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This modern tea set is preserving the traditional Chinese tea ceremony

Product Spotlight > Craft / Product Design

Mosey is a portable tea set designed by Jie Chen to preserve the traditional Chinese tea ceremony in the modern world. >

26 Nov 15
A water purifier that costs 1 cent to operate

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

KOHLER’s Clarity is a sustainable water purification system for developing nations. >

26 Nov 15
A phone case that powers smartphones

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Nikola Labs are developing a phone case that can extend the battery life of smartphones using wasted energy. >

26 Nov 15
James Roberts: Life-saving solutions for neonatal care

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Inspired by the plight of refugees, James Roberts created a low-cost incubator for babies born prematurely. >

25 Nov 15
Delicious monsters by Porky Hefer

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Product Design

Cape Town-based designer Porky Hefer has created bizarre human-scale nests, inspired by fantastical underwater creatures. >

25 Nov 15
Hack household goods to create imaginative toys for children

Next Generation > Product Design

David van der Stel has designed Hackjes, a set of connectors and add-ons created to help you "hack" household objects into creative objects. >

25 Nov 15
Tokyo Totem unpacks the cultural playground that is Tokyo

Design News > Art & Photography / Product Design

A multimedia guidebook helps visitors see Tokyo in different ways, through the eyes of its 46 contributors. >

25 Nov 15
An inventive way to enjoy popcorn

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jolene Carlier adds a bit of fun and colour to popcorn making with her Willy Wonka-inspired invention. >

23 Nov 15
Bone conduction mp3 player plays music underwater

Design News > Music & Sound Design / Product Design

A team of designers have come up with a lightweight, amphibious mp3 player using bone conduction. >

23 Nov 15
King Debs raises a fist against injustice with his latest murals

Video Interviews > Product Design

Multimedia designer and Emerging Creative, King Debs responds to social unrest with his larger-than-life street art. >

23 Nov 15
Décor series made out of salmon skin encourages sustainable fishing practices

Design News > Product Design

Designer Nienke Hoogvliet is calling attention to the global overfishing crisis by reusing salmon skin in her Re-sea Me décor range. >

20 Nov 15
Salt and a car battery can provide clean water with this community device

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Portable chlorine maker provides easy access to clean, drinkable water in low resource communities. >

20 Nov 15
Artisans of Kibera: Victorious Bone Craft

Design News > African Design / Product Design

In Part 3 of a series presented by Nairobi Design Week, we meet one of the founders of Victorious Bone Craft – a small business based in Kenya's Kibera. >

19 Nov 15
The CannaCloud is the instant high without the fuss

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

This new system makes medical marijuana prep as easy as brewing a cup of coffee. >

19 Nov 15
This lamp takes its inspiration from a blade of grass

Product Spotlight > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

This brass and walnut wood lamp sways gently, mimicking a blade of grass in the wind. >

19 Nov 15
Local SA design brand launches local tees

Product Spotlight > African Design / Product Design

Ballo has launched a range of locally made hemp apparel, featuring original designs by South African illustrator Si Maclennan. >

18 Nov 15
Icon's underwear line tackles incontinence in women

Product Spotlight > Design Thinking / Product Design

Icon's new underwear line seeks to help women who suffer from light incontinence after childbirth. >

18 Nov 15
Smart burn dressing lights up under UV light when infected

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

This smart burn dressing is designed to change colour when the patient’s burn wound is infected. >

18 Nov 15
Using hummus to try and bridge the divide between Israelis and Palestinians

Design News > Product Design

Design student Liora Yuklea taps into food culture to bring together neighbours at war. >

17 Nov 15
A Ugandan graduate can charge your phone with a bicycle tyre

Design News > African Design / Product Design

Elliot Mwebaze has developed a device that enables phones to charge using a bicycle dynamo. >

16 Nov 15
Colour-changing clothing amplifies body language

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Eef Lubbers’ Kimbow dress changes colour with the wearer to transcend the limits of static textiles. >

16 Nov 15
Biodegradable, laundry-free bed sheets

Product Spotlight > Design Activism / Product Design

Beantown Bedding has created biodegradable bed sheets that can be used for a few weeks and then thrown into the compost. >

16 Nov 15
Nendo’s MINIM+AID brings design thinking to disaster preparedness

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Japanese studio’s emergency preparedness kit is a compact and smart product designed for national necessity. >

13 Nov 15
Safia Qureshi: A project to help eliminate paper cup waste in London

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Safia Qureshi talks about her new, chai wallah-inspired project, Cup Club, which aims to reduce the amount of waste caused by disposable coffee cups in London. >

13 Nov 15

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