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Immersive online museum campaigns for social and environmental issues

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Interaction Design

Using contemporary art, Art Works For Change inspires active engagement around environmental issues. >

9 May 16
Play Sea Hero Quest and help scientists understand dementia

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design / Interaction Design

Scientists and game developers have teamed up to create a game that contributes to Alzheimer’s research. >

9 May 16
Shared Studios launches a new Portal to Rwanda

Design Frontiers > Information Design / Interaction Design

The project designs futuristic portals, allowing users to reach out across the globe and communicate with each other face-to-face. >

9 May 16
New York rec centre combines gaming and exercise

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Interactive and high-intensity, this circuit-based gym changes the experience of exercise. >

6 May 16
Alex McDowell: Reimagining the narrative of storytelling

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

World-renowned production designer Alex McDowell is the man behind immersive, 5D worlds. >

4 May 16
Hunt virtual prey with this VR experience

Design News > African Design / Interaction Design

Become the hunter in this interactive, educational, and experiential VR game. >

26 Apr 16
TippyTalk: Tech that bridges the gap between the disabled and their caregivers

Design News > Interaction Design

Rob Laffan created an app that helps his autistic daughter communicate from anywhere at anytime. >

12 Apr 16
Cubetto: A coding tutor for kids as young as three

Design News > Interaction Design / Product Design

Cubetto by Primo Toys is a kid-friendly, wooden robot that teaches kids to code in a way they can see and touch. >

25 Mar 16
Virtual reality used for drug rehabilitation

Design News > Interaction Design

Programme at the University of Houston treats drug and alcohol addiction with immersive VR scenarios. >

21 Mar 16
Barrett Nash: Innovations in East African motorcycle transport

Video Interviews > African Design / Interaction Design

Safe Motos is helping to give motorcycle taxis in East Africa a better reputation. >

9 Mar 16 / Brand Collaboration
This is what it's like to read with dyslexia

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Victor Widell’s interactive blog post lets the viewer experience what it’s like to be dyslexic. >

9 Mar 16
Shape-shifting textile cloud can change sound quality in a room

Product Spotlight > Interaction Design / Product Design

BLOOM is a knitted origami surface that can alter the ambient acoustics of public spaces. >

4 Mar 16
MFA’s #techstyle: Fashion that moves, interacts and adapts

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Interaction Design

The Museum of Fine Arts’ #techstyle exhibition takes a look at where fashion design is headed thanks to its relationship with technology. >

4 Mar 16
3D printed braille maps for navigating interiors

Design News > Interaction Design

Rutgers University researchers hope their new braille maps will become a new standard feature in all public spaces. >

1 Mar 16
A 3D pregnancy diary that grows with the mother

Design News > Interaction Design

Due to popular demand, new copies of the Mother Book will now be available to all expecting mothers. >

25 Feb 16
“Coletor Cidadão” debunks the stigma of garbage collectors in Brazil

Design News > Interaction Design

Social design used to build community awareness around garbage-collecting professionals. >

15 Feb 16
The Lake

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

11 Feb 16
The evolution of immersive storytelling

Design News > Film & Animation / Interaction Design

Designer Alex McDowell works with cutting-edge experts to move entertainment into a new, more immersive and participatory experience for the viewer. >

9 Feb 16
Alex McDowell

Award-winning designer Alex McDowell is an immersive storyteller. He is best known for the set designs for "Minority Report", "Fight Club" and "Man of Steel". >

9 Feb 16
Lava Lab believes we are all in for a surprise from the tech-savvy Millennials

Q&A > Interaction Design

Lava Lab is made up of interdisciplinary designers who are working to develop technological interactions. >

4 Feb 16
Cecilia Martin

Cecilia Martin, co-founder and curator of Lava Lab in Amsterdam, is an innovator by nature. Her motto is "what if...?" >

4 Feb 16
Klasien van de Zandschulp

Klasien van de Zandschulp is a senior interaction designer and researcher at Lava Lab in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. >

4 Feb 16
Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe

With a laser-sharp focus on the future, Dutch designers Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk are on the pulse of concept design. >

28 Jan 16
MBOISA: Children's classrooms are transformed by the colourful work of See-Saw-Do

Video Interviews > African Design / Interaction Design

See-Saw-Do is a South African social enterprise that focuses on transforming learning spaces for children. >

5 Jan 16

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