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24-hour bin collects rubbish from polluted seawater

Design News > Product Design

Seabin is designed to continuously remove rubbish and contaminants from the ocean’s surface. >

4 Jan 16
A robotic wearable to help the blind recognise objects

Design News > Product Design

University researchers in the US are developing a sensor-based technology to assist visually impaired people navigate around obstacles. >

1 Jan 16
LibraryBox is open source tech made easy

Design News > Information Design / Product Design

The LibraryBox bridges the gap of information delivery in developing nations without internet access. >

31 Dec 15
A washable, soap resistant smartphone

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Japanese company Kyocera have just released a smartphone that users can wash and use in the bath. >

30 Dec 15
A fresh start for Philippine villages with no access to clean water

Design News > Product Design

Students from Singapore are ready to initiate a water-filtration system in Philippine communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan. >

28 Dec 15
Objects made from old plastic bags

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

Industrial designer Carter Zufelt has developed a system that recycles plastic bags into marbled household objects that celebrate their origins. >

24 Dec 15
No more burnt toast with this see-through toaster

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Designer James Stumpf has come up with a see-through toaster so users can see how brown their toast is getting. >

22 Dec 15
Loud Mini bicycle horn makes sure cyclists are heard in traffic

Design News > Product Design

A compact hooter that is as loud as a car hooter is designed for safe urban commuting. >

18 Dec 15
Ticket Books encourages commuters to read with free subway rides

Design News > Product Design

Brazilian publishing house, L&PM Editores republished a collection of ten classic novels that double as metro tickets. >

18 Dec 15
Environmentally friendly gift-wrapping concept, Dono

Design News > Craft / Product Design

Copenhagen-based design studio Frensk creates a reusable wrapping paper system that keeps a record of past users. >

17 Dec 15
Tech solutions for disaster-prone areas

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Pacifico is an organisation that creates tech solutions for areas plagued by natural disasters. >

17 Dec 15
A dinnerware set inspired by the Czech Cubism

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Designed by Svetlana Koženová, the Lilia Collection is a dinnerware set inspired by the slicing planes and crystalline shapes of Czech cubism. >

17 Dec 15
Clean technology invention uses only solar power to purify water

Design News > Product Design

The Desolenator is a viable solution to the global water crisis. >

16 Dec 15
We Care Solar: A suitcase that powers health care in developing nations

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

We Care Solar designs solar-powered systems to meet essential maternity care needs. >

16 Dec 15
Build the world's most iconic skylines with Lego

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Lego's architecture branch has unveiled the Skyline collection – a Lego kit that replicates city skylines with models of iconic buildings from around the world. >

15 Dec 15
It doesn't look like it, but this is a massage chair

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

The Roll Collection is a seating system that consists of rotatable aluminium sticks, which massage whilst sliding from left to right. >

15 Dec 15
Float: A stool designed for comfort

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Float is a sustainable stool that is designed to promote healthy sitting, designed by students in Dresden. >

14 Dec 15
Julia Hasting: The unusual book designer

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Julia Hasting, creative director of Phaidon Press, has designed books that come vacuum packed like ham and doodled all over like a student notebook. >

11 Dec 15
A new alternative energy that involves a small piece of paper

Design News > Product Design

Scientists in Sweden have developed a thin paper that is able to store energy. >

11 Dec 15
Scientists create the world’s first painkiller patch

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Taking painkillers orally can be damaging. This transparent patch was made to treat pain at the source. >

11 Dec 15
Christmas ornaments get redesigned to raise funds for Detroit museum

Product Spotlight > Product Design

American designers teamed up to create a range of bespoke Christmas ornaments to raise funds for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit. >

10 Dec 15
Scale: Layer Design Studio’s contribution to the evolving workplace

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Product Design

Benjamin Hubert’s studio designed an eco-friendly, adaptable, acoustic partition for commercial spaces. >

10 Dec 15
Matthew Harrison: Responding to complex healthcare issues

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Information Design / Product Design

Helix is a design studio centred on the development of simple solutions to complex healthcare problems. >

10 Dec 15
A production-ready stool made out of industrial paper waste and a bit of glue

Design News > Product Design

New York-based Nikolas Gregory Studio turns office personnel into furniture makers with its Scrap Stool. >

10 Dec 15

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