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  • Images: Ecosphere Organics
    Ecosphere Coasters
    EcoSphere Organics is transforming foodwaste >
  • Olayami Dabls
    Meet the artist behind America's only museum dedicated to African beads
    Olayami Dabls says he wanted to enable residents to better understand the immense power of their African heritage. >
  • Thing Thing
    Detroit studio Thing Thing disrupts traditional methods of production
    Thing Thing consider their work to fall somewhere between architecture and a party. >
  • Now and Then image
    Now and Then: Tracing the city of Detroit’s decay
    This photo collection depicts two contrasting points in the lifespan of a city. >
  • Wheelchair
    Wheelchair-friendly baby stroller for differently-abled parents
    A high school student has created a baby carrier wheelchair for a differently-abled parent to stroll with their newborn >
  • Poo power
    Why waste shouldn't go to waste >
  • Empowerment Plan Detroit
    The EMPWR coat rolls out into a sleeping bag to keep homeless people warm
    Water resistant, the jacket can also be converted into and worn as an over-the-shoulder bag. >
  • The artificial placenta could help severely premature babies
    Mimicking the womb
    An artificial placenta could revolutionise care for premature babies. >
  • Write A House renovates dilapidated homes for emerging writers.
    Revitalising Detroit by giving homes to writers
    Write A House is a non-profit that provides vocational training to Detroit locals while trying to stabilise a city in decline. >
  • This broken home was given new life.
    Flower House: Bringing the dead to life
    Abandoned for 15 years, this Detroit home became an internationally acclaimed art project called Flower House. >
  • Researchers are trying to make braille more accessible by using a pneumatic display.
    Pneumatic display designed to modernise braille
    This full-page, pneumatic, braille-like display could change the way the blind use technology. >
  • Image source: MSU
    Transparent solar panels: Any surface could be a power source
    Researchers are developing a completely transparent solar panel and it’s set to be a game-changer. >
  • Steve Frykholms, the poster child of graphic design
    Meet Steve Frykholm, the poster boy of graphic design
    From designing posters for an annual picnic to hanging in the MoMAs permanent collection, this short documentary looks at the notable career of Steve Frykholm. >
  • "Custom Bicycle Seamless Paper" photographs are © J.W. Fisher and J.T. Leonard
    Looking at American cities in the “Rust Belt”
    New photographic book “Landmark” by J. W. Fisher and J. T. Leonard looks at the theatre of the everyday in the post-industrial cities of America. >
  • Teshia Treuhaft at Design Indaba. Photo by Jonx Pillemer.
    Teshia Treuhaft on how a dancer helped her be a better designer
    This graduate of Rhode Island School of Design designed a series of inventive chairs that respond to the movement of the human body. >
  • Teshia Treuhaft.
    Teshia Treuhaft on how a dancer helped her be a better designer (trailer)
    Observing a dancer's movements helped this Rhode Island School of Design graduate rethink the basic structure of a chair. >
  • Teshia Treuhaft.
    Teshia Treuhaft
    Artist • Communication Designer • Product Designer
    Teshia Treuhaft is an artist/designer with expertise in furniture and object design as well as communications design. >
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