January 2016 Archive

Ben Moyo: A photographer without a camera telling the African Story

Design News • 14 Jan 16

Zimbabwean-born photographer Ben Moyo broke the mould by pursuing a career in the arts despite a lack of opportunities. >
Pneumatic display designed to modernise braille

Design News • 14 Jan 16

This full-page, pneumatic, braille-like display could change the way the blind use technology. >
Imagining homes for the homeless

Design News • 15 Jan 16

Sofia Borges and Susan Nwankpa’s HOME(less) confronts the epidemic of a growing homeless population in Los Angeles. >
Capture Mobility turns airflow from passing cars into electricty

Design Frontiers • 15 Jan 16

An alternative wind turbine that generates green energy and removes air pollution on highways. >
Poo pill designed to combat obesity

Design Frontiers • 15 Jan 16

Scientists at a United States hospital are using a freeze-dried pill made of faecal matter to treat obesity. >
Ivorian women and wigs as photographed by Émilie Regnier

Design News • 15 Jan 16

Black women’s hair is knotty terrain. Émilie Regnier photographs Ivorian women in their wigged glory and affirms that hair is ultimately a personal choice. >
Syrupy blue and pink visuals accompany an electronic African sound

FilmFestFriday • 15 Jan 16

South African DJ and “kwaaiwave” producer, Maramza and vocalist, Moonchild pair their dreamy track “Inkwenkwezi” with even dreamier visuals. >
Shen Chen designs a temporary stadium built in bamboo

Next Generation • 18 Jan 16

A graduate in architecture from TU Delft, Shen Chen has designed a temporary, multifunctional stadium built from bamboo. >
Who are the best designers in the world?

Design News • 18 Jan 16

83 countries are ranked in arts, architecture and design based on the number of design awards won, with the United States taking the top position. >
A video game becomes memoir about a family fighting cancer

Design Frontiers • 18 Jan 16

“That Dragon, Cancer” is an interactive narrative about Joel Green and his battle with cancer. >
Artist's gun dissections reveal the innards of war

Design News • 18 Jan 16

Anatomy of War reveals the gory, inner workings of the world's most popular weapons. **Warning: This story contains graphic images.** >
Qivivo smart thermostats builds temperature profile for it's users

Design Frontiers • 18 Jan 16

Paris-based 5.5 designstudio have designed a minimal-looking thermostat that learns about its user's behaviours and optimises home energy usage. >
Live From New York!

Design News • 18 Jan 16

“Live From New York!” documents the early years of "Saturday Night Live” and examines how this late-night show became an American institution. >
A floating forest will soon set sail in Rotterdam

Design News • 18 Jan 16

Mothership’s Dobberend Bos installation explores how people and nature coexist in an urban environment. >
Open source 3D printed hands for children

Design News • 19 Jan 16

A global network of samaritans are helping children in need of hands. >
A contemporary raw-brick house in India shelters orphaned children

Design News • 19 Jan 16

Designed by Made in Earth, a group of humanitarian architects, Vellore House in Tamil Nadu, India, accommodates twenty orphaned children. >
Dutch children could soon be riding wind turbines

Design Frontiers • 19 Jan 16

Extreme eco-thrills are within reach of Dutch locals at a wind turbine amusement park where guests will go on rides that incorporate wind turbines. >
Very Semi-Serious

Design News • 19 Jan 16

Documentary film “Very Semi-Serious” is an inside look at The New Yorker’s iconic cartoons. >
Wesley van Eeden: Surf city creative

Design Frontiers • 19 Jan 16

Durban-based creative Wesley van Eeden has created his own voice and message through his hip, character-based art. >
Pentagram's Naresh Ramchandani slates corporate jargon with a two minute rap

Design News • 19 Jan 16

Corporate slang is named and shamed in Pentagram partner Naresh Ramchandani's Gamechanger video. >
Celeste Arendse’s latest collection references the women of Picasso and Matisse

Design News • 19 Jan 16

“Breasts of Desire”, the latest collection Cape Town-based fashion label Selfi, explores the way women’s bodies are portrayed in modern culture. >
Recycled plastic gets beautiful with these vessels

Next Generation • 20 Jan 16

Wael Seaiby, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, has designed Plag, a series of glass and ceramic looking vessels made from recycled plastic. >
The world’s first 3D knitted shoe

Design News • 20 Jan 16

JS Shoe introduces featherweight, formfitting footwear created with 3D knitting technology. >
Smart scooters that run on swappable batteries

Design Frontiers • 20 Jan 16

Gogoro Smartscooters are the world's first and only scooter that run on batteries that you can exchange when yours is flat. >

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