The Purpose Hotel is designed to change the lives of everyone involved in the design, by connecting all of the products, furniture and fittings to a cause. >

Los Angeles citizens add shimmer to outdated public park with a massive installation called "Liquid Shard". >

Outdoor clothing brand Patagonia turns its gaze to the food industry and launches a short film on the role food can play in solving the environmental crisis. >

Nanoscientist Aleksandra Radenovic, explores the wonder of osmosis (also known as blue energy) power generation. >

Often patients with ALS are "locked in" and unable to speak or use their limbs. With EyeControl, "locked-in" patients can communicate using eye-scrolling tech. >

This medical app turns a smartphone into a microscope to diagnose malaria at an early stage in just a few clicks. >

Conceptos Plásticos is building homes for low-income families using recycled plastic bricks. >

Compact modular unit designed to simultaneously function as a storage space, bedroom, living room and workspace. >

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Tower (which works like a vacuum cleaner for dirty air) is travelling to China. >

Made in the silhouette of a person crouched on the street, the installation captures London’s response to homeless people. >

How Far From Home, speakers from our 2016 Conference, have just launched a video blog for those of us that are seeing the world vicariously through their eyes. >