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Lava Lab: Innovation at the intersection

Video Interviews > Interaction Design

We talk to the ladies of Lava Lab about the rise of the hybrid designer and the age of Millenial thinking.

14 Jul 16
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Nima senses microscopic amounts of gluten

Design News > Product Design

Nima detects gluten in foods that are labelled as "gluten-free" but may have picked up microscopic amounts of the protein during the cooking process.

14 Jul 16
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Photographer’s new book shows the awkward humanity of fame

Design News > Art & Photography

Known for his quirky photography style, Uneasy is a book of Chris Buck’s portraits of the famous from 1986 to 2016.

14 Jul 16
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Wearable device acts as 24/7 physical therapist to Parkinson’s Disease patients

Design News > Product Design

Xeed is a smart device designed to improve the treatment of patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease by monitoring their tremor patterns.

14 Jul 16
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Would we modify our skyline for the sake of mental wellbeing?

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Phong Nguyen’s speculative project looks at how far we’d go to treat mental illness.

14 Jul 16
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New controller allows upper-limb amputees to play video games using their feet

Design Frontiers > Product Design

GEAR’s creators say it allows amputees to control video game characters with the same precision as able-bodied users.

13 Jul 16
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Basia Dzaman: The future of 3D printing and robotics

Video Interviews > Industrial Design

Global graduate Basia Dzaman harnesses new technologies to explore traditional embroidery patterns.

13 Jul 16
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Dencity competition winners foster new ideas that tackle high density in informal settlements

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Social, architectural and technological solutions to improve the living conditions in the world’s urban slums.

13 Jul 16
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Sea of Hull brings together 3000 naked bodies for climate change

Design News > Design Activism

To raise awareness about rising sea levels, over 3000 nude people painted themselves blue and descended on the city of Hull.

13 Jul 16
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Flare, the ambulance Uber in Nairobi

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Using an integrated ambulance dispatch system, Flare is a next-generation tech product that cuts hours to minutes in medical emergencies in East Africa.

12 Jul 16
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Nimb discreetly sends alerts in emergency situations

Design News > Product Design

If you’re in distress, the Nimb ring sends your location to family and friends.

12 Jul 16
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Trackable lifejacket uses app technology for man-overboard rescue

Design News > Product Design

Anti X1 is a clever redesign of the time old lifejacket, created to improve safety at sea

12 Jul 16
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Project Nourished: A virtual reality experience that tricks your taste buds

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design

Experience designer Jinsoo An’s Project Nourished creates virtual worlds where any food dream is possible.

12 Jul 16
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The world’s largest air purifier is touring the smoggy cities of China

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Tower (which works like a vacuum cleaner for dirty air) is travelling to China.

11 Jul 16
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Buildings made of bones

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Cambridge researchers explore bone and eggshell as greener building materials of the future.

11 Jul 16
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Basia Dzaman on the intersection of robotics and creativity

Talks > Industrial Design

A Polish student from the School of Form in Poznań, Poland has designed a robotic arm that reimagines the lost art of snutki.

11 Jul 16
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Dune covered carpark doubles as flood defence

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Named the Best Dutch Building of the Year in 2016, the Katwijk underground parking garage protects against future floods.

11 Jul 16
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Cow's milk plastic provides a natural, eco-friendly alternative

Design News > Product Design

Using an extract from skimmed milk, Tessa Silva-Dawson created a durable alternative to harmful plastics.

11 Jul 16
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Interaction is more important than expensive tech, says experience designer Marcus Lyall

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Marcus Lyall is behind some of the most spectacular shows of our time.

11 Jul 16
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Image Merchants: W&N Studio and James Lavelle

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

We talk to DJ and artist James Lavelle and photographers Warren Du Preez and Nick Thorton Jones about the resurgence of craft and their various collaborations.

8 Jul 16
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Cozmo, the unpredictable robotic companion

Design News > Product Design

Tech innovation company Anki have designed a tiny robotic companion like no other.

8 Jul 16
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Belgian artist creates art out of chickens

Design News > Design Thinking

The Cosmopolitan Chicken project by Koen Vanmechelen uses the living materials collected during chicken cross-breeding to create art.

8 Jul 16
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Floris Kaayk: The Modular Body merges fact and fiction

Design Frontiers > Film & Animation

Filmmaker Floris Kaayk toys with the public’s willingness to believe in the extraordinary.

8 Jul 16
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Design graduate shares her artful take on wood joinery using plastic bottles

Design News > Product Design

Royal College of Art student Micaella Pedros unveils a resourceful technique of making furniture

8 Jul 16

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