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The visually impaired take photos too, says Dustin Adams, the designer of VizSnap.

“Cards Against Urbanity” pokes fun at the pains of urban planning in a cynical, yet educational way.

Salton Massally, CTO of iDT Labs, writes about how open-source software helped fight Ebola in Sierra Leone and what this can mean for West Africa.

HÔTEL TRAVAIL is a new workspace concept for freelancers and nomadic employees by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Shay Raviv.

Design studio Architecture and Vision is bringing clean water to rural Ethiopia with its Warka Water project.

The introduction of a solar powered water purification system sparked a new economy in a remote Mexican village.

A 10-year study into the properties of fire ants has put researchers on a path to a self-healing material.

This year's LagosPhoto Festival, Designing Futures, looks at dialogues on African design that focus on how we understand our past, present and futures.

Refunite is a free platform with an anonymous database of more than 405,000 users and an estimated 1 500 family reunions.