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Vera de Pont designs clothing for a world submerged in water

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Vera de Pont designs garments and accessories for inhabitants of an imaginary underwater planet. >

4 Nov 15
Empty plastic water bottles make the ideal insulated roof tiles

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

'A'Gua water bottles by Donald Thomson are custom-designed plastic water bottles that turn into roofing tiles when empty. >

4 Nov 15
Trailer: Studio Formafantasma on words as a tool for design

Trailers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Product Design

Italian design duo Studio Formafantasma use talking and collaborating as core tools in its design process. >

3 Nov 15
VizSnap: Facilitating photography for the blind

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

The visually impaired take photos too, says Dustin Adams, the designer of VizSnap. >

3 Nov 15
Studio Formafantasma on words as a tool for design

Talks > Craft / Design Thinking / Product Design

Italian design duo Studio Formafantasma use talking and collaborating as core tools in its design process. >

3 Nov 15
Bar game takes the mystery out of urban planning

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

“Cards Against Urbanity” pokes fun at the pains of urban planning in a cynical, yet educational way. >

3 Nov 15
How open-source software helped end ebola in Sierra Leone

African Report > African Design / Design Thinking

Salton Massally, CTO of iDT Labs, writes about how open-source software helped fight Ebola in Sierra Leone and what this can mean for West Africa. >

3 Nov 15
A new workstation for nomadic employees

Design News > Design Thinking

HÔTEL TRAVAIL is a new workspace concept for freelancers and nomadic employees by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Shay Raviv. >

2 Nov 15
Solar power brings clean water to remote Mexican village

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

The introduction of a solar powered water purification system sparked a new economy in a remote Mexican village. >

2 Nov 15
The world’s first hand-woven raffia car in Nigeria

Design News > African Design / Craft / Design Thinking

A weaver based in Ibadan, Nigeria has taken the age-old craft of weaving to new heights by weaving the entire body of a car. >

2 Nov 15
Ants inspire the super material of the future

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

A 10-year study into the properties of fire ants has put researchers on a path to a self-healing material. >

30 Oct 15
This underground fridge doesn't need electricity

Product Spotlight > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Dutch designer Floris Schoonderbeek has designed an underground, cellar-style fridge that doesn’t require any energy to keep food cool and fresh. >

29 Oct 15
Smartphones at the forefront of healthcare in Africa

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Diagnosis, monitoring, and a treatment plan could be sent via a smartphone with Vodacom’s healthcare apps. >

29 Oct 15
Jonathan Lee gives us insight into Google's rebranding

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Information Design

Google's rebranding is a step towards tackling the world's complex problems with simple, accessible design. >

28 Oct 15
Teresa van Dongen on visualising the magic of nature

Talks > Design Thinking / Product Design

Recent Dutch Design Award winner Teresa van Dongen expresses her interest in the unexpected but magical design of nature. >

27 Oct 15
Trailer: Teresa van Dongen on visualising the magic of nature

Trailers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Recent Dutch Design Award winner Teresa van Dongen expresses her interest in the unexpected but magical design of nature. >

27 Oct 15
Floating greenhouses could help solve global food security problems

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Italian think tank Pnat have designed modular, floating green houses called JellyFish Barges that could help solve food security problems. >

27 Oct 15
Artist Dan Cretu’s quirky creations are made entirely out of food

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Thinking

Food designer, photographer, and eco-artist Dan Cretu creates zany sculptures using fruit and veg. >

26 Oct 15
Are dogs the future of frail care?

Next Generation > Design Thinking

Design Academy Eindhoven student Archibald Godts considers the future of frail care where dogs become helpers to those too frail to care for themselves. >

26 Oct 15
A wearable translates sign language into English

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Researchers are working on a high-tech wearable to bridge the gap between the deaf and those who don’t understand sign language. >

23 Oct 15
Cube, the Netherlands' first design museum, opens this weekend

Design News > Design Thinking

The Netherlands' first design museum opens this weekend with two internationally focused exhibitions: "Designing the World" and "Design Identities". >

23 Oct 15
Tino Schaedler: Journey from the physical to the virtual

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

With a background in architecture and set design, Tino Schaedler is now taking on the world of virtual reality. >

22 Oct 15
Children from Kenya’s slums tell their own story in a DIY zine

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

Zinester, a social initiative, is giving children from Kenya’s biggest slum a chance to write and photograph their own narrative in a DIY zine. >

22 Oct 15
Smart baby tech gives parents a jump on their kids’ education

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

The Starling is a smart-wearable for babies designed to early language skill development. >

22 Oct 15

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