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BIG x FREEDOM

Design News > Design Activism

BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) partnered with Lonestar Data Holdings >

28 Feb 25
A New Dawn

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Interaction Design

The Netherlands Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka aims to establish Common Ground >

20 Feb 25
Sensing Nature

Design News > Design Activism / Interaction Design

Design studio unveils bioacoustic communication system to foster a deeper connection with nature >

30 Jan 25
Everything Eats Light

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's exhibition inspired by Proterocladus antiquus >

27 Sep 24
Repeat after Me

Design News > Design Activism

The Polish Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2024 in Venice, is an audiovisual exploration of the sound of war >

22 Aug 24
Art of noise

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

A new exhibition celebrates the designs that shape our experience of music. >

16 May 24
Clean green

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

This indoor photo bioreactor absorbs carbon dioxide and pollutants using algae. >

16 Apr 24
Trash to treasure

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

Ananta Design Studio reimagines old office furniture into fantastical artwork. >

9 Apr 24
Pain phone

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking

The Panadol Pain Phone is a remote healthcare unit. >

28 Feb 24
Sight walks

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

‘Sidewalks to See’ helps the visually impaired to navigate city streets. >

15 Jan 24
The worm turns

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Edel Rodriguez illustrates his own life for the first time. >

9 Jan 24
Design in motion

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Information Design / Product Design

A wearable sleeve helps those with neuromuscular diagnoses gain mobility. >

13 Dec 23
Not just another brick in the wall

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Striking murals across Cape Town ask viewers to consider the ocean. >

4 Dec 23
Defining tomorrow

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

The 2023 James Dyson Award winners have been announced. >

28 Nov 23
Down to earth

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

An immersive exhibition five metres underground opens in the Western Cape >

24 Nov 23
Tied together

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

From headscarves to stadium seats, Crafted Liberation is a cry for gender equality in Iran. >

24 Nov 23
Caring home

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

A daycare centre in Japan plays a unique community role. >

23 Nov 23
Bodily exchange

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

This store makes consumers rethink the concept of ‘product’. >

16 Nov 23
Fire bug

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

A repurposed smartphone becomes a wildfire detection system. >

6 Nov 23
The sound of air

Design News > Design Activism / Industrial Design / Product Design

The Vox Aeris speaker also cleans indoor air. >

30 Oct 23
Close kiln

Q&A > Design Activism

Nindya Bucktowar explores our ever-morphing ecosystems through clay. >

16 Oct 23
Reality bites

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Anish Kapoor’s latest exhibition displays the artist’s lifelong interest in materiality. >

16 Oct 23
Emerging ecologies

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

A new exhibition at MoMA explores the early days of environmentalism in the 20th century. >

11 Sep 23
House of memories

Design News > Design Activism

A memorial dedicated to earthquake victims traces the natural paths on a hill. >

12 May 23

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