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Swale: the floating food forest
Design Frontiers
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29 Apr 16
The Brooklyn-based project is a self-sustaining ecosystem, created to redesign our relationship with food.
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BeSeens: LED imbedded, hand-signalling cycling gloves
Product Spotlight
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29 Apr 16
BeSeens use motion detection and LED lighting to make indicating safer for cyclists.
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Abai Schulze: Stylish leather goods, handmade in Ethiopia
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:03:19
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29 Apr 16
ZAAF is a collection of Ethiopian handbags and scarfs, hand loomed using traditional patterns and practices.
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Floating solar panels take to the seas
Design News
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29 Apr 16
Heliofloat solar farm is designed to generate clean energy out at sea and preserve water in arid regions.
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Skyscraper made out of wooden numbers
Design News
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29 Apr 16
Anders Berensson Architects is set to transform an old parking lot in Stockholm into a multi-use wooden skyscraper.
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Wikkelhouse: A house made of 24 layers of cardboard
Design Frontiers
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29 Apr 16
A marvel of sustainable design, Wikkelhouse is fully customisable and environmentally friendly.
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EnerGaia’s rival new production method for Spirulina
Product Spotlight
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28 Apr 16
Thailand-based EnerGaia has created a unique bioreactor to manufacture a purer Spirulina sustainably.
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Skull echoes offer solution to current password systems
Design News
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28 Apr 16
German research team look into skull echoes as new passwords to access private accounts or devices.
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Search engine uses ad revenue to plant trees
Design News
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28 Apr 16
Ecosia is a search engine and social initiative that uses income generated from search ads to fight global deforestation.
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South African creative Menzi Ndlovu isn’t just a one-minute man
Design Frontiers
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28 Apr 16
Johannesburg-based illustrator Menzi Ndlovu immortalises everyday people in one minute sketches.
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Pockulus: Smartphone free, affordable VR
Design News
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28 Apr 16
Based on open-source tech, Pockulus is a DIY way into virtual reality.
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Bioo: A plant that is also a charging station
Design News
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28 Apr 16
Charging your electronic devices could be done in the easiest, greenest way possible with the Bioo plant.
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Anna Raimondo’s latest collection – NOIR
Product Spotlight
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27 Apr 16
Cape Town’s Anna Raimondo releases her latest range, NOIR, for her jewellery design company, Smith.
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Michael Shiferaw: Digital design with a positive impact
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:03:30
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27 Apr 16
It’s a good time to be a creative in Africa, says creative director Michael Shiferaw
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Plastic card melts to fix or modify anything
Design News
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27 Apr 16
FORMcard is a play dough type of substance that aims to become as ubiquitous as sticky tape or Prestik.
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A floating UFO to call home
Design News
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27 Apr 16
Italian boating company designs a flying saucer-like house boat for living and sailing on the sea.
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Local animator Mike Scott on creating lasting relationships with characters
Design News
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27 Apr 16
Cape Town animator Mike Scott’s work is simple nostalgia mixed with pop culture characters that you want to get to know.
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Tackling Islamophobia through unifying portraits
Design News
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27 Apr 16
It’s time to shift the conversation on the Muslim identity, says NATIVE VML.
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Amy Slatem’s illustrations are inspired by nature
Design Frontiers
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26 Apr 16
Amy Slatem is a graphic designer and illustrator who prefers the flowing lines in nature to the hard geometric shapes in cities.
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Recycle India finds a solution to dangerous waste materials
Design Frontiers
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26 Apr 16
Recycle India turns oil drums and tyres into furniture.
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Gloves translate sign language into speech
Design News
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26 Apr 16
Two university students are bridging a communication gap by turning sign language gestures into spoken English.
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The Mimi Moto cookstove is cleaner and safer than traditional cookstoves
Product Spotlight
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26 Apr 16
Mimi Moto’s cookstove makes clean, safe cooking accessible to everyone.
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Advertising billboard doubles as Zika mosquito trap
Design News
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26 Apr 16
Two Brazilian agencies are creating awareness around the Zika virus while alleviating the problem.
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Drone waitstaff gives valuable insight into a burgeoning technology
Design Frontiers
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26 Apr 16
Students at the Eindhoven University of Technology launched the world’s first drone cafe but they want to do much more.
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