2015 Archive

Rent a room in Amsterdam’s UrbanCampsite art installation

Design News • 29 Jul 15

UrbanCampsiteAmsterdam is an art installation by fourteen architects, artists and designers where you can rent a room in a quirky temporary shelter. >
Turn static objects into musical instruments

Design News • 29 Jul 15

Technology company Novalia is using conductive printing to provide the common man with the tools to turn 2D surfaces into musical instruments. >
The way forward for Design Indaba Expo

Festival News • 29 Jul 15

The most important part of design is innovation, and now is our time for change. >
The next step for Design Indaba Expo FAQs

Festival News • 28 Jul 15

Frequently Asked Questions about the cancellation of Design Indaba Expo in its previous format, and what we can expect in future. >
Photos capture the rapid urbanisation of China

Lookbook • 28 Jul 15

"The Great Leap" by photographer Gabriel Murad captures how China is rapidly increasing its urban sprawl by building on its buildings. >
Abandoned golf courses in Japan are being turned into solar energy fields

Design Frontiers • 28 Jul 15

Japanese technology company Kyocera are converting abandoned golf courses into huge solar energy fields. >
These wearable structures contain living organisms and are designed for life on other planets

Design Frontiers • 28 Jul 15

Digital morphogenesis Neri Oxman has created a 3D printed wearable structure that hosts growing photosynthetic-organisms. >
Trailer: Selly Raby Kane on otherworldly fashion in Dakar

Trailers • Duration: 00:01:49 • 28 Jul 15

Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane is going beyond regular aesthetics and redefining the creative energy in Dakar. >
The unbreakable Drop umbrella

Product Spotlight • 28 Jul 15

Royal College of Art graduate Ayca Dundar has designed an alternative umbrella that addresses the classic failings of the traditional brollie. >
Public urinators get splashback from pee-repelling paint

Design News • 28 Jul 15

San Francisco has been testing out "pee-proof" paint that sprays back pee onto an offender's feet and legs to combat the public urination problem. >
Selly Raby Kane on otherworldly fashion in Dakar

Talks • Duration: 00:19:16 • 27 Jul 15

Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane is going beyond regular aesthetics and redefining the creative energy in Dakar. >
Yodit Eklund: Bantu, a surf brand for Africa

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:29 • 27 Jul 15

Bantu Wax, founded by Yodit Eklund, is an African surf brand that breaks the clichés of blonde, blue-eyed surf babes with images from Africa's own surf culture. >
Si Maclennan creates a nostalgic illustration for the Santa Monica Pier

Design News • 27 Jul 15

The poster for California's Santa Monica Pier by South African illustrator and graphic designer Si Maclennan comes alive in this colourful gif. >
The Dutch Windwheel has been built to be a beacon of clean energy

Design News • 27 Jul 15

Rotterdam’s futuristic wind turbine will be a sustainable energy landmark as well as a unique place to live. >
Studio Ayaskan's indoor ecosystem mimics the sensory experience of nature

Next Generation • 27 Jul 15

The twin designers at London's Studio Ayaskan have designed Flow, an indoor ecosystem that captures the sensory experience of Mother Nature >
This house turns inside out in summer

Design News • 27 Jul 15

The D*Dynamic shape-shifting house was built using a mathematical puzzle in order to store energy in summer and provide maximum insulation in winter. >
Guerilla art installations by Luzinterruptus

Design News • 27 Jul 15

Two recent guerilla light installations by anonymous artists Luzinterruptus highlight some issues with European democracies. >
Tara Rice’s photos capture the Mundari tribe of South Sudan

Lookbook • 24 Jul 15

Tara Rice photographs the nomadic cattle-herding tribe of South Sudan, where land mines are a lethal daily threat. >
Joy McKinney's new work "Armed Forces" looks at issues of race and injustice

Design News • 24 Jul 15

New York-based artist Joy Mckinney's new photographic series, "Armed Forces", focuses on race and injustice within African American communities. >
Radioactive bugs and the beautiful bayou in Ryan Gillis’ mysterious short film “Palm Rot”

FilmFestFriday • 24 Jul 15

Inspired by Florida, palm trees and a mysterious yellow crate, Ryan Gillis releases the short film that’s made a big splash on the awards circuit. >
Hearing aids are enhanced by wearable technology

Design Frontiers • 24 Jul 15

Scientists have created hearing aids for the digital age, using wearable technology. >
India-based Ducere Technology launches smart navigational footwear

Design News • 24 Jul 15

Lechal is a technology-enhanced shoe that can help the visually impaired navigate any route more easily. >
Does this milk smell bad to you?

Design Frontiers • 23 Jul 15

A lid that changes colour when milk is starting to spoil saves the family member nominated for the “sour milk” smell test. >
The unique and distinctive architectural style of Angola’s cinemas

African Report • 23 Jul 15

An archive of historical cinemas in Africa is being created by the Goethe Institut Angola, with Angola's movie theatre history being revived and retold first. >

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