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Interactive installation Pollinators increases public awareness of declining bugs and birds

Design News > Interaction Design

Pollinators, by design studio Aether & Hemera, is an interactive installation that raises public awareness of the decline of pollinator birds in the UK.

23 Dec 15
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Rio de Janeiro’s grand, new Museum of Tomorrow

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Designed by Santiago Calatrava, the Museum of Tomorrow is spectacular building in Rio de Janeiro dedicated to science, the environment and the future.

22 Dec 15
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No more burnt toast with this see-through toaster

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Designer James Stumpf has come up with a see-through toaster so users can see how brown their toast is getting.

22 Dec 15
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Flowy: An app that combats panic attacks

Design News > Information Design

Flowy reduces stress, anxiety and panic attacks using daily breathing rituals.

22 Dec 15
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doctHERs provides Pakistani women with healthcare via video-link

Design News > Information Design

The doctHERs initiative is an online platform that connects doctors to patients in need using technology.

21 Dec 15
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Skateboards build communities in Ethiopia

Design News > Creative Economy

Ethiopia Skate is an initiative that uses skateboarding to help youth make connections in Addis Ababa.

21 Dec 15
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Loud Mini bicycle horn makes sure cyclists are heard in traffic

Design News > Product Design

A compact hooter that is as loud as a car hooter is designed for safe urban commuting.

18 Dec 15
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Hydricity is the solar solution to round-the-clock power generation

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Researchers have designed a concept to solve a major problem facing solar power generation.

18 Dec 15
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Data Cuisine's dishes are a visual, edible representation of information

Design News > Food Design

The chefs at Data Cuisine design special data dishes to ask and answer questions about the information in our lives.

18 Dec 15
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Ticket Books encourages commuters to read with free subway rides

Design News > Product Design

Brazilian publishing house, L&PM Editores republished a collection of ten classic novels that double as metro tickets.

18 Dec 15
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Vietnamese vernacular and modern construction meet in this community centre

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Swallow Homestay and Community House is the product of the happy union between traditional Vietnamese building methods and modern construction.

18 Dec 15
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Graffiti increased the property value in this Miami neighbourhood

FilmFestFriday > Art & Photography

The Walls of Change project is transforming an industrial neighbourhood in Miami into the heart of street art.

18 Dec 15
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Relax and recharge under Mathieu Lehanneur's Clover street lights

Product Spotlight > Industrial Design

French industrial designer Mathieu Lehanneur creates an urban furniture and lighting collection for COP21’s climate conference.

18 Dec 15
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The Portals Project by Shared Studios brings together strangers from across the world

Design News > Design Activism

In their Portals Project, Shared Studios has turned shipping containers into wormholes through which people on opposite sides of the world can connect.

18 Dec 15
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The Quipu project houses the untold stories from Peru’s forced sterilisations

Design News > Information Design

Interactive documentary uses a phone line and the web to share the haunting experiences of those who were sterilised against their will.

17 Dec 15
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Environmentally friendly gift-wrapping concept, Dono

Design News > Product Design

Copenhagen-based design studio Frensk creates a reusable wrapping paper system that keeps a record of past users.

17 Dec 15
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Tech solutions for disaster-prone areas

Design News > Product Design

Pacifico is an organisation that creates tech solutions for areas plagued by natural disasters.

17 Dec 15
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New fund will invest 40 million euros in designs that improve life

Design News > Design Activism

INDEX Awards and Dansk OTC are establishing a venture capital fund of 40 million euros to invest in life improving designs.

17 Dec 15
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Hefin Jones: Socially engaged design

Video Interviews > Design Activism

Hefin Jones is the designer behind Cosmic Colliery and the Welsh Space Campaign, two socially focussed design projects.

17 Dec 15
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New waterless toilet design costs five cents to run

Design News > Design Activism

The nano membrane toilet, a new waterless toilet design, runs for less than five cents a day and will begin trials in Ghana early next year.

17 Dec 15
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MoMa curator Paola Antonelli unveils her “thinkering” concept

Inside View > Architecture & Interiors

Paola Antonelli on how design should be more about critical thinking than problem solving.

17 Dec 15
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A dinnerware set inspired by the Czech Cubism

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Designed by Svetlana Koženová, the Lilia Collection is a dinnerware set inspired by the slicing planes and crystalline shapes of Czech cubism.

17 Dec 15
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Clean technology invention uses only solar power to purify water

Design News > Product Design

The Desolenator is a viable solution to the global water crisis.

16 Dec 15
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Mithun wins 2015 Architecture at Zero Honour Award

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

US-based architecture practice, Mithun designed an award-winning housing plan for San Francisco Mission Bay campus.

16 Dec 15

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