July 2015 Archive

The Henn na Hotel – or Weird Hotel – just opened in Japan. There’s a dinosaur at reception and robots that will carry your bags. >

This salt-water lamp is an alternative source of lighting for communities in the Philippines with no access to electricity. >

The independent ad agency Wieden+Kennedy Delhi gives India an international platform to showcase its diverse investment areas. >

Cancer Research UK teamed up with 21 designers to raise funds for an advanced research facility in the heart of London. >

We are giving 67 South Africans R1000 each towards making their communities better through a creative intervention this Mandela Day with. What's your idea? >

The oddly shaped de Waag building in Amsterdam is host to “Gare du Nord”, a collaboration that connects old and new perceptions of the human body. >

After recreating Agnes Denes’ famous Wheatfield earthwork in Milan, locals are invited to reap what they sowed. >

Maxwell Mutanda illustrates surreal scenes of Africa in a series he titled “Postcards”, which he describes to us here in his own words. >

European research team meSch is collecting historical data to add clever multimedia installations to cultural sites and spaces. >