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Furniture design spun from solid yarn

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Bobbin is a range of furniture recognised for its innovative and award-winning textile technique.

4 Jul 16
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Four ways Africa can influence design

Design News > Information Design

A core theme of the What Design Can Do conference explores what Africa can do for Europe. These are the experts called upon for answers.

1 Jul 16
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Sustainable plastic products made out of air pollution

Design News > Product Design

AirCarbon is a plastic polymer made out of methane emissions that would otherwise be polluting the air.

1 Jul 16
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Si-Low: A low-cost grain storage unit for Africa

Next Generation > Product Design

Anthony Brown has developed the Si-Low, a low-cost grain storage unit to help prevent farmers in Africa from loosing their grain after they harvest.

1 Jul 16
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Flood-prone affordable homes empower slum residents

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Alok Shetty addresses the bleak housing conditions of the urban poor in Bangalore

1 Jul 16
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Biometric wearable designed to lower stress levels

Design News > Product Design

ZENTA is a health-tracker-cum-life-coach that focusses on the wearer’s overall mind and body wellbeing.

1 Jul 16
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Welcome to Wes Africa: A new fashion campaign with a touch of nostalgia

Design News > Film & Animation

Online fashion store Superbalist presents a Wes Anderson-inspired cinematic winter campaign shot in Dakar, Senegal. We'd like to share it with you.

1 Jul 16
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Body Electric: Technology meets fashion

Design News > Information Design

Fashion designer Clara Daguin brings together technology and textiles in her striking collection Body Electric.

30 Jun 16
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Enabled by design: A way finding system that considers the disabled

Next Generation > Information Design

A More Inclusive Pedestrian Wayfinding System builds on the existing "Legible London" system to create an enhanced and more user-friendly navigation system.

30 Jun 16
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“Give a Beep” calls for a more cycle-friendly London

Design News > Design Activism

Swedish company Hövding kickstarts movement that encourages London’s mayor to “give a beep” about cyclists’ safety.

30 Jun 16
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Alby Apparel promises liquid-repellent breathable clothes

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Using patented Fillium technology, wearing these Alby Apparel clothes promises to dramatically reduce your washing load.

29 Jun 16
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A new human-centred packaging system for ARV medication in Africa

Next Generation > Product Design

A new system for the packaging of AIDS-related virus medication in Sub-Saharan Africa thinks more holistically about the user's needs.

29 Jun 16
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Upcycled textiles add character to resin stools

Design News > Product Design

Designer Ammar Kalo discovers an unconventional use for discarded scraps of fabric.

29 Jun 16
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The meat-free burger that bleeds

Product Spotlight > Food Design

Impossible Foods has developed an entirely vegetarian burger that simulates meat so effectively that it bleeds.

29 Jun 16
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Inside Nairobi's growing fashion scene

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Nairobi concept store Ichyulu teams up with local photographers and style bloggers to celebrate the city’s growing fashion scene.

29 Jun 16
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Sou Fujimoto on multi-layered and conceptual architecture

Talks > Design Thinking

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto’s philosophical body of work explores architecture that doesn’t dictate any particular behaviour to its users.

28 Jun 16
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Puzzle-like mural for a new mother and child hospital in Johannesburg

Design News > Art & Photography

Lorenzo Nassimbeni has been working with 26'10 SOUTH Architects to create a geometric tiled mural on the new Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital.

28 Jun 16
$Marbelous Wood "Refraction #1"$ Watch

Hypnotic flooring created by new approach to ancient marbling

Design News > Craft

Snedker Studio’s Marbelous Wood series transforms pine wood into ripple-effect artwork.

28 Jun 16
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Shoes that are wearable for longer win cradle to cradle design challenge

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Virginia Tech student designs modular shoe with parts that can be disassembled to recycle or decompose.

28 Jun 16
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Exoskin: The programmable material

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Scientists have created a material that is able to bring motion to otherwise motionless products.

28 Jun 16
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Eco-ware made only out of leaves aims to revolutionise packaging industry

Design News > Product Design

Leaf Republic develops environmentally-friendly packaging and servingware from pressed leaves.

28 Jun 16
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After Lights Out: A photo series of twilight landscapes

Design News > Art & Photography

Photographer Julien Mauve investigates the twilight with only one source of light.

27 Jun 16
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Wovns promises original woven textiles on demand

Design News > Creative Economy

Imagine being able to turn individual digital designs into custom Jacquard-woven fabric, available in quantities as small as a single metre.

27 Jun 16
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Floating greenhouse is both sustainable and educational

Design News > Design Activism

Serbian design firm Salt & Water have conceptualised a floating community hub that teaches green living.

27 Jun 16

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