August 2016 Archive

MOBA replaces temporary housing with easy-to-assemble permanent homes

Design News • 1 Aug 16

Argentinian social company relooks at the concept of emergency shelters in developing countries. >
Turkish artist toys with gravity in surreal depictions of Istanbul

Design News • 1 Aug 16

Flatland is a series of digital landscapes that toy with perception, memory and our understanding of gravity. >
Rapid Assessment of Malaria (RAM) detects malaria in 5 seconds

Design News • 1 Aug 16

John Lewandowski, a PhD student in mechanical engineering at MIT has designed a device that can detect malaria from a single drop of blood in 5 seconds. >
This Namibian student’s cellphone was created to make calls without airtime

Design News • 1 Aug 16

Namibian high school learner Simon Petrus has invented a device that makes calls without the use of airtime. >
Christophe Guberan: Active materials research

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:40 • 1 Aug 16

ECAL graduate Christophe Guberant talks about his investigations into the properties of active materials in our exclusive video interview. >
Can hairy plants clean up Amsterdam’s air pollution?

Design News • 2 Aug 16

The Green Junkie’s ability to absorb carbon pollution is currently being tested. >
Trash disposal games cleans up Dutch campus

Design News • 2 Aug 16

Strategically placed trashcans were installed at the Dutch Koning Willem I College to prevent students from littering across the campus. >
Youth, Drugs and Nightlife: Megan Doherty captures a jaded subculture

Design News • 2 Aug 16

Based in Derry, Northern Ireland, photographer Megan Doherty uses her friends as inspiration. >
Healing, Movement, Stimulation: Design for phantom pain

Next Generation • 3 Aug 16

Central Saint Martins Material Futures graduate Niloufar Esfandiary has designed rehabilitation tools for post-amputation patients to prevent phantom limb pain. >
Living architecture could be the answer to sustainable built environments

Design News • 3 Aug 16

University team develop smart bricks with biological systems that can generate energy and clean water. >
Unbroken Ground: A food film by Patagonia

Design News • 3 Aug 16

Outdoor clothing brand Patagonia turns its gaze to the food industry and launches a short film on the role food can play in solving the environmental crisis. >
This floating home is 98 per cent recyclable

Design News • 3 Aug 16

The WaterNest 100 is a sustainable, futuristic floating home. >
Playground teaches recycling resourcefulness to kids

Design News • 4 Aug 16

Discarded water tanks, street lamps and other waste items used to create play areas in Taipei. >
A wearable for sleep, focus and meditation

Design News • 4 Aug 16

The ELF emmit headband uses extra-low frequency electromagnetic pulses to get your brain to do what you want. >
Fred Gelli on designing an Olympic identity that connects anyone and everyone

Talks • Duration: 00:33:33 • 4 Aug 16

Co-founder of Tátil Design Fred Gelli talks about the award-winning firm’s ten design principles and what inspired the Olympic and Paralympic logo. >
Minimising waste with the Flax Chair

Product Spotlight • 4 Aug 16

Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma proves furniture can carry both stylistic and ecological integrity. >
Condom material used to design advanced athletic wear

Design News • 5 Aug 16

SKYNFEEL APPAREL uses innovative condom material to create aerodynamic long jump suit. >
6 ways we could change mobility and transport in the city

Design Frontiers • 5 Aug 16

From sensory deprivation clouds to government enforced carpooling, here are the ways design can address the challenges of transport. >
Match your body movements to the sound of your heart

Next Generation • 5 Aug 16

Material Futures graduate Lesley-Ann Daly looks into how wearables and implants can give the user a more visceral connection to their bodies. >
The clothing designed to sense unseen pollution

Design Frontiers • 5 Aug 16

In collaboration with UK scientists, artist Kasia Molga created garments that are able to measure the surrounding air quality. >
Liquid light created in DiMO lamp range

Product Spotlight • 8 Aug 16

Modern lamp designed to imitate the mechanism of a syringe. >
Dirt-free herb farming for urban dwellers

Product Spotlight • 8 Aug 16

The Amphora allows even the busiest people to grow fresh herbs. >
Sistaaz of the Castle: Colourful transgender fashion in Cape Town

Design News • Duration: 4:57 • 8 Aug 16

Dutch artists Jan Hoek and Duran Lantink depict transgender sex workers in bouyant fashions. >
Eco-friendly construction blocks made from plastic waste

Design News • 8 Aug 16

ByFusion uses the RePlast system to turn ocean waste into usable construction material. >

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