2015 Archive

Meet the people living in off-grid homes made of rubbish

FilmFestFriday • 11 Dec 15

“Meet the Earthship” is a short film about an off-grid community living in houses made of rubbish outside of Taos, New Mexico. >
A mobile multi-purpose IT centre for rural communities

Design News • 11 Dec 15

Digi-Truck drives technology education in developing countries by creating access to pre-owned computers. >
Scientists create the world’s first painkiller patch

Design Frontiers • 11 Dec 15

Taking painkillers orally can be damaging. This transparent patch was made to treat pain at the source. >
South African animation on BBC this Christmas day

Design News • 11 Dec 15

An animated version of the children's picture book "Stick Man" will be screened on BBC One on Christmas day. >
A new alternative energy that involves a small piece of paper

Design News • 11 Dec 15

Scientists in Sweden have developed a thin paper that is able to store energy. >
An online artwork dedicated to artist Faith47's peaceful urban swans

Design News • 14 Dec 15

Award-winning South African filmmaker Rowan Pybus releases "No Standing Anytime", an online artwork inspired by artist Faith47's New York City Swans. >
Float: A stool designed for comfort

Product Spotlight • 14 Dec 15

Float is a sustainable stool that is designed to promote healthy sitting, designed by students in Dresden. >
Catalytic Action designed and built a playground for refugee children

Design News • 14 Dec 15

Using input from children in Bar Elias, Lebanon, Catalytic Action designed and built a playground for a school developed to serve refugees. >
Holiday display reveals the stark reality of domestic violence

Design News • 14 Dec 15

This holiday display shows the ugly truth about domestic violence during a time synonymous with joy. >
Kathryn Martin decodes ink spills into readable images

Design News • 14 Dec 15

Royal College of Art graduate Kathryn Martin’s signature drawing technique embraces an element of chance in illustrating. >
Totohealth is a mobile solution to healthcare problems

Design News • 14 Dec 15

Totohealth uses SMS-technology to help parents take care of themselves and their children. >
Exhibition in New York exposes one of the world’s most contaminated rivers

Design News • 14 Dec 15

Artist Vibha Galhotra's ABSUR-CITY-PITY-DITY explores the impact of toxic pollution in India’s Yamuna River. >
Documentary uncovers the recycling habits behind Japan’s zero-waste community

Design News • 14 Dec 15

Seeker Stories documents a small town in Japan that abides by an extremely thorough recycling system to live waste-free. >
Plascon sets the tone for 2016 with colours that tell a story

Design News • 15 Dec 15

Africa’s largest paint company introduces its new contemporary colours with four trend stories. >
It doesn't look like it, but this is a massage chair

Design News • 15 Dec 15

The Roll Collection is a seating system that consists of rotatable aluminium sticks, which massage whilst sliding from left to right. >
Pee-powered socks: the new alternative energy source

Design News • 15 Dec 15

Scientists at the Bristol BioEnergy Centre have invented socks that could eventually power portable and wearable electronics. >
Build the world's most iconic skylines with Lego

Design News • 15 Dec 15

Lego's architecture branch has unveiled the Skyline collection – a Lego kit that replicates city skylines with models of iconic buildings from around the world. >
Marcus Marritt sketches from the silver screen

Next Generation • 15 Dec 15

Leicester-based artist Marcus Marritt creates bold illustrations of sultry characters that are often inspired by movie scenes. >
World's first underwater hotel to kickstart the "inner space" tourism industry

Design Frontiers • 15 Dec 15

This 12-room, $20 million hotel will be nestled underwater. It provides a whole new meaning to "sleeping with the fishes". >
This app for the visually impaired is centred on human kindness

Design News • 15 Dec 15

Be My Eyes is a platform that allows the visually impaired to connect with a willing volunteer. >
"Streets of Addis": Celebrating the many realities of Ethiopia's capital

Design News • 15 Dec 15

This photographic series by Ethiopian graphic designer Girma Berta celebrates Addis Ababa's people and street culture. >
Stephanie Rittler designs a mobile pushcart that upcycles old plastic

Next Generation • 16 Dec 15

Streetplastic designed by Stefanie Rittler is a mobile manufacturing unit that produces new plastic bag designs out of old ones. >
This thoroughly modern French school is located in protected woodland

Design News • 16 Dec 15

The Bartelottes school complex designed by Paris-based Nomade architects is grounded in the surrounding natural environment. >
We Care Solar: A suitcase that powers health care in developing nations

Design News • 16 Dec 15

We Care Solar designs solar-powered systems to meet essential maternity care needs. >

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