Concept Planiture by Berlin-based designer Marlen Häselbarth encourages interactions between the user and nature in the urban environment. >

The Oombrella uses sensor technology to tell users when it is about to rain. >

A team of graduates from the University of Cape Town (UCT) have conceptualised a wearable safety device in response to a spate of rapes, attacks and murders. >

Fog harvesting is a sustainable way to harvest clean water in areas with regular mist. >

An automated blind controller equipped with light sensors and thermometers controls your blinds for you. >

The nocturnal Hawaiian bobtail squid uses bacteria to help it see in the dark and so can we. >

Umbala blankets are designed and locally manufactured by a studio that donate a blanket to a baby in need for every blanket they sell. >

A design studio in Italy known for their anamorphic art have painted shape changing mural. >

Water bottles designed to harvest water from the air using an internal condensation system. >

Wello Water’s WaterWheel lifts the physical burden of water collection in rural India. >

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