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The future of urban farming is flat-packed

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

With this design, an instructions booklet and a set of flat-pack pieces that can be easily fitted together are all you need to start farming in the city. >

19 Nov 15
Scientists illustrate the space colonies of the future

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Thinking

Scientists have come up with a number of designs for what life would be like when staying on Earth is no longer an option. >

19 Nov 15
The CannaCloud is the instant high without the fuss

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

This new system makes medical marijuana prep as easy as brewing a cup of coffee. >

19 Nov 15
Icon's underwear line tackles incontinence in women

Product Spotlight > Design Thinking / Product Design

Icon's new underwear line seeks to help women who suffer from light incontinence after childbirth. >

18 Nov 15
Smart burn dressing lights up under UV light when infected

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

This smart burn dressing is designed to change colour when the patient’s burn wound is infected. >

18 Nov 15
Slaughter-free "genuine" leather for your shoes and jackets

Design News > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Modern Meadows is a Brooklyn-based biotechnology start-up growing slaughter-free leather from living cow cells. >

17 Nov 15
Artificial neurons able to learn human language

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Information Design

ANNABELL, a new cognitive model, is able to learn language organically, without the need for pre-coded responses. >

17 Nov 15
Kathryn Fleming: Designing the evolution of animals

Video Interviews > Design Thinking

US designer Kathryn Fleming explores various ways in which animals and humans could co-evolve in the future. >

16 Nov 15
These classrooms are designed to help children with ADHD focus

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Israeli architect Lior Ben-Sheetrit designed an innovative classroom to assist children with ADHD to focus and learn better. >

16 Nov 15
Soft robots are the way of the future

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

A 3-D-printed robotic hand made out of silicone rubber does what its predecessors can’t – handle objects as delicate as an egg. >

13 Nov 15
Early Bird tickets are now available for Design Indaba Conference 2016

Festival News > Design Thinking

Secure your seat to the most inspiring and innovative event of the year with our limited, reduced-rate Early Bird ticket. >

12 Nov 15
Outdoor classroom grows as students learn

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Architecture studio AP+E has designed an evolving outdoor classroom for alternative learning. >

12 Nov 15
Trailer: Kathryn Fleming on designing future species

Trailers > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

RCA graduate Kathryn Fleming imagines using the endless potential of biology to create future species with unusual characteristics. >

12 Nov 15
Kathryn Fleming on designing future species

Talks > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

RCA graduate Kathryn Fleming imagines using the endless potential of biology to create future species with unusual characteristics. >

12 Nov 15
Todd St. John: HunterGather and primitive design practices

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Film & Animation

Simple visuals bring complex ideas to life at Todd St. John’s studio, HunterGatherer. >

11 Nov 15
An eco-friendly textile dye made from algae

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Blond and Bieber’s Algaemy project investigates the creative possibilities of various forms of algae. >

11 Nov 15
Steven Heller: Deconstructing design and the power of logos

Video Interviews > Design Thinking

The art of critiquing design from one of the leading voices in design criticism. >

10 Nov 15
Transparent solar panels: Any surface could be a power source

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Researchers are developing a completely transparent solar panel and it’s set to be a game-changer. >

10 Nov 15
Mobile app encourages creative thinking to beat cancer

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking

Cancer survivor Conn Bertish beat the disease with treatment and creative thinking and is now encouraging others to do the same. >

10 Nov 15
Clothes designed to correct poor posture

Design News > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jeffery Heiligers designed Posture – a clothing line tailored to prevent poor posture caused by leaning over your desk . >

9 Nov 15
Sun tracking cell inspired by ancient Japanese art

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Researchers have tapped into the past to find solutions to energy problems in the modern world. >

6 Nov 15
A Nigeria-made Urine Malaria Test kit set to accelerate the fight against malaria

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Using the same one-step dipstick technology as the modern home pregnancy test, the Urine Malaria Test kit takes 20 minutes and requires little to no training. >

5 Nov 15
Healthcare wearable provides stats at a glance

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Vivi makes it possible for a surgeon to check a patient’s vitals without looking away. >

4 Nov 15
Could the future of sex be robotics?

Design News > Design Thinking

Tech advancements have seen the development of the most lifelike humanoids to date, but what does this mean for the relationship between man and machine? >

4 Nov 15

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