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TippyTalk: Tech that bridges the gap between the disabled and their caregivers

Design News > Interaction Design

Rob Laffan created an app that helps his autistic daughter communicate from anywhere at anytime.

12 Apr 16
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Skin: The next step in wearable tech

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

SkinHaptics is a new innovation that sees the palm of your hand as the next display surface for wearable tech.

12 Apr 16
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A fossil-fuel-free houseboat from an apocalyptic future

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Tshepo Mokholo is an architect-turned-designer and his goal is to bring about inner-city change through better design.

12 Apr 16
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The UK’s first transparent solar bus shelter

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Energy-generating bus shelter sets the standard for solar glass infrastructure in city spaces.

12 Apr 16
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Eco-friendly trap designed to stop spread of virus-carrying mosquitoes

Design News > Product Design

An innovation made from old car tyres helps contain mosquito-related virus outbreaks in Guatemala.

12 Apr 16
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Green Product: From PET bottles to this range of chairs

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The LJ series by Dutch studio De Vorm is a range of chairs and stools that feature a strong, soft felt material that is made of recycled PET bottles.

11 Apr 16
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Illume Creative Studio: Illuminating Africa through creative communication

Video Interviews > Creative Economy

Rwandan communications agency helps Rwanda’s growing brands and businesses express themselves.

11 Apr 16
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The Kofe Club Collection: Uniquely Nigerian furniture

Design News > African Design

Product designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello believes small-scale operations can lead to unique, Nigerian designs.

11 Apr 16
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Campaign reconnects refugees with their moms

Design News > Design Activism

Refugee Phones turns commercial radio into personal media for refugees to contact their mothers.

11 Apr 16
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Smart thermometer crowdsources info for real-time health tracking

Design News > Design Thinking

Kinsa’s Smart Thermometer is able to help individuals and communities map diseases before they spread.

11 Apr 16
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New strategies to improve the consumer experience

Design News > Design Thinking

The needs of consumers are ever-changing and designers will need to respond.

8 Apr 16
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Grotesque sculptures comment on food waste and production

Design News > Art & Photography

Japanese artist Ayako Fudamoto creates lifelike sculptures of deformed livestock using fake food samples.

8 Apr 16
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Floating bio-filtration system cleans up river litter

Design News > Industrial Design

Melbourne-based designer Rowan Turnham builds a modular plant system that captures trash from an estuary.

8 Apr 16
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3D-printed robots are able to move immediately after printing

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

MIT researchers developed a way to print both liquids and solids, building a robot faster and with immediate results.

8 Apr 16
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Eva Mynsberghe: Making products that tell stories

Video Interviews > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Jewellery and interiors designer Eva Mynsberghe emphasises the importance of telling stories with design.

8 Apr 16
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Redesign Meat at the Slagerij de Hamvraag

Inside View > Food Design

Food designers rethink the meat industry in a series of talks and discussions at the Slagerij de Hamvraag pop up butchery in the Netherlands.

7 Apr 16
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Architects designing for social improvement

Inside View > Architecture & Interiors

billionBricks project manager Astrid Hugo shares advice on how to design for the homeless.

7 Apr 16
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Artist invites humans to bond with worms

Design News > Product Design

Amy Youngs’ exhibition educates people about the benefits of worm composting at home.

7 Apr 16
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Smart tampons could be the future of home diagnostics

Design News > Product Design

Researchers are creating a tampon testing system that helps women monitor their own health and fertility.

7 Apr 16
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Gau Gas creates energy from animal waste

Design News > Product Design

Cooking with fossil fuels over an open flame is harmful to people and the environment, SustainEarth offers a biogas alternative.

7 Apr 16
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Harnessing creativity in the workplace

Design News > Design Thinking

Creativity on demand: Some lessons in how to channel your creative energy in a more productive way.

6 Apr 16
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Dave Hakkens’ DIY plastic recycling machines

Design News > Industrial Design

Industrial designer shares blueprints for recycling machines so that anyone can make plastic products at home.

6 Apr 16
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Backpacks made from traditional Sotho blankets

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Sibusiso Mokhachane makes backpacks from blankets to celebrate his heritage and help the world unlearn African stereotypes.

6 Apr 16
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Helen Borg’s illustrations prove that a little bit of cheek goes a long way

Next Generation > Graphic Design & Illustration

Using a handful of quirk and a pinch of cheek, Helen Borg’s illustrations question and mock the pleasures and emotions surrounding desire in our society.

6 Apr 16

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