2015 Archive

Eduvator is a new crowd-funding platform for educational needs

Design News • 20 Jul 15

A new crowd-funding platform is hoping to help a little school in the township of Philippi realise the big dreams of its principal and her pupils. >
Check into the robot-run Weird Hotel

Design News • 17 Jul 15

The Henn na Hotel – or Weird Hotel – just opened in Japan. There’s a dinosaur at reception and robots that will carry your bags. >
Kingii is a water-wearable that can save you from drowning

Design News • 17 Jul 15

Kingii, a new type of water-safety device for your wrist, doesn't need an app to save your life – it will inflate when you're at risk of drowning. >
A lamp powered by salt water

Design News • 17 Jul 15

This salt-water lamp is an alternative source of lighting for communities in the Philippines with no access to electricity. >
Akiko Shinzato’s art of identity theft

Design News • 17 Jul 15

Using bits of brass, laser engraved leather, reflective plastic and design acumen; Akiko Shinzato’s jewellery can give you someone else’s identity. >
Sowetan art curator Zanele Mashumi gets down to business

Inside View • 17 Jul 15

Soweto-based curator Zanele Mashumi makes art accessible by bridging the gap between emerging artists and inexperienced art buyers. >
Elliot Schultz’s animation involves strobe lights and a turntable

FilmFestFriday • 17 Jul 15

Elliot Schultz flashes a strobe light on embroidered discs to create an animated sequence that can be played on a standard turntable. >
How low-tech Ethiopian environmentalism is saving the planet and creating jobs

African Report • 17 Jul 15

A rural Ethiopian village has been fighting climate change with a low-tech, innovative practice and selling carbon credits to fund local businesses. >
Robbie Brozin: Nando’s is serving up local

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:06 • 16 Jul 15

The world's biggest collection of African art outside Africa is owned by fast-food chain Nando’s, who are now investing in South African design. >
Wieden+Kennedy Delhi’s Make in India campaign signifies big change for the country

Design News • 16 Jul 15

The independent ad agency Wieden+Kennedy Delhi gives India an international platform to showcase its diverse investment areas. >
Romeo, the helpful companion robot

Design News • 16 Jul 15

French robotics company Aldebaran could change the future of elderly care with the development of a robot companion called Romeo. >
Art and science collide in "What’s in Your DNA?"

Design News • 16 Jul 15

Cancer Research UK teamed up with 21 designers to raise funds for an advanced research facility in the heart of London. >
The search for talented African animators begins

Design News • 16 Jul 15

Triggerfish Animation Studio’s new Story Lab could have a far-reaching impact on the animation industry in Africa. >
Eat an ice cream then grow a tree

Product Spotlight • 16 Jul 15

This ice-lolly stick can be planted when you finish eating it and it will grow into a tree. >
What would you do on Mandela Day if we gave you R1000 to make it happen?

Design News • 15 Jul 15

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? >
A new bridge across the Mzamba River connects a rural community to infrastructure

Design News • 15 Jul 15

NPO buildCollective is collaborating with Austrian thesis students to build a sustainable bridge across the Mzamba River in the Eastern Cape. >
Paper Planes: A merry band of illustrators

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:53 • 15 Jul 15

We interview the two creative entrepreneurs who founded Alexander’s Band, a South African collective of illustrators. >
Two Italian craftsmen create glass inspired by bubble wrap

Product Spotlight • 15 Jul 15

Maya Lapp and Denis Perera subvert the irresistible desire to play with bubble wrap by casting it in glass. >
Exhibition "Gare du Nord" offers a new perspective on anatomical theatre

Design News • 15 Jul 15

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. >
Pepe Marais shares his takeaways from judging at Cannes

Inside View • 15 Jul 15

The co-founder of creative agency Joe Public discusses the various dynamics shaping the advertising industry right now. >
Maasai women are leading the solar revolution in rural Kenya

Design News • 14 Jul 15

A new project spearheaded by Green Energy Africa sees Maasai women delivering simple solar technology to improve the lives of rural Kenyans. >
NATS create a colourful visualisation of the busy London skies

Design News • 14 Jul 15

Air traffic service NATS shares a striking visualisation of the flights over London’s airports in “London 24”. >
Trailer: Robbie Brozin on art, creativity and chicken

Trailers • Duration: 00:01:44 • 14 Jul 15

Nando’s co-founder Robbie Brozin emphasizes the global fast-food chain’s relationship with local South African art and design. >
How innovation saved a sheep-farming town in Devon

Product Spotlight • 14 Jul 15

A product designer has saved a sheep-farming community by inventing a brand new material that utilises wool. >

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