April 2016 Archive

Swale: the floating food forest

Design Frontiers • 29 Apr 16

The Brooklyn-based project is a self-sustaining ecosystem, created to redesign our relationship with food. >
Wikkelhouse: A house made of 24 layers of cardboard

Design Frontiers • 29 Apr 16

A marvel of sustainable design, Wikkelhouse is fully customisable and environmentally friendly. >
South African creative Menzi Ndlovu isn’t just a one-minute man

Design Frontiers • 28 Apr 16

Johannesburg-based illustrator Menzi Ndlovu immortalises everyday people in one minute sketches. >
Amy Slatem’s illustrations are inspired by nature

Design Frontiers • 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. >
Recycle India finds a solution to dangerous waste materials

Design Frontiers • 26 Apr 16

Recycle India turns oil drums and tyres into furniture. >
Drone waitstaff gives valuable insight into a burgeoning technology

Design Frontiers • 26 Apr 16

Students at the Eindhoven University of Technology launched the world’s first drone cafe but they want to do much more. >
Geometric jewellery from Philisa Zibi

Design Frontiers • 25 Apr 16

Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative Philisa Zibi creates geometric jewellery for women in a variety of mediums. >
Tiny flexible film designed to combat pancreatic cancer

Design Frontiers • 22 Apr 16

MIT’s latest advancement is a tiny, flexible roll of film designed for localised cancer treatment. >
OSCAR: Challenging the divide between human and machine

Design Frontiers • 20 Apr 16

Dutch filmmaker and visual artist Floris Kaayk’s series of interconnected videos tells the sci-fi story of OSCAR, a modular life form. >
Material girls: We look at two local textile designers

Design Frontiers • 19 Apr 16

Megan Smith and Luhandra Vorstman live on opposite sides of South Africa but share a similar approach to textile design and production. >
Sleepwear doesn't have to look like something you'd only wear to bed

Design Frontiers • 18 Apr 16

Alexia Hechter, one of our Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creatives, creates high-end sleepwear out of wool. >
NeuroLife: A chip that gives movement back to the paralysed

Design Frontiers • 15 Apr 16

Researchers have created a prototype for a medical device that allows a paralysed person to perform basic tasks. >
Skin: The next step in wearable tech

Design Frontiers • 12 Apr 16

SkinHaptics is a new innovation that sees the palm of your hand as the next display surface for wearable tech. >
A fossil-fuel-free houseboat from an apocalyptic future

Design Frontiers • 12 Apr 16

Tshepo Mokholo is an architect-turned-designer and his goal is to bring about inner-city change through better design. >
3D-printed robots are able to move immediately after printing

Design Frontiers • 8 Apr 16

MIT researchers developed a way to print both liquids and solids, building a robot faster and with immediate results. >
Backpacks made from traditional Sotho blankets

Design Frontiers • 6 Apr 16

Sibusiso Mokhachane makes backpacks from blankets to celebrate his heritage and help the world unlearn African stereotypes. >
Windows and solar panels could one day be made of transparent wood

Design Frontiers • 5 Apr 16

Mass produced transparent wood material could be used in windows, solar panels and buildings. >
Researchers make strides towards self-cleaning textiles

Design Frontiers • 1 Apr 16

Textiles that self-clean when exposed to light could be well on the way, but don’t throw out the washing machine yet. >

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