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Worldbeing is a wearable with a social conscious

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

The Worldbeing wearbable and app, by Benjamin Hubert of Layer Design Studio, is a system that makes consumers more aware of their personal carbon footprint. >

6 Oct 15
Innovative alarm systems for SA’s most dangerous slums

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

This new alarm system relies on the dedication of the community in one of South Africa’s toughest informal settlements. >

6 Oct 15
Mushroom power could enhance smartphones, electric cars and more

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

The ability of the Portobello mushroom to make things better has extended beyond food and into technology. >

6 Oct 15
The wind turbine gets a smart tech makeover

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Beauty, tech, and renewable energy generation combine to give the wind turbine a much-needed makeover. >

5 Oct 15
Pakiet: A modular collection by Polish design studio Zieta

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Polish design studio, Zieta have just released their new collection Pakiet – a modular, flat-pack family of furniture that comes in raw plywood and steel. >

2 Oct 15
Tempescope: A box of rain, clouds or sun in your living room

Design News > Product Design

The Tempescope physically creates weather conditions, letting users share the sky from anywhere in the world. >

2 Oct 15
Ackeem Ngwenya: Designing transport infrastructure for rural Africa

Video Interviews > African Design / Product Design

Ackeem Ngwenya talks about his design Roadless, which looks to solve the problems of transport for rural communities in Africa. >

1 Oct 15
A personal, portable wind turbine

Design News > Product Design

The Trinity turbine by Janulus is a lightweight, portable wind turbine means you can generate electricity wherever you go. >

30 Sep 15
Fold, share, and connect with this high-tech bicycle

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Designed in Argentina, the Gi FlyBike gives the daily bicycle commute a tech overhaul. >

30 Sep 15
Dr Imoh Okon’s drug resistance test kit revolutionises cancer treatment

Video Interviews > African Design / Product Design

Dr Imoh Okon’s tech innovation could be the difference between life and death for cancer sufferers. >

30 Sep 15
This compact device treats chronic heart disease without surgery

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

A company in the United States has designed the first ever catheter-based heart pump to treat chronic heart disease. >

30 Sep 15
The Sponge Suit bikini can help clean up the oceans

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

A bikini made from super-absorbent material could be used to help clear pollutants out of the oceans. >

29 Sep 15
Autonomous tree-planting robot to tackle forest restoration

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Two university students embarked on a labour of love to create an independent tree-planting robot. >

29 Sep 15
Make any watch a smartwatch with this smart watchstrap

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

The Polish innovators at uBirds have designed unique smart straps to transform your analogue watch into a smartwatch and fitness tracker. >

29 Sep 15
Israeli student designs medieval-style chainmail for urban wearers

Next Generation > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Bezalel Academy graduate Nitzan Kish is using 3D printing to make clothes that protect women from sexual assault in urban centres. >

28 Sep 15
Piloting this underwater drone is like flying

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

OpenROV is a few steps away from completing its open-source underwater drone called Trident. >

25 Sep 15
Japan's space yacht is over 100million kilometres away from Earth

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Engineers in Japan successfully launched a solar sail to test the applications of solar power in deep space missions. >

24 Sep 15
Hella Jongerius: Imperfection opens the user's imagination

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Colour, materials and imperfection are just some of the things that internationally celebrated contemporary product designer Hella Jongerius values. >

24 Sep 15
Leftover, ground coffee has found a higher calling

Design News > Product Design

3Dom is taking coffee waste and converting it into a sustainable, recyclable 3D printing material. >

24 Sep 15
Simon Spurr: Digitising the future of heath care in Africa

Video Interviews > Information Design / Product Design

Simon Spurr helped create two online health platforms that allow better connection between the patient and the doctor and create secure, digital health records. >

23 Sep 15
Where did colour come from?

Design News > Product Design

Colour maker Laura Daza explores the origin of colour by transforming raw materials into eight ancient pigments. >

23 Sep 15
Breast milk pasteurisation app streamlines donation process

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

FoneAstra is an app designed to ensure the quality of donated breast milk, saving the lives of hundreds of babies. >

23 Sep 15
Personalised 3D replicas allow doctors to take surgical practice runs

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Could a 3D-printed model of a patient’s heart make organ surgery easier, safer and faster? >

22 Sep 15
Ackeem Ngwenya on design for rural Africa

Talks > African Design / Product Design

Designer and recent graduate Ackeem Ngwenya says scarcity in Africa is a blank canvas for designers. >

22 Sep 15

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