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Bel & Bel are the leaders in supra-cycling
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Product Design
Spanish design studio Bel&Bel save objects from falling into disuse by redesigning their purpose.
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23 Mar 16
Bangladesh-based start-up boasts zero-waste fashion
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Design Activism
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Upcycling, recycling and reinvestment are the principles of this eco-friendly fashion brand.
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23 Mar 16
Fontus self-filling water bottles
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Product Design
Water bottles designed to harvest water from the air using an internal condensation system.
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22 Mar 16
Nature already has a solution to water contamination
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Design Activism
Researchers look into an ancient Native American method of purifying water with cactus goo.
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22 Mar 16
Portable water purification for developing nations
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Product Design
LifeStraw is a portable and affordable water purification tool for people in developing countries.
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22 Mar 16
WaterWheel: A rolling solution in rural India
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Wello Water’s WaterWheel lifts the physical burden of water collection in rural India.
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22 Mar 16
A faster, cheaper way to filter water using graphene
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Creative Economy
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Design Activism
Scientists have created a graphene-based water filter that could be a solution to the water crisis.
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22 Mar 16
Edible cutlery: Eat with it and then eat it
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Design Activism
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Food Design
In an attempt to curb the amount of waste caused by disposable cutlery, Narayana Peesapati has invented cutlery you can eat.
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21 Mar 16
CrowdVoice: An archive of social unrest from around the world
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Design Activism
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Information Design
Esra’a Al Shafei’s online platform curates user-generated content from protests around the world.
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21 Mar 16
Virtual reality used for drug rehabilitation
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Interaction Design
Programme at the University of Houston treats drug and alcohol addiction with immersive VR scenarios.
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21 Mar 16
Doctors Without Borders trials 3D printing and VR technology to design field hospitals
Design News
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Creative Economy
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) are trialling the use of virtual reality and 3D printing in the design process of their field hospitals.
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18 Mar 16
Electric-assisted handcycle prototype proposed as low-cost wheelchair in Bangladesh
Design News
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Product Design
Researchers design a solar-powered vehicle as a possible upgrade of the widespread manual wheelchair.
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18 Mar 16
Turning cemeteries into forests
Design Frontiers
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
The new Bios Urn and tree incubator has created a way to commemorate the dead by planting a tree.
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18 Mar 16
The "A" speaker: A solution to noise pollution
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Music & Sound Design
The "A" speaker is like listening to headphones without the headphones.
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17 Mar 16
Pigeon Air Patrol reports London’s air quality to tweeters
Design News
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Design Activism
Plume Labs sends a fleet of racing pigeons into the sky to monitor London’s pollution index.
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17 Mar 16
Bicycle path doubles as solar panel
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Creative Economy
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Urban & Landscape Design
Solar panels fitted into bike path generate more electricity than expected.
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17 Mar 16
The Dutch e-bike powered by solar energy
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
The Dutch Solar Bike's sleek design is thanks to specially designed solar panels.
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17 Mar 16
Kampala's street children rehabilitated through music and art
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African Design
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Music & Sound Design
M-Lisada is an orphanage in Uganda that empowers Kampala's street children through art.
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17 Mar 16
A movement to clean-up and beautify the city of Bhopal
Design News
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Design Activism
Bhopal I-Clean Team is a spot-fixing programme started by a group of locals who are determined to tidy up their city.
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17 Mar 16
A tiny, smart patch could replace insulin shots for diabetes sufferers
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
A painless patch could mean that millions of diabetes sufferers no longer have to inject themselves to correct their insulin levels.
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16 Mar 16
Welcome to Germany is a cellphone app for refugees
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Information Design
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Product Design
A smart application provides migrants with much-needed information about life in Germany.
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16 Mar 16
Clever cooking hacks to combat wasteful food habits
Design News
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Creative Economy
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Food Design
SpoonLed is a video and event series that shows millennials how to make the most out of their food waste.
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16 Mar 16
Ugandan community hall crafted out of basic materials
Design News
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Natural light and locally-sourced materials bring the late Ross Langdon’s design to life.
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16 Mar 16
An innovative way to extinguish a fire
Design News
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Product Design
The Elide Fire Extinguishing Ball uses a chemical blast to control unexpected fires.
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16 Mar 16
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