June 2016 Archive

Alby Apparel promises liquid-repellent breathable clothes

Product Spotlight • 29 Jun 16

Using patented Fillium technology, wearing these Alby Apparel clothes promises to dramatically reduce your washing load. >
Sou Fujimoto on multi-layered and conceptual architecture

Talks • Duration: 00:24:17 • 28 Jun 16

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto’s philosophical body of work explores architecture that doesn’t dictate any particular behaviour to its users. >
SA designer develops a lifesaving drone

Design News • 27 Jun 16

Mikhail Aymés is no stranger to industrial design. His latest project uses tech to save people from drowning. >
Kazuya Kawasaki on biohacking the fashion industry

Talks • Duration: 00:06:44 • 24 Jun 16

Speculative designer and Keio University student Kazuya Kawasaki grows new materials for the fashion industry. >
Benjamin Hubert on how to redesign the way you work to make a bigger, better impact

Talks • Duration: 00:39:34 • 21 Jun 16

Design by numbers. British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert shares a bit of data about his journey through the design industry. >
Designer Ying Gao creates dresses that respond to emotion

Design News • 21 Jun 16

The dresses imitate “microbial life” and react to the emotions of viewers. >
Margaret Calvert: Sign of the times

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:47 • 17 Jun 16

Renowned graphic designer Margaret Calvert talks tech and working against repetition. >
The Plasmorph: A living diary

Design Frontiers • 17 Jun 16

Relying on memory alone can be daunting. Conceptual designer Ann-Kristin Abel envisions a living organism that provides customised information, >
Twenty Journey’s "The Journeymen" opens in Durban

Design News • 16 Jun 16

Made from the footage of their 24 000 kilometre adventure, the film promises to be both heart-breaking and beautiful. >
Margaret Calvert on work and play over 60 years in graphic design

Talks • Duration: 00:27:34 • 15 Jun 16

South African-born graphic designer Margaret Calvert, OBE is best known for the signs she helped design for Britain's roads. You can now watch her full talk. >
Beating Heart: An archive of African sounds is remixed for a new album

Design News • 14 Jun 16

Several famous musicians have contributed remixes to the new Beating Hearts album, using sounds from a vast and previously private audio archive. >
Sou Fujimoto: The infinite possibilities of open field architecture

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:02 • 13 Jun 16

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto talks about how architecture should create spaces for people to behave as they would like to. >
Loving Vincent: A feature film of 56 800 hand painted frames

Design Frontiers • 13 Jun 16

This animated biopic is about the mysterious life and death of world-renowned artist Vincent Van Gogh and was made of over 50 000 hand painted images. >
Design student’s project is inspired by 240 million kilograms of wasted pine needles

Design News • 9 Jun 16

Designer Tamara Orjola wins an award for creating a multi-use material from industrial waste. >
Dominic Wilcox on thinking your way out of the normal

Talks • Duration: 00:30:48 • 7 Jun 16

Here's a taster from the whimsical, stirring talk from British product designer Dominic Wilcox on how to hunt for new ideas in the everyday. >
New mural by Faith47 in Manchester urges for LGBT rights

Design News • 6 Jun 16

New work by Faith47 in Manchester, UK pays homage to human intimacy as well as asserting support for the LGBT rights. >
Benjamin Hubert: Design with meaning

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:07 • 2 Jun 16

Industrial designer Benjamin Hubert talks about how designers have a responsibility to solve the right kind of problems. >

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