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Who are the best designers in the world?

Design News > Information Design

83 countries are ranked in arts, architecture and design based on the number of design awards won, with the United States taking the top position. >

18 Jan 16
Pneumatic display designed to modernise braille

Design News > Information Design / Product Design

This full-page, pneumatic, braille-like display could change the way the blind use technology. >

14 Jan 16
The Aerîal network uses Wi-Fi waves to track changes in your home

Design News > Information Design

The Aerîal sensing network uses your home Wi-Fi signals to safeguard your space, focusing on security, elderly care and baby monitoring. >

13 Jan 16
Knightscope invents crime-preventative patrol bots

Design News > Information Design

Surveillance robots roam the streets to assess potential threats and alert authorities. >

12 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
LibraryBox is open source tech made easy

Design News > Information Design / Product Design

The LibraryBox bridges the gap of information delivery in developing nations without internet access. >

31 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
doctHERs provides Pakistani women with healthcare via video-link

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

The doctHERs initiative is an online platform that connects doctors to patients in need using technology. >

21 Dec 15
The Quipu project houses the untold stories from Peru’s forced sterilisations

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

Interactive documentary uses a phone line and the web to share the haunting experiences of those who were sterilised against their will. >

17 Dec 15
Erik Kessels

Erik Kessels is a Dutch artist, designer and curator with a great interest in photography. >

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
Using robotics to spark a new era of problem-solving youths in Nigeria

African Report > Information Design

Project 10 000 Kids teaches robotics and engineering skills to Nigerian school kids. >

9 Dec 15
Experience the Syrian conflict with RYOT’s virtual reality journalism

Design News > Film & Animation / Information Design

Virtual reality journalism transports viewers into one of the most dangerous war zones on Earth, Syria. >

1 Dec 15
Forget GPS, Archie Archambault is mapping cities by memory

Design News > Information Design

Archie Archambault’s minimal maps simplify the layout of cities so that we don’t have to rely on Google. >

19 Nov 15
Worms that digest plastic could be the answer to the world’s plastic pollution

Design News > Information Design

Scientists have discovered that yellow mealworms are able to decompose plastic in under 24 hours. >

18 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
Joost Grootens: Organising complex data through design

Video Interviews > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

Amsterdam-based graphic designer Joost Grootens organises complex information into maps, books and graphics. >

5 Nov 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
Indian data company helps change makers collect on-the-ground information to assess communities' needs

Design News > Information Design

Social Cops has grown from a Facebook campaign to a burgeoning social enterprise by giving citizens a voice through its information technology platform. >

19 Oct 15
The Break Poverty Hackathon promotes mobile technology as a vehicle for social change

Design News > Information Design

Developers across the world will compete to build mobile apps that address education, business and farming issues in rural Kenya. >

16 Oct 15
Kalimba Radio is an app designed with Zambian music in mind

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking / Information Design

Kalimba Radio provides Zambians with unlimited, free local music – old and new. The music is available offline and with no data plan. >

13 Oct 15
Google gets 1 billion Indians connected

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

Train stations in India are set to provide one billion users with internet access. >

9 Oct 15
Simon Spurr: Digitising the future of heath care in Africa

Video Interviews > Information Design / Product Design

Simon Spurr helped create two online health platforms that allow better connection between the patient and the doctor and create secure, digital health records. >

23 Sep 15
Sci-fi jazz with Onyx Ashanti

Design News > Information Design / Music & Sound Design

Self-proclaimed "cyborg musician" Onyx Ashanti has designed a set of futuristic musical instruments using open source information and 3D printing. >

22 Sep 15

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