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Wear for walking

Design News > Product Design

The Ekso™ is a ready-to-wear, battery-powered exoskeleton that helps people with lower-extremity paralysis or weakness to stand up and walk.

6 Aug 13
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Paper fresh

Design News > Product Design

A simple biodegradable, recyclable piece of organic paper, or FreshPaper, could help to reduce food spoilage and the resultant waste.

6 Aug 13
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Mix & Shakr

Design News > Interaction Design

Eddie Opara designed an identity, web application and data visualisation for Carlo Ratti's robotic barman, Makr Shakr.

6 Aug 13
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Apple shots

Design News > Product Design

Martí Guixé has designed a shot glass that can be eaten, digested and transformed into energy after its use has been fulfilled.

5 Aug 13
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Collaborative stretching

Profiling > Product Design

Mr Price Home’s new CoLab series sees the retailer collaborating with trending local designers in creating fun, colourful and contemporary products.

5 Aug 13
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Masashi Kawamura: Making new ways of making things

Video Interviews > Interaction Design

Masashi Kawamura is interested in designing new ways to design and experimenting with ways to combines technology and storytelling.

4 Aug 13
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Eco electronic

Design News > Design Thinking

Introducing the ecoATM, a first-of-its-kind consumer self-service kiosk for recycling electronics.

4 Aug 13
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Crowdsourcing power

Design News > Creative Economy

CrowdFlower is a crowdsourcing platform that offers scalable solutions that deliver fast and accurate results for business data problems.

4 Aug 13
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TEN Collection ft Lydia Baillergeau (USA) – teaser

Inside View > Film & Animation

American artist, film director and motion designer Lydia Baillergeau features in the August 2013 edition of the TEN Collection. Here's what she's about.

3 Aug 13
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Saving Norman by Hanneke Schutte

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

#FilmFestFridays presents "Saving Norman" by SA filmmaker Hanneke Schutte.

2 Aug 13
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Convenient coffee

Design News > Product Design

Yvés Behar has designed a smartphone-controlled coffee experience that allows users to order remotely and pick up their coffee quickly.

2 Aug 13
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Mimicking meat

Design News > Design Thinking

Looking and tasting like meat, Beyond Meat™ offers plant protein as an authentic meat alternative with the same nutritional value but at a lower cost.

2 Aug 13
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Masashi Kawamura on doing different things with technology

Talks > Film & Animation

“By making things differently you’ll get something different (no duh)”. Masashi Kawamura explains how this approach informs his creative work.

1 Aug 13
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Super-sized graphics

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Frost* Design's interior design of bright, quirky and oversized graphics for an Australian bank aims to aesthetically engage employees.

1 Aug 13
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Family of furniture

Profiling > Product Design

Jan Douglas's collection of bespoke, low-tech furniture combines utility with a narrative element that draws on his Afrikaans heritage.

1 Aug 13
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Pony Desk by Y Tsai

Video Interviews > Product Design

The Pony Desk by Y Tsai offers children a desk, chair and storage unit in one. The container library at Vissershok Primary was recently gifted with 30 of them.

31 Jul 13
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Family makeover

Design News > Product Design

Hella Jongerius has given Vitra's "Prouvé Collection" of furniture a traditional, yet contemporary, makeover using colour.

31 Jul 13
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Paper sleeves

Design News > Product Design

WREN's iconic PPC Cement Laptop Bags now have a sibling! Welcome the Brown Paper iPad/Tablet Sleeve to the family of beautifully upcycled bags.

31 Jul 13
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Interior fusion

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Marcel Wanders is creating a dynamic fusion of east and west for his interior design for Quasar Residence in Turkey.

31 Jul 13
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Residing luxury

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Michael Bierut has designed the identity and branding for 150 Charles Street, a luxury residential space in New York.

30 Jul 13
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Footwear art

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Karim Rashid has used his trademark of bright colours and iconic patterns to design a one-of-a-kind sneaker for Sully Wong.

30 Jul 13
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244 years young

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Earlier this year Harry Pearce created a striking new identity for the Royal Academy of the Arts in London. Here's how he reached his vivid design solution.

29 Jul 13
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What it is

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

"This is what it always was, and will always be" is the translated title of Faith47's latest mural in New York.

29 Jul 13
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Iconic identity

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Hat-trick is working on the new graphic identity for one of London's most iconic buildings, Centre Point.

28 Jul 13

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Design News • 22 Mar 22

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Design News • 20 Mar 22

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Q&A • 20 Mar 22

Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Fikile Sokhulu pursues femininity in fashion >
On point(e)

Design News • 20 Mar 22

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