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As the director of Design-Led Innovation at Philips Design, Clive van Heerden is working to bring designers into the process of technological development. >

"Hello World!" is an installation consisting of some 5000 individual video diaries taken from the internet. >

Cowbird, a new type of social media network, aims to become a public library of human experience. >

A public art installation in Spain employed red flashing lights to start a conversation about the role of government in a democratic society. >

Eyal Burstein used a variety of vintage teacups, bowls and trinkets to create an advent calendar of different a creative calibre. >

"Follow Me" and you'll be in the picture! A new camera mount for use in adventure sport makes it easy for the photographer to be in the shot. >

Smile! The "face" atop the lighthouse is watching you. >

Olivia de Gouveia's "Apocalyptopia" project considers the consequences of present displacement in a fictional future. >

Haptic Intelligentia is a system that makes provision for traditional craftsmanship in the age of digital technology and 3D printing. >

Kyra van Ineveld's The Wiki Truth project reveals that the truth can be a fickle thing, especially in the age of crowd sourcing. >

"Save As" is an interactive platform for translating online experiences into tangible objects, looking at how social media influences collective memory. >

Lucy and Jorge Orta's 70 x 7 The Meal takes its cue from an ancestral ritual and encourages networking, socialising and discussions around food. >

Arabeschi di Latte is a group of Italian women designers who use design concepts and food to explore situations and relationships. >

Food urbanist Carolyn Steel argues that cities, like people, are what they eat. She explains how food shapes the cities in which which we live. >

Kudzanai Chiurai's State of the Nation exhibition unpacks the notion of "state" using art, photography, performance and videos. >

Recognising artistic excellence in the visual and performing arts, the winners of the 2011 Standard Bank Young Artist Award were announced recently. >

What happens to the stories and belongings of people that die alone? Agata Niemkiewicz's Remember Me, but ah, Forget My Fate considers this sad situation. >

The Textured Self by Sonja Bäumel uses bacteria to demonstrate how different forms of life work together to make the human body function. >

GIPCA's Hot Water Festival considers the conversation on climate change that needs to happen between scientists and performing artists. >

How about growing high-end fashion in your kitchen? Emily Crane's Micro-Nutrient Couture is exotic and edible. >

The Bulletproof Skin concept takes personal safety to a whole new level with a bulletproof superhuman skin. >

From digital to post-digital, Alpha-ville at the London Design Festival explores the social and cultural effects of the humanising of technology. >

Design meets science: A concept project looks at creating renewable energy through the photosynthesis of algae and moss >

Pedro Reyes's Baby Marx installation uses puppets of Che Guevera and Karl Marx to examination socialism versus communism in a humourous way. >

Film and Dance, this weekend, is an event exploring the intersection between dance and film with a screening of Wim Wenders's Pina. >