2015 Archive

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. >
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. >
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. >
Personal air purifiers clean the air wherever you go

Next Generation • 9 Dec 15

Fabian Zeijler designed momentum and pūrificātum, personal air purifiers that you can take with you to anywhere. >
Eindhoven graduate designs clothes made out of human hair

Next Generation • 7 Dec 15

Alix Bizet, a French graduate at the Design Academy Eindhoven, has designed a collection of clothes made of human hair. >
Compact, user-friendly instrument teaches prisoners to play music

Next Generation • 2 Dec 15

Jeroen Heeren has designed an all-purpose keyboard to teach prisoners music. >
Eating alone is normal and this design makes it more comfortable

Next Generation • 30 Nov 15

Eating alone has become almost as common as eating with other people – this design for solitary dining makes this new eating culture more comfortable. >
Hack household goods to create imaginative toys for children

Next Generation • 25 Nov 15

David van der Stel has designed Hackjes, a set of connectors and add-ons created to help you "hack" household objects into creative objects. >
A garment making process that translates bodily movements into clothes

Next Generation • 18 Nov 15

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jessica Smarsch has digitally captured muscle movements and used them to create bespoke textiles for her fashion range. >
A design that considers nationality to be the most precious social resource

Next Generation • 16 Nov 15

Stefania Vulpi has designed a conceptual online system that allows a network of people to share their nationality and the social benefits that come with it. >
3 young African architects focussing on human-centred design

Next Generation • 11 Nov 15

With our attention on shelter solutions, we highlight three young African architects committed to changing their landscapes. >
Vera de Pont designs clothing for a world submerged in water

Next Generation • 4 Nov 15

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Vera de Pont designs garments and accessories for inhabitants of an imaginary underwater planet. >
Are crickets in cocktails a viable solution to food shortage?

Next Generation • 28 Oct 15

Graduates from the School of Visual Arts, Lucy Knops and Julia Plevin have co-founded Critter Bitters, a cocktail bitters made with toasted crickets. >
Are dogs the future of frail care?

Next Generation • 26 Oct 15

Design Academy Eindhoven student Archibald Godts considers the future of frail care where dogs become helpers to those too frail to care for themselves. >
Graphic artist G&Sans starts every piece with a pencil

Next Generation • 14 Oct 15

Illustrator Girolamo Giannatempo, known as G&Sans, explores the irrational world with his bright, blob-like, humanoids. >
Dutch student designs a mobile system to encourage recycling in Nepal

Next Generation • 14 Oct 15

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pim van Baarsen designed “Holy Crap” – a Nepal-based incentive scheme to promote waste separation, awareness and recycling. >
Graduate brings designs from books and movies to life

Next Generation • 12 Oct 15

Daniela Treija’s Design Academy Eindhoven graduate project translates imaginary inventions from books and films into real-life designs. >
Egyptian students design honey-spun band-aids for diabetics

Next Generation • 7 Oct 15

Egyptian students designed a new silver and honey-laced material to accelerate the healing speed of diabetics’ wounds. >
Getting milk to the market is helping Rwandan genocide survivors

Next Generation • 5 Oct 15

Rwandan genocide survivors received cows from the government but were unable to sell their milk at the local market until Chantal Butare came along. >
The Polish student breaking into fashion photography with edgy imagery

Next Generation • 30 Sep 15

Polish-born Angelika Wierzbicka hasn’t even graduated and she already has a striking collection of fashion editorials with top indie magazines. >
Israeli student designs medieval-style chainmail for urban wearers

Next Generation • 28 Sep 15

Bezalel Academy graduate Nitzan Kish is using 3D printing to make clothes that protect women from sexual assault in urban centres. >
This robot never loses at rock-paper-scissors

Next Generation • 23 Sep 15

Students at the University of Tokyo have designed Janken, a robot that beats its human competitor at rock-paper-scissors every single time. >
This design compresses agricultural waste into charcoal briquettes for cooking

Next Generation • 21 Sep 15

Dalhousie University student, Keilah Bias has invented a pressing machine that turns agricultural waste into briquettes for cooking in impoverished communities. >
Nigerian students design software for visually impaired mobile users

Next Generation • 16 Sep 15

Obafemi Awolowo University engineering students have built Humane – an app to make smartphone features more accessible to the blind. >

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