October 2015 Archive

Facebook set to beam internet down to Africa from space

Design News • 8 Oct 15

Facebook is designing and building a satellite to provide internet access to people in remote parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. >
Scraps of fabric bring dignity to young African women going through puberty

Design News • 8 Oct 15

Transformation Textiles provide Dignity Kits to girls going through puberty in order to help them deal with menstruation without interrupting their education. >
Wheels Park: A glow in the dark skatepark in Liverpool

Design News • 9 Oct 15

Liverpool now has a glow-in-the-dark skatepark, designed by Korean artist Koo Jeong A. >
Google gets 1 billion Indians connected

Design News • 9 Oct 15

Train stations in India are set to provide one billion users with internet access. >
Our future homes on the Red Planet may be built with ice

Design News • 9 Oct 15

The first prize for the NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge Design Competition went to a house made of ice. Here's a closer look at the futuristic igloo. >
This designer is using dollars and pounds to make textiles

Design News • 9 Oct 15

Angela Mathis is shredding up cash to make textiles for a new collection of stools in a project called Value. >
World Hunger Month advert illustrated by 250 children

Design News • 12 Oct 15

1000 drawings, created by 250 impoverished children, inspired KFC Add Hope’s new advert. >
Zambia's Barefeet enriches the lives of street kids with theatre

Design News • 12 Oct 15

Art, theatre, and music at Barefeet give Zambia's street kids a chance to explore their creativity in a safe environment. >
A focus on low-cost housing at the Chicago Architecture Biennial

Design News • 12 Oct 15

Three architecture firms are setting the tone for affordable and sustainable alternatives to informal housing. >
Help NASA test the durability of their spacesuits

Design News • 12 Oct 15

NASA is asking for help with new methods for testing their spacesuits for conditions on the moon and Mars. >
Mumbai-based Mayur Mengle's illustrations explore the daily commute

Design News • 13 Oct 15

Mayur Mengle takes his daily two-hour commute on Mumbai's railway line and turns it into a doddle-a-day. >
Sou Fujimoto challenges perceptions of what could be considered architecture

Design News • 13 Oct 15

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto uses potato chips and staples to comment on the notion of “found architecture”. >
Kalimba Radio is an app designed with Zambian music in mind

Design News • 13 Oct 15

Kalimba Radio provides Zambians with unlimited, free local music – old and new. The music is available offline and with no data plan. >
The Brilliance device treats babies with jaundice

Design News • 13 Oct 15

The Brilliance, designed by nonprofit D-Rev, is a phototherapy device designed to treat infants with jaundice in poor communities. >
Moringa – the super food that could end hunger in Zambia

Design News • 14 Oct 15

Packed with nutritional and healing properties, several reports have named Moringa, a tree indigenous to Africa, "the miracle tree" and "the tree of life". >
Robots build a stone tower with one piece of thread

Design News • 14 Oct 15

A jammed rock structure built by machines is a prelude to the future of sustainable architecture. >
Spring-loaded high heels produce fluid, healthy movement

Design News • 14 Oct 15

A Japanese designer has created a spring-loaded high-heel to take the pressure off poorly treated feet. >
The KNIT by Curver collection celebrates functional, colourful deep-texture design

Design News • 14 Oct 15

The KNIT by Curver collection combines a 3D-knitted look with functional, plastic products. >
Pollution-free energy could come from the Earth's core

Design News • 15 Oct 15

Manoj Bhargava's Limitless Energy project seeks to harness the energy at the Earth's core using a graphene cable. >
Selldorf Architects has been chosen to design a non-profit's second school in Zambia

Design News • 15 Oct 15

The New York-based architecture firm envisions a primary school that will inspire learning and sustainable living in the Zambian village of Mwabwindo. >
Craftsmen in Malawi make equipment for their hospitals

Design News • 15 Oct 15

The Care Collection is a low-cost hospital equipment alternative manufactured by Malawian craftsmen. >
Thinking about food

Design News • 15 Oct 15

This year, the annual food and wine conference at Spier Wine Farm looks at eating insects, sustainable suppers and how music effects your tastebuds. >
This artist makes all things fair in love and wear

Design News • 15 Oct 15

Kansas City artist Peregrine Honig’s new, elegant lingerie line is designed for the comfort of gender transitioning and non-conforming people. >
South African designer Haldane Martin launches new furniture range

Design News • 16 Oct 15

Established South African furniture and interior designer Haldane Martin launches a new range inspired by his country's coastline. >

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