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The first solar-powered flight around the world

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Two intrepid pilots are halfway through a round-the-world trip in a lightweight aeroplane powered only by the sun. >

7 May 15
#MakeChange: The incredible growing shoe

Design Frontiers > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

An American innovator has designed a pair of robust shoes that can be adjusted up to five sizes so poor children need never go barefoot. >

30 Apr 15
One dress, so many jobs

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Do you know who made your clothes? This short film by Ernst Heusser sheds light on why it’s important to ask. >

28 Apr 15
Take Five

Take Five > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Our gallery of specially made anti-xenophobia posters submitted by local illustrators was the most popular story this week. >

25 Apr 15
Why standardisation is a good thing

Opinion > Design Thinking

In this exclusive extract from David Butler and Linda Tischler’s new book, “Design to Grow”, they outline the role standards play in scaling a design. >

23 Apr 15
Design Indaba Turns 20 – Real Estate Magazine

Festival News > Design Thinking

10 of the most memorable design moments at Design Indaba 2015 by Real Estate Magazine >

23 Apr 15
Dan Wieden (Part 1): We started by ignoring the rules of advertising

Video Interviews > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

How a mutual disregard for traditional advertising kickstarted Wieden + Kennedy and Nike’s success. >

22 Apr 15
#cocreateSA calls on designers again

Q&A > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

The Dutch government goes for impact with a second project linking innovators from South Africa and the Netherlands to solve local challenges. >

21 Apr 15
Take Five

Take Five > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

Christoph Niemann’s illustration, made for us in response to the recent spate of xenophobic violence in South Africa, had universal impact. >

18 Apr 15
Eating and shitting, Milan-style

Design News > Design Thinking / Food Design

Design Academy Eindhoven’s “Eat Shit” exhibition at Ventura Lambrate looks at the myriad ways our lives revolve around human waste. >

17 Apr 15
Hella Jongerius: I am a design pastor

Talks > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

The Dutch designer outlines six guiding principles for designers to embrace in order to regain a holistic approach to their work. >

17 Apr 15
Trailer: Hella Jongerius: I am a design pastor

Trailers > Design Thinking / Product Design

The Dutch designer outlines six guiding principles for designers to embrace in order to regain a holistic approach to their work. >

17 Apr 15
Designers breathe new life into Milan

Lookbook > Craft / Design Thinking / Product Design

“Liveability” seems to be a common thread among the designs on show at Milan Design Week 2015. >

17 Apr 15
Four social impact winners of A' Design Awards

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

There are hundreds of winners in 89 different design disciplines in the A' Design Awards & Competition. Here are four that could have the greatest impact. >

15 Apr 15 / Advertorial
Voting with your waste

Design News > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

A Dutch design collective has come up with a fun way to make festival-goers more conscious of their rubbish. >

14 Apr 15
Teresa van Dongen: Nature as a source of energy

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Product Design

Teresa van Dongen has created a lamp that requires no electrical current. It functions purely from the energy of ocean bacteria. >

13 Apr 15
Beyond the New - A Search for Ideals in Design

Opinion > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

The full text of Hella Jongerius and Louise Schouwenberg's design manifesto, "Beyond the New", is released here for the first time. >

10 Apr 15
A new manifesto of design

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Hella Jongerius and Louise Schouwenberg make a public call for a return to quality and integrity in design. >

8 Apr 15
Refugee Republic

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Interaction Design

A Dutch artist combines hand-drawn illustrations and documentary storytelling to convey real life in a refugee camp in Iraq. >

8 Apr 15
Focus on: The fine art of street signs

Focus On > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Urban & Landscape Design

Street signs hold sway in our urban psyches, thanks to these design masters – and subverters. >

6 Apr 15
Focus on: The rich possibilities of play

Focus On > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

These designers and creatives embrace their inner child to keep their creativity alive and kicking in their work. >

5 Apr 15
Focus on: Rwanda

Focus On > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Urban & Landscape Design

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Rwanda is full of positive signs of growth and repair. >

3 Apr 15
The power of the “on” switch

Design News > Design Thinking

As part of UNESCO's International Year of Light, Ghana is looking at how light design and technology can lead to sustainable development. >

31 Mar 15
The value of milk

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Food Design

A pop-up milk parlour in Amsterdam brings designers and milk farmers together to create a more sustainable dairy industry. >

30 Mar 15

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