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The Lake

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

11 Feb 16
Origami lantern provides off-grid solar power

Design News > Product Design

Solarpuff is an eco-friendly solar lantern made for disaster situations and developing countries. >

11 Feb 16
Enter your best designs to the A' Design Awards & Competition

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

There’s still time for you to enter your best designs into the prestigious A' Design Awards & Competition 2016. >

11 Feb 16
Wearable determines health status from your sweat

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Professors from the University of Berkley, California have developed groundbreaking wearable technology that analyses your sweat for up to date health results. >

10 Feb 16
The Wellbeing Toilet encourages correct pooping posture

Product Spotlight > Product Design

A new-generation toilet is designed to support the best loo etiquette for our bowel movements. >

9 Feb 16
Worm farm becomes world leader in trash economics

Design Frontiers > Product Design

A vermiculture project has catapulted Tom Szask into the leader of eco-capitalism. >

9 Feb 16
Uganda’s clay and rice husk water filtration system

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Access to safe drinking water in rural Uganda is a major health concern, but two graduates may have found a way to help. >

8 Feb 16
A burka made from sugar challenges modern perceptions

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

Worn by Muslim women all over the world, the burka has been a controversial topic for centuries. >

5 Feb 16
Gecko-like grip soon to be within reach of humans

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Engineers at Stanford University have developed adhesive materials that mimic a gecko’s gripping power. >

5 Feb 16
Yogita Agrawal

Industrial designer Yogita Agrawal focuses on solving problems in emerging global communities with innovative products and sustainable technologies. >

5 Feb 16
Affordable exoskeleton could help paraplegic kids walk, sit or stand

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

The Phoenix, the world’s lightest exoskeleton for the disabled, will be adapted to help disabled children. >

5 Feb 16
Stickybones: Animation made easy with this intuitive puppet

Product Spotlight > Film & Animation / Product Design

The Stickybones puppet is a revolutionary animation-art figure perfectly calibrated to bring your ideas to life. >

4 Feb 16
A burial suit to better decompose your body

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Infinity Burial Project greens-up your funeral with a suit that devours your corpse. >

4 Feb 16
Pia Nyakairu

Ugandan industrial designer Pia Nyakairu focuses on remote rehabilitation for breast cancer patients. >

4 Feb 16
Kids taught to design their own superpowers in prosthetics workshop

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

NGO KIDmob’s Superhero Cyborgs 2.0 workshop teaches kids about 3D printing and design. >

3 Feb 16
Teddy Ruge: Frustrations are an opportunity to innovate

Video Interviews > African Design / Design Activism / Product Design

Kampala-based innovation hub, HiveColab supports forward-thinking, African innovation through an incubator and mentorship programme. >

3 Feb 16 / Brand Collaboration
This device charges your mobile using saltwater and oxygen

Design News > Product Design

A Swedish start-up has invented a smartphone charger that only needs saltwater and oxygen to generate electricity. >

2 Feb 16
Human tissue, smart textiles could follow these 4D-printed flowers

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Researchers take 3D printing to the next level with printed objects that mimic the way plants move in nature. >

2 Feb 16
Kids' craziest inventions become reality

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

In a world where we think nothing new can be created, inventors like Dominic Wilcox come and shatter that thought to pieces. >

1 Feb 16
South African nuclear physicist designs bag to charge your phone wirelessly

Next Generation > African Design / Product Design

Shalton Mothwa is prototyping Aeon Power, a laptop bag capable of harnessing ambient telecoms signals and converting them into electrical energy. >

1 Feb 16
An alternative, eco-friendly bicycle helmet

Design News > Product Design

This bicycle helmet is made from a wood-based foam, making it a biodegradable alternative to regular plastic protection. >

29 Jan 16
Saving food from the fridge

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Jihyun Ryou is transferring traditional methods of food preservation through her storage design. >

29 Jan 16
New men's contraceptive is as easy as the flip of a switch

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Swiss inventor Clement Bimek created a device that could shake up the birth control industry. >

29 Jan 16
A coat that doubles as a shelter for refugees

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Students at the Royal College of Art have designed a garment that can turn into a shelter for an adult and a child. >

28 Jan 16

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