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Manipulating bad eating habits with product design

Portion Distortion is a conceptual design project that explores the psychology behind our eating behaviour. >
Ugandan graduate on BreastIT, a cancer-detecting glove

Moris Atwine talks about his team’s award-winning breast cancer detection app. >
Threads of Peru shines a spotlight on traditional Quechua weaving culture

The non-profit organisation economically empowers skilled women artisans from Peru. >
Project H teaches public school students to build for good

Californian non-profit group, Project H is teaching children the value of design and architecture, and how it can make a difference in their communities. >
This shelter is a response to forced immigration

An eco-friendly modular shelter for displaced immigrants created by design firm DMOA. >
This Solar Grill makes cooking easier in areas with no electricity

The cooker stores solar energy for cooking at any time of the day. >
Graduates in Chile transform abandoned urban lots into community spaces

Sitio Eriazo, a collective of theatre, architecture and art graduates are on a mission to restore beauty to these spaces. >
Revolutionising food production with edible fungi made from plastic

LIVIN Studio and Utrecht University transform plastic waste into gourmet fungi food. >
A floating public pool designed to revive Melbourne’s Yarra River

London-based architects Studio Octopi proposed a floating pool to activate community interest around the cleanup of the Yarra River. >
Egypt uses sewage to grow forests in the desert

To tackle desertification, the Egyptian government is growing tree plantations that thrive on waste water. >
Sculptural desalination plant imagined for Santa Monica pier

Pipe is a sustainable water harvesting solution that could produce 4.5 billion litres of clean water for California. >
OLO turns smartphones into portable 3D printers

Anyone with a smartphone can digitally fabricate objects with this 3D-printing device. >
Robotic lifeguard designed for rapid rescue and recovery

Remote-controlled buoy becomes a tool for quick and efficient sea rescue. >
Tired running shoes turned into slippers for school children

GreenSole collects old trainers and transforms them into new shoes for rural kids. >
A bamboo city built for communal living

Penda explores the idea of a sustainable urban village made out of bamboo and rope. >
Catch an autonomous flying drone to work

Airbus shares plans to develop autonomous flying vehicles in response to land-based traffic congestion. >
Shoey Shoes made entirely from waste materials

Student looks into using material offcuts to create a sustainable range of children’s shoes. >
Boombox champions nomadic retail spaces

A startup platform that gives emerging businesses access to a public market. >
Students create seaweed-based yarn to tackle fashion industry pollution

BioEsters is a bio-based material that presents a sustainable yarn alternative for designers. >
Intuitive wardrobe donates unworn clothes to charities

The Internet of Clothes is a creative concept that tackles the over consumption of fashion. >
Ceiling lamp made from its own packaging

Dutch design studio creates waste-free lamp from cardboard tubing. >
Living armchair makes a comeback

Italian design studio relaunches its well-known grass furniture piece. >
Wearable sunscreen device encourages necessary sun protection behaviour

SunZee is a wristband that simplifies sunscreen reapplication during outdoor activities. >
Brain helmet stimulates creative thinking

Plato project explores scientific solution to problem solving. >

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