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Dave Hakkens’ DIY plastic recycling machines

Design News > Industrial Design

Industrial designer shares blueprints for recycling machines so that anyone can make plastic products at home. >

6 Apr 16
Power plant makes electricity out of cheese

Design News > Industrial Design

Renewable energy group Valbio built a power plant that generates clean energy from a byproduct of cheese production. >

29 Mar 16
Turning cemeteries into forests

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design / Product Design

The new Bios Urn and tree incubator has created a way to commemorate the dead by planting a tree. >

18 Mar 16
The Dutch e-bike powered by solar energy

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design / Product Design

The Dutch Solar Bike's sleek design is thanks to specially designed solar panels. >

17 Mar 16
Electronic wastelands raise questions about sustainable design

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

Photo exhibition E-waste Tsunami calls on designers to think up better ways to deal with e-waste. >

14 Mar 16
One week left to enter the A’ Design Awards

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

Entries for all categories of the prestigious A’ Design Awards have now been extended to 7 March. >

29 Feb 16
Ugandan motor company unveils Africa's first solar bus

Design Frontiers > African Design / Industrial Design

Uganda-based Kiira Motors revealed the first solar-powered bus in Africa – the Kayoola prototype bus. >

18 Feb 16
Changing our notions of acceptance

Product Spotlight > Industrial Design

Christoph Zellweger, a Design Indaba speaker in 2008, has released his latest body of work entitled Domesticated, exploring our notions of beauty. >

15 Feb 16
The Lake

THE LAKE is a new LP-sized free bimonthly publication available nationwide at selected outlets. >

11 Feb 16
World's first automated farm will recycle 98 per cent of its water usage

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Industrial Design

While the seeds at this farm will still be planted by people, SPREAD's automated systems will take care of the rest. >

9 Feb 16
Inspiring an anti-pollution revolution one brick at a time

Design News > Industrial Design

MIT students develop a low-cost, eco-friendly brick made out of industrial waste to reduce pollution in India. >

8 Feb 16
Basia Dżaman

Basia Dżaman, a graduate from the School of Form in Poland, is finding solutions to current and future problems. >

8 Feb 16
Dutch students 3D print steel frame for Arc Bicycle

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

A team of students at the Delft University of Technology have printed the first stainless steel bike using a welding-based 3D-printing technique. >

8 Feb 16
Yogita Agrawal

Industrial designer Yogita Agrawal focuses on solving problems in emerging global communities with innovative products and sustainable technologies. >

5 Feb 16
Christophe Guberan

Industrial designer Christophe Guberan is fascinated by the intrinsic features of materials and how he can reimagine their properties and aesthetic. >

4 Feb 16
An environmentally friendly battery made with a leaf

Design News > Industrial Design

University of Maryland scientists prove that a leaf can store energy just like a battery. >

2 Feb 16
Flying ambulance drone proposed for time-sensitive emergencies

Design News > Industrial Design

Argodesign’s ambulance quadcopter is designed to improve emergency response times in critical medical situations. >

1 Feb 16
FAROS drone: The flying firefighting sidekick

Design News > Industrial Design

KAIST researchers developed a wall-climbing quadcopter that can identify people and the source of a fire in a building. >

25 Jan 16
Soner Ozenc: 3D printing and coffee in Shoreditch

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Soner Ozenc is the founder of Makers Café, a maker space-cum-coffee shop located in Shoreditch, London that brings 3D printing into the public space. >

20 Jan 16
Capture Mobility turns airflow from passing cars into electricty

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

An alternative wind turbine that generates green energy and removes air pollution on highways. >

15 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
Hybrid tractor designed for more efficient farming in Uganda

Design News > Industrial Design

In Kampala, a Makerere University research team unveiled a multi-purpose tractor to aid local crop cultivation. >

8 Jan 16
Flying carriage system planned for traffic-dense Mexico City

Design News > Industrial Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Two-seater pods suspended above Mexico City’s traffic offers passengers a quicker commute to work and back. >

30 Dec 15
Objects made from old plastic bags

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

Industrial designer Carter Zufelt has developed a system that recycles plastic bags into marbled household objects that celebrate their origins. >

24 Dec 15

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