December 2015 Archive

Hefin Jones: Socially engaged design

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:43 • 17 Dec 15

Hefin Jones is the designer behind Cosmic Colliery and the Welsh Space Campaign, two socially focussed design projects. >
New fund will invest 40 million euros in designs that improve life

Design News • 17 Dec 15

INDEX Awards and Dansk OTC are establishing a venture capital fund of 40 million euros to invest in life improving designs. >
Tech solutions for disaster-prone areas

Design News • 17 Dec 15

Pacifico is an organisation that creates tech solutions for areas plagued by natural disasters. >
Environmentally friendly gift-wrapping concept, Dono

Design News • 17 Dec 15

Copenhagen-based design studio Frensk creates a reusable wrapping paper system that keeps a record of past users. >
The Quipu project houses the untold stories from Peru’s forced sterilisations

Design News • 17 Dec 15

Interactive documentary uses a phone line and the web to share the haunting experiences of those who were sterilised against their will. >
The Portals Project by Shared Studios brings together strangers from across the world

Design News • 18 Dec 15

In their Portals Project, Shared Studios has turned shipping containers into wormholes through which people on opposite sides of the world can connect. >
Relax and recharge under Mathieu Lehanneur's Clover street lights

Product Spotlight • 18 Dec 15

French industrial designer Mathieu Lehanneur creates an urban furniture and lighting collection for COP21’s climate conference. >
Graffiti increased the property value in this Miami neighbourhood

FilmFestFriday • 18 Dec 15

The Walls of Change project is transforming an industrial neighbourhood in Miami into the heart of street art. >
Vietnamese vernacular and modern construction meet in this community centre

Design News • 18 Dec 15

The Swallow Homestay and Community House is the product of the happy union between traditional Vietnamese building methods and modern construction. >
Ticket Books encourages commuters to read with free subway rides

Design News • 18 Dec 15

Brazilian publishing house, L&PM Editores republished a collection of ten classic novels that double as metro tickets. >
Data Cuisine's dishes are a visual, edible representation of information

Design News • 18 Dec 15

The chefs at Data Cuisine design special data dishes to ask and answer questions about the information in our lives. >
Hydricity is the solar solution to round-the-clock power generation

Design Frontiers • 18 Dec 15

Researchers have designed a concept to solve a major problem facing solar power generation. >
Loud Mini bicycle horn makes sure cyclists are heard in traffic

Design News • 18 Dec 15

A compact hooter that is as loud as a car hooter is designed for safe urban commuting. >
Skateboards build communities in Ethiopia

Design News • 21 Dec 15

Ethiopia Skate is an initiative that uses skateboarding to help youth make connections in Addis Ababa. >
doctHERs provides Pakistani women with healthcare via video-link

Design News • 21 Dec 15

The doctHERs initiative is an online platform that connects doctors to patients in need using technology. >
Flowy: An app that combats panic attacks

Design News • 22 Dec 15

Flowy reduces stress, anxiety and panic attacks using daily breathing rituals. >
No more burnt toast with this see-through toaster

Product Spotlight • 22 Dec 15

Designer James Stumpf has come up with a see-through toaster so users can see how brown their toast is getting. >
Rio de Janeiro’s grand, new Museum of Tomorrow

Design News • 22 Dec 15

Designed by Santiago Calatrava, the Museum of Tomorrow is spectacular building in Rio de Janeiro dedicated to science, the environment and the future. >
Interactive installation Pollinators increases public awareness of declining bugs and birds

Design News • 23 Dec 15

Pollinators, by design studio Aether & Hemera, is an interactive installation that raises public awareness of the decline of pollinator birds in the UK. >
Out of The Box playground in Addis Ababa

Design News • 23 Dec 15

Out of The Box is an innovative project that aims to build the first adventure playground in the inner city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. >
The large bamboo canopy sheltering Ghanaian artists

Design News • 23 Dec 15

The Haduwa Arts and Culture Institute is a large bamboo canopy that serves as a meeting place for artists and cultural practitioners in Ghana. >
Illustrator Sinalo Ngcaba wishes you a black Christmas

Next Generation • 24 Dec 15

A South African illustrator sends Christmas greetings inspired by her African heritage. >
Objects made from old plastic bags

Design News • 24 Dec 15

Industrial designer Carter Zufelt has developed a system that recycles plastic bags into marbled household objects that celebrate their origins. >
A fresh start for Philippine villages with no access to clean water

Design News • 28 Dec 15

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

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