ideas are more important than craft and that to stay creatively stimulated you have to be a hybrid. >
Responsive jewellery that filters your smartphone notifications

Jewellery and tech studio Vinaya wants us to stay connected to other people in style. >
This engineering student’s invention could revolutionise the renewable energy sector

Lancaster University’s Abigail Carson invents innovative power storage solution. >
British student designs vaccine transportation kit that could save millions

Introducing the Isobar, an ammonia absorption-based refrigerator for vaccines. >
The Proximity Care button brings easy-living to dementia patients

Mettle Studio’s small new device helps dementia sufferers and their guardians. >
Hornsea Project Two: UK’s massive new wind farm

The British government has recently approved construction of a second, world-leading collection of wind turbines. >
BuggyAir: A mobile air pollution tracker

This air pollution testing kit helps parents make informed decisions about the type of environments they expose their children to. >
Shoey Shoes made entirely from waste materials

Student looks into using material offcuts to create a sustainable range of children’s shoes. >
No Man’s Sky: The videogame that conceives galaxies

The 2016 offering of Hello Games is pushing the possibilities of open-world gameplay to new stratospheres. >
Blubel: The intelligent bicycle bell

Blubel Tech’s new device for cyclists offers far more than the chime of a bell. >
Intuitive wardrobe donates unworn clothes to charities

The Internet of Clothes is a creative concept that tackles the over consumption of fashion. >
Liquid light created in DiMO lamp range

Modern lamp designed to imitate the mechanism of a syringe. >
The clothing designed to sense unseen pollution

In collaboration with UK scientists, artist Kasia Molga created garments that are able to measure the surrounding air quality. >
Match your body movements to the sound of your heart

Material Futures graduate Lesley-Ann Daly looks into how wearables and implants can give the user a more visceral connection to their bodies. >
This floating home is 98 per cent recyclable

The WaterNest 100 is a sustainable, futuristic floating home. >
Living architecture could be the answer to sustainable built environments

University team develop smart bricks with biological systems that can generate energy and clean water. >

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