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Senegalese inventor is empowering communities through solar power

Design News > African Design / Product Design

Dubbed as Senegal’s “Mr. Sun”, Abdoulaye Touré has been designing solar powered ovens since the 1990s and is now taking his solar powered dreams across Africa. >

9 Jun 16
Invincible bicycle is entirely theft proof and weather resistant

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

The Fortified Bicycle startup reveals their indestructible, unstealable bike. >

8 Jun 16
Wetland plants form natural sanitation system in Cambodia

Design News > Product Design

The HandyPod system is helping floating villages improve waste management and reduce water pollution. >

7 Jun 16
Lyfe: A levitating planter

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Swedish design team at Flyte introduce us to the future of planting with zero gravity plants. >

7 Jun 16
Dominic Wilcox on thinking your way out of the normal

Talks > Design Thinking / Product Design

Here's a taster from the whimsical, stirring talk from British product designer Dominic Wilcox on how to hunt for new ideas in the everyday. >

7 Jun 16
From 2D to 3D and back again

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

Jongha Choi’s 2D designs can be plucked straight off the wall. >

6 Jun 16
Benjamin Hubert: Design with meaning

Video Interviews > Industrial Design / Product Design

Industrial designer Benjamin Hubert talks about how designers have a responsibility to solve the right kind of problems. >

2 Jun 16
Free Wi-Fi in exchange for keeping the air clean

Design News > Product Design

Amsterdam-based startup TreeWiFi designs birdhouses that offer free internet when the air quality improves. >

2 Jun 16
BooToo: locally designed educational toys

Product Spotlight > African Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

South African entrepreneur Daniel Jillings, creates aesthetically pleasing children’s toys. >

2 Jun 16
Graphite: a modular honeycomb-shaped shelving system

Product Spotlight > Architecture & Interiors / Industrial Design / Product Design

A storage system designed to be sturdy and fully customisable. >

1 Jun 16
Social enterprise designs Kenyan running shoe

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Enda is a running shoe inspired by Kenya’s legacy of running champions >

1 Jun 16
Welcome Shelter: Charlie Redman’s kinetic dining experience

Next Generation > Architecture & Interiors / Interaction Design / Product Design

Architecture student Charlie Redman designed an outdoor structure that functions in any weather. >

1 Jun 16
Ingestible origami robot can patch a wound from the inside

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

Researchers have developed a tiny magnetically controlled robot with dozens of healthcare applications. >

31 May 16
L CARD: A lung cancer “breathalyzer”

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

The tiny device can detect whether or not a patient has lung cancer. >

31 May 16
Spyce: healthy meals with the speed and ease of fast food

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Designed by students, the machine makes a healthy meal as quick and easy as fast food. >

31 May 16
Innovative filter destroys pollutants in the air

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

The Molekule air filter uses nano-technology and light to destroy air pollutants at a molecular level. >

30 May 16
Gamer gets a high-tech bionic limb

Design News > Interaction Design / Product Design

Packed with gadgets, James Young’s robotic prosthesis also houses a drone. >

27 May 16
Smart earpiece translates languages in real-time

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Product Design

Pilot is an earpiece that translates conversations as they happen. >

27 May 16
Green light: An artistic workshop on the refugee crisis in Europe

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

The project helps refugees escaping persecution and war find acceptance and community. >

25 May 16
Cigarette butt bricks burn away pollution

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Researchers have found a way to cut down global littering by incorporating cigarette butts into 2.5 per cent of the world's annual brick production. >

25 May 16
AbsorbPlate cuts calories by reducing grease on your plate

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The dinner plate’s design has perforations in its surface to trap excess grease. >

24 May 16
Affordable water filter inspired by puff pastry

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

A simple layered paper, inspired by French puff pastry, could improve the quality of life for millions of people by removing resistant viruses from water. >

24 May 16
Tea shirts: clothing made from tea

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

A tea by-product could be a more sustainable material for clothing manufacture. >

23 May 16
BaseLantern: a new project by BioLite

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The BaseLantern portable lantern is designed for off-grid usage. >

23 May 16

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