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A prefab home made from bio-based materials

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

DDacha is a customisable and sustainable living concept designed for a Northern European climate.

30 Oct 15
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Visualising brainwaves in a kaleidoscope of colour

Design News > Film & Animation

Filmmaker and animator Alice Dunseath creates a vibrant short film to show the brain’s reaction to beauty and functionality.

30 Oct 15
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Safer: The beautiful, wearable panic button

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Leaf Innovations have designed a line of jewellery that could save your life.

30 Oct 15
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Master of the craft: Orthopaedic surgeon

Design News > Art & Photography

In the second instalment of our photo series focusing on master artisans, we look at the hands of the makers. Today we look at an orthopaedic surgeon.

29 Oct 15
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This underground fridge doesn't need electricity

Product Spotlight > Design Thinking

Dutch designer Floris Schoonderbeek has designed an underground, cellar-style fridge that doesn’t require any energy to keep food cool and fresh.

29 Oct 15
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Waterless toilets designed for rural India

Design News > Design Activism

A new Eco-friendly waterless toilet system designed by a university professor is set to prevent illnesses caused by human waste.

29 Oct 15
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Takeout container turned mini-greenhouse makes growing food a snap

Design News > Product Design

Homegrown’s Takeout container makes the perfect mini-greenhouse for growing organic food.

29 Oct 15
00:06:36

Amanda Williams: Colour(ed) theory and the urban palette

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

Architect-cum-artist Amanda Williams uses her experience in colour theory to design an urban colour palette for historically black neighbourhoods in Chicago.

29 Oct 15
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Roots Up is on a mission to create self-sufficient family farming in Ethiopia

Design News > Creative Economy

The Roots Up project aims to improve poor living conditions for the Gondar farming community in the Ethiopian highlands.

29 Oct 15
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Smartphones at the forefront of healthcare in Africa

Design News > Interaction Design

Diagnosis, monitoring, and a treatment plan could be sent via a smartphone with Vodacom’s healthcare apps.

29 Oct 15
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Exclusive: Artist Adejoke Tugbiyele on giving voice to the voiceless

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

Nigerian-American artist and activist Adejoke Tugbiyele uses mixed media to give voice to the LGBTI communities of Africa.

29 Oct 15
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A pocket-sized flashlight powered by body heat

Product Spotlight > Product Design

This inventor's flashlight is powered by body heat and is expected to be a step towards living without batteries.

28 Oct 15
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Are crickets in cocktails a viable solution to food shortage?

Next Generation > Food Design

Graduates from the School of Visual Arts, Lucy Knops and Julia Plevin have co-founded Critter Bitters, a cocktail bitters made with toasted crickets.

28 Oct 15
00:06:33

Jonathan Lee gives us insight into Google's rebranding

Video Interviews > Information Design

Google's rebranding is a step towards tackling the world's complex problems with simple, accessible design.

28 Oct 15
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Julia DeVille turns death into art

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Taxidermist and jeweller Julia deVille uses reimagined dead animals to celebrate life.

28 Oct 15
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An app-assisted home vegetable garden

Design News > Product Design

Edntech hopes to inspire sustainable indoor gardening with its educational planter unit.

28 Oct 15
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Cervix “selfies” could improve women’s health care in remote regions

Design News > Product Design

Israel-based MobileODT is leveraging the power of mobile phones and selfies to improve cervical cancer screening among women in high-risk, low-income areas.

28 Oct 15
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Biodegradable briefcase turns into compost

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Dutch brand reWrap contributes to a sustainable future with its line of biodegradable products.

28 Oct 15
00:06:38

Teresa van Dongen on visualising the magic of nature

Talks > Product Design

Recent Dutch Design Award winner Teresa van Dongen expresses her interest in the unexpected but magical design of nature.

27 Oct 15
00:01:17

Trailer: Teresa van Dongen on visualising the magic of nature

Trailers > Product Design

Recent Dutch Design Award winner Teresa van Dongen expresses her interest in the unexpected but magical design of nature.

27 Oct 15
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Virtual landscape could predict Alzheimer’s disease years before onset

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design

Scientists in Germany claim to have found a way to detect Alzheimer’s disease using a virtual maze.

27 Oct 15
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Old bottles become designer products in Zanzibar

Design News > Product Design

Hubert and Elisabeth van Doorne together with Dutch Design Week are upcycling Zanzibar’s glass waste to pave the way for sustainable building on the island.

27 Oct 15
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Getting frank about female sexuality with Polly Nor

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Inspired by girl talk, selfies and angry tweets, London-based illustrator Polly Nor puts pen to paper to get frank about female sexuality.

27 Oct 15
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Taste, sound and history combine to form Bompas & Parr’s British Museum of Food

Design News > Food Design

Bompas & Parr showcase the most exciting elements of cooking and cuisine at the British Museum of Food.

27 Oct 15

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