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Canadian industrial designer creates tetrapods that mimic mangroves and protect coastlines from erosion

Design News > Product Design

Industrial designer Xavier Ouellet has developed a system of floating tetrapods that protects coastline from erosion.

26 Oct 20
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Mimica Touch is a tactile label that combats food waste by providing accurate feedback on when food is spoiling

Design News > Product Design

London-based industrial designer Solveiga Pakštaitė is working hard to combat the massive issue of food waste.

23 Oct 20
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How to capture the smell of Nairobi’s slums in a rose-scented perfume

Design Frontiers > Information Design

Artist, designer and writer Coltrane McDowell is interested in telling stories.

23 Oct 20
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Danielle Begnaud looks at how to involve children in the process of designing toys

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Her project Brain Bridges explores how toy design might change when children are considered partners in the design process, instead of just end users.

23 Oct 20
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How surgical robots are assisting with surgery

Design News > Interaction Design

A collaboration between Wyss Associate Faculty member Robert Woodand and Robotics engineer Hiroyuki Suzuki.

22 Oct 20
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ASMR: The new wave of sound therapy

Design News > Creative Economy

Here we discover the sensation of ASMR.

22 Oct 20
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Healing Health Cafe's

Design News > Creative Economy

Pop-in and rest pit-stops are urban sanctuaries for city slickers.

22 Oct 20
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The new digital health clinic for women

Design News > Product Design

"We’ll deliver your medication quickly and discreetly to your front door. You’ll open your treatment in the comfort of your own home."

22 Oct 20
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The virtual community for mental health and care in a game form

Design News > Design Thinking

Created by designer-researcher Bianca Carague, Bump Galaxy is a virtual community for mental health and care in a game world prototyped on Minecraft.

22 Oct 20
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The mind-blowingNeuralink

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design

The first neural implant that will let you control a computer or mobile device anywhere you go.

22 Oct 20
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Meet the first smart case that records your birth control pill intake to keep you on track

Design Frontiers > Product Design

“Up to 80% of women on the pill miss at least one per month, so we designed a smart system that tracks the pill and sends reminders until it’s taken.”

22 Oct 20
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The S.A.D. SUN ALLERGY DIARIES

Design News > Information Design

SiiGii designs concept-driven body extensions

22 Oct 20
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How the CRISPR gene-editing tool became a scientific breakthrough

Design News > Information Design

Illustrating how to edit genes - Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna are this year’s Nobel Laureates for Chemistry

22 Oct 20
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South African architecture student looks at how to reimagine dangerous alleyways in a Johannesburg suburb as pedestrian streets

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Joshil Naran's Honours project is named “in-between, back-to-back & front-to-front”.

22 Oct 20
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Universal typeface Braille Neue builds new connections between the sighted and visually impaired

Design News > Product Design

Designer Kosuke Takahashi has created a font that enables visually impaired and sighted people to read from the same page and connect with each other.

20 Oct 20
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Plus Minus 25: Melting curtains that could regulate room temperature

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Anna Koppmann and Esmée Willemsen are working with old technologies to create a brand-new heating and cooling system for homes.

20 Oct 20
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Maternity care project Birth Reborn looks to support black mothers in America

Design Frontiers > Information Design

Design graduate, Victoria Ayo focused her final project Birth Reborn on creating better maternity care for black mothers in America.

18 Oct 20
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How to treat the HIV epidemic: RCA graduate Ricky Stoch addresses treatment adherence

Design News > Product Design

Royal College of Art graduate Ricky Stoch created a system called FebriSol that aims to solve the problem of treatment adherence.

18 Oct 20
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#antenna2020 Interview: Ricky stoch

Design News > Design Thinking

"I don't distinguish between my design ethics and personal ethics, I just try my best to act with integrity."

17 Oct 20
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antenna 2020: The young, the curious, the brave

Design News > Design Thinking

Initiated by Design Indaba and Dutch Design Week, antenna takes the pulse of the new design.

17 Oct 20
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A playground built to scale for children

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Studio Ossidiana realized Horismos in tinted concrete with different finishes, adding a tactile element to this labyrinth-like structure.

15 Oct 20
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A new perspective of storytelling for children

Design News > Product Design

The project was nominated for a Kids Design Award 2020.

15 Oct 20
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Kid-friendly electronics kit

Design News > Product Design

Founded by French designer Matthieu Muller, Studio Fantasio’s has created a kid-friendly electronics kit.

15 Oct 20
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The new inclusive LEGO experience

Design News > Product Design

Through teamwork they created audio and braille building instructions which now gives those with disabilities the ability to enjoy the LEGO creative play experi

15 Oct 20

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Design News • 1 May 22

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Design News • 1 May 22

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Q&A • 1 May 22

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Q&A • 1 May 22

Kuang-Yi Ku, a former dentist turned speculative designer and artist, explores a fictional future where termites and humans live in harmony >

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