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Using hummus to try and bridge the divide between Israelis and Palestinians

Design News > Product Design

Design student Liora Yuklea taps into food culture to bring together neighbours at war.

17 Nov 15
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Foldout shelter aims to provide homes to those in crisis regions

Design News > Design Activism

Barberio Colella ARC’s foldout shelter can be assembled in a minute using locally sourced materials.

17 Nov 15
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Lightweight winter jacket with built-in thermo-control technology

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Kelvin is a jacket designed to warm the wearer from the inside out.

17 Nov 15
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Slaughter-free "genuine" leather for your shoes and jackets

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Modern Meadows is a Brooklyn-based biotechnology start-up growing slaughter-free leather from living cow cells.

17 Nov 15
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Artificial neurons able to learn human language

Design Frontiers > Information Design

ANNABELL, a new cognitive model, is able to learn language organically, without the need for pre-coded responses.

17 Nov 15
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Andile Buka's photo book explores the Johannesburg landscape

Design News > Art & Photography

"Crossing Strangers", Andile Buka’s first published work, is a photobook exploring Johannesburg and the people that live there.

17 Nov 15
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Photographer captures the oppressive reality of anxiety

Design News > Art & Photography

Katie Crawford’s self-portraiture series captures the raw essence of anxiety.

16 Nov 15
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Vibe-ing explores the possibilities of self-healthcare in textile design

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

An innovative garment joins the ranks of high-tech fashion by combining vibration therapy with textile technology.

16 Nov 15
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Kathryn Fleming: Designing the evolution of animals

Video Interviews > Design Thinking

US designer Kathryn Fleming explores various ways in which animals and humans could co-evolve in the future.

16 Nov 15
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A Ugandan graduate can charge your phone with a bicycle tyre

Design News > Product Design

Elliot Mwebaze has developed a device that enables phones to charge using a bicycle dynamo.

16 Nov 15
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Colour-changing clothing amplifies body language

Design News > Product Design

Eef Lubbers’ Kimbow dress changes colour with the wearer to transcend the limits of static textiles.

16 Nov 15
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Biodegradable, laundry-free bed sheets

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Beantown Bedding has created biodegradable bed sheets that can be used for a few weeks and then thrown into the compost.

16 Nov 15
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These classrooms are designed to help children with ADHD focus

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Israeli architect Lior Ben-Sheetrit designed an innovative classroom to assist children with ADHD to focus and learn better.

16 Nov 15
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A design that considers nationality to be the most precious social resource

Next Generation > Design Activism

Stefania Vulpi has designed a conceptual online system that allows a network of people to share their nationality and the social benefits that come with it.

16 Nov 15
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Nendo’s MINIM+AID brings design thinking to disaster preparedness

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Japanese studio’s emergency preparedness kit is a compact and smart product designed for national necessity.

13 Nov 15
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The Pickle Index makes way for a new age of cross-medium, immersive storytelling

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Novelist Eli Horowitz tells a futuristic story through three completely unique narrative experiences.

13 Nov 15
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Artist rediscovering the scenes of ordinary life in Nigeria

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi observes daily life and paints what she sees, and the result is a collection of witty, touching, and genuine paintings.

13 Nov 15
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DIY restaurant calls attention to poorly treated staff

Design News > Design Activism

Guests cooked for themselves in a restaurant turned workers’ rights campaign.

13 Nov 15
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Soft robots are the way of the future

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

A 3-D-printed robotic hand made out of silicone rubber does what its predecessors can’t – handle objects as delicate as an egg.

13 Nov 15
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Ever wonder who’s behind the sounds in your much-loved films?

FilmFestFriday > Music & Sound Design

“The Foley Artist” is a behind-the-scenes look at the unorthodox methods one master sound artist uses to design the sound effects for film.

13 Nov 15
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Safia Qureshi: A project to help eliminate paper cup waste in London

Design News > Product Design

Safia Qureshi talks about her new, chai wallah-inspired project, Cup Club, which aims to reduce the amount of waste caused by disposable coffee cups in London.

13 Nov 15
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James Mitchell explores the potential of architectural skills to affect social change in African communities

Inside View > Creative Economy

James Mitchell discusses his humanitarian organisation and how it is building up communities with entrepreneurial and construction skills.

12 Nov 15
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Master of the craft: Vespa mechanic

Design News > Craft

In the fourth in a photographic series focused on the hands of artisans, we look at the greased and oiled fingers of a Vespa mechanic.

12 Nov 15
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New app means new knowledge for a new Myanmar

Design News > Interaction Design

New Niti aims to teach youth about democracy as Myanmar’s general elections end military rule.

12 Nov 15

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