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Flying solar farm generates energy around the clock

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Solar balloons generate energy where clouds cannot interfere with their efficiency. >

12 Jan 16
Benjamin Hubert

Benjamin Hubert is an award-winning British design entrepreneur and founder of LAYER. He focuses on human-centred design. >

12 Jan 16
Ai Wei Wei sets up a studio on the refugee-flooded Greek island of Lesbos

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Chinese artsit Ai Wei Wei has set up a studio on the Greek islands of Lesbos to make art that responds to the migrant crisis. >

11 Jan 16
Space habitation could begin with a village on the moon

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

The ESA plans to send huge 3D printers to space to build a village on the moon. >

7 Jan 16
What is beauty? MBOISA 2016 investigates

Festival News > Design Thinking

Get ready to cast your vote for what you feel should be the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2016. >

5 Jan 16
Dot One creates personalised textiles using your DNA

Design News > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Information Design

Designed by Iona Inglesby, Dot One converts data from your cheek-swab into unique textiles and graphic prints. >

1 Jan 16
TV white spaces bring healthcare to rural Botswana

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Project Kgolagano uses TV white spaces to bring much needed medical care to remote areas in Africa. >

28 Dec 15
Li Edelkoort Design & Lifestyle Forecast Seminar 2016

For her 2016 trend forecast of the upcoming Spring/Summer 2017 season, Li Edelkoort presents a two-part seminar in Cape Town and Johannesburg. >

22 Dec 15
Flowy: An app that combats panic attacks

Design News > Design Thinking / Information Design

Flowy reduces stress, anxiety and panic attacks using daily breathing rituals. >

22 Dec 15
Hydricity is the solar solution to round-the-clock power generation

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Researchers have designed a concept to solve a major problem facing solar power generation. >

18 Dec 15
Tech solutions for disaster-prone areas

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Pacifico is an organisation that creates tech solutions for areas plagued by natural disasters. >

17 Dec 15
How should we be responding to the migrant "crisis"?

Inside View > Design Activism / Design Thinking

The movement of displaced and refuged humans across the world will surely define this decade. We ask prominent design thinkers their thoughts on how to help. >

16 Dec 15
This app for the visually impaired is centred on human kindness

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Be My Eyes is a platform that allows the visually impaired to connect with a willing volunteer. >

15 Dec 15
World's first underwater hotel to kickstart the "inner space" tourism industry

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

This 12-room, $20 million hotel will be nestled underwater. It provides a whole new meaning to "sleeping with the fishes". >

15 Dec 15
Pee-powered socks: the new alternative energy source

Design News > Design Thinking

Scientists at the Bristol BioEnergy Centre have invented socks that could eventually power portable and wearable electronics. >

15 Dec 15
Holiday display reveals the stark reality of domestic violence

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

This holiday display shows the ugly truth about domestic violence during a time synonymous with joy. >

14 Dec 15
Scientists create the world’s first painkiller patch

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Taking painkillers orally can be damaging. This transparent patch was made to treat pain at the source. >

11 Dec 15
Meet the people living in off-grid homes made of rubbish

FilmFestFriday > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Design Thinking

“Meet the Earthship” is a short film about an off-grid community living in houses made of rubbish outside of Taos, New Mexico. >

11 Dec 15
Farmers use bee fences to protect subsistence farms

Design News > Design Thinking

Farmers from Kenya to Sri Lanka are building sustainable beehive fences to protect their crops from wild elephants. >

11 Dec 15
The design, art and fashion communities respond to the migrant crisis

Inside View > Design Activism / Design Thinking

The movement of displaced humans across the world will surely define this decade. We ask prominent design thinkers their thoughts on how to help. >

10 Dec 15
Scale: Layer Design Studio’s contribution to the evolving workplace

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Product Design

Benjamin Hubert’s studio designed an eco-friendly, adaptable, acoustic partition for commercial spaces. >

10 Dec 15
Matthew Harrison: Responding to complex healthcare issues

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Information Design / Product Design

Helix is a design studio centred on the development of simple solutions to complex healthcare problems. >

10 Dec 15
LifePrint photos come alive in your hands

Product Spotlight > Art & Photography / Design Thinking

Augmented reality photographs are able to come alive as though the user were holding a GIF in their hands. >

9 Dec 15
Osteobotics is the merging of robotics and biodegradable material

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

Using robotics and biodegradable material, these students have sought to streamline architecture. >

8 Dec 15

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