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Smart scooters that run on swappable batteries
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Creative Economy
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Gogoro Smartscooters are the world's first and only scooter that run on batteries that you can exchange when yours is flat.
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20 Jan 16
Amy Slatem
Illustrator Amy Slatem's aims to create products that encourage the user to be creative – doodling, writing and colouring.
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20 Jan 16
The world’s first 3D knitted shoe
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Product Design
JS Shoe introduces featherweight, formfitting footwear created with 3D knitting technology.
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20 Jan 16
Wesley van Eeden: Surf city creative
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Product Design
Durban-based creative Wesley van Eeden has created his own voice and message through his hip, character-based art.
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19 Jan 16
Dutch children could soon be riding wind turbines
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Product Design
Extreme eco-thrills are within reach of Dutch locals at a wind turbine amusement park where guests will go on rides that incorporate wind turbines.
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19 Jan 16
Open source 3D printed hands for children
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A global network of samaritans are helping children in need of hands.
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19 Jan 16
Qivivo smart thermostats builds temperature profile for it's users
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Product Design
Paris-based 5.5 designstudio have designed a minimal-looking thermostat that learns about its user's behaviours and optimises home energy usage.
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18 Jan 16
A video game becomes memoir about a family fighting cancer
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Product Design
“That Dragon, Cancer” is an interactive narrative about Joel Green and his battle with cancer.
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18 Jan 16
Pneumatic display designed to modernise braille
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Information Design
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Product Design
This full-page, pneumatic, braille-like display could change the way the blind use technology.
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14 Jan 16
This lamp can lift the winter blues
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Architecture & Interiors
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Product Design
The Day and Night light designed by Éléonore Delisse is engineered to lift the winter blues and rebalance your natural circadian rhythm.
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14 Jan 16
Handstitched leather shoes from Ethiopia
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African Design
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Product Design
Oliberté shoes, the world’s first Fair Trade certified footwear, are all handstitched in Ethiopia.
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12 Jan 16
Benjamin Hubert
Benjamin Hubert is an award-winning British design entrepreneur and founder of LAYER. He focuses on human-centred design.
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12 Jan 16
Benjamin Hubert: Holistic designs to inspire change
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Design Activism
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Award-winning designer Benjamin Hubert talks about using design to make things better.
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12 Jan 16
The SNIFFPHONE could revolutionise early cancer detection
Design News
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Product Design
Professor Hossam Haick at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology designed a product that pairs with a smartphone to detect lung cancer.
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12 Jan 16
MBOISA: West African patterning meets sculptural furniture design
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African Design
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Product Design
Dokter and Misses’ Kassena Town Cabinets echo the traditional architecture and striking graphic artwork of the Kassena people.
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11 Jan 16
A poncho designed especially for cyclists
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Product Design
The Boncho, by VANMOOF, is a poncho designed especially for cyclists to use in the rain.
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8 Jan 16
MBOISA: This board is a homage to the old school skaters
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Craft
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Longboard skater and shaper Kent Lingeveldt tries to keep his boards simple and functional.
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7 Jan 16
This device uses human scent to lure disease-carrying mosquitos
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Design Activism
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Product Design
The Mosquito Landing Box developed in Tanzania lures malaria-carrying mosquitos using human scent.
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7 Jan 16
A table to write your thoughts and memories on
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
The Analogue Table by Kirsten Camara is designed to let you record all the thoughts and ideas that pass through your mind.
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6 Jan 16
Researchers pursue biologically produced furniture
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Design Activism
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Low-tech, low-energy and pollution-free, Mycoform could usher in a new era of biodegradable architecture.
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5 Jan 16
24-hour bin collects rubbish from polluted seawater
Design News
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Product Design
Seabin is designed to continuously remove rubbish and contaminants from the ocean’s surface.
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4 Jan 16
A robotic wearable to help the blind recognise objects
Design News
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Product Design
University researchers in the US are developing a sensor-based technology to assist visually impaired people navigate around obstacles.
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1 Jan 16
LibraryBox is open source tech made easy
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Information Design
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Product Design
The LibraryBox bridges the gap of information delivery in developing nations without internet access.
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31 Dec 15
A washable, soap resistant smartphone
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Product Design
Japanese company Kyocera have just released a smartphone that users can wash and use in the bath.
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30 Dec 15
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