August 2016 Archive

In the pipeline: The new underwater motorways of Norway

Design Frontiers • Duration: 0:55 • 16 Aug 16

These submerged floating tubes may be the first step into trans-Atlantic road connections. >
Sustaining the memory of the ‘Black Mamba’

Design Frontiers • 16 Aug 16

Cryus Kabiru’s roadster fixation leads to imaginative and nostalgic sculptures. >
Jewellery made from everyday items

Design News • 16 Aug 16

Johannesburg-based alternative jeweller Belinda Phofu uncovers the untapped potential of everyday items. >
Concrete creative: Entries to South Africa’s biggest art and design prize are still open

Design News • 17 Aug 16

PPC Imaginarium Awards are open for entries for their 2016/2017 competitions until the end of September 2016. >
Wintergatan Marble Machine: Making music with marbles

Product Spotlight • Duration: 4:32 • 17 Aug 16

This arcade-style music box features a range of programmable instruments. >
Intuitive wardrobe donates unworn clothes to charities

Design News • 17 Aug 16

The Internet of Clothes is a creative concept that tackles the over consumption of fashion. >
Capturing the "Gully Queens" of Jamaica

Design News • 17 Aug 16

Pieter Hugo’s collaboration with Hood by Air is a celebration of the vilified gay community of Kingston. >
Blubel: The intelligent bicycle bell

Product Spotlight • Duration: 3:29 • 17 Aug 16

Blubel Tech’s new device for cyclists offers far more than the chime of a bell. >
Photographer Ofoe Amegavie captures the beauty of Ghana’s iconic festivals

Design News • 17 Aug 16

Photographer Ofoe Amegavie tells the vivid stories of Ghana’s traditional festivals in an ongoing series. >
The creative collective disrupting SA's National Arts Festival

Design News • 18 Aug 16

The 10 Day Men are shaking things up in Grahamstown. >
Students create seaweed-based yarn to tackle fashion industry pollution

Design News • 18 Aug 16

BioEsters is a bio-based material that presents a sustainable yarn alternative for designers. >
Project Florence: Opening communication with plant life

Design Frontiers • Duration: 2:21 • 18 Aug 16

Helene Steiner works to expand communication with plants. The resulting dialogue is bizarre and intriguing. >
Saving the planet with art supplies

Design News • 18 Aug 16

The startup turning air pollution into ink. >
Tiny device uses sunlight to disinfect water

Design News • 18 Aug 16

Researchers at Stanford University created a tiny device that purifies water in minutes. >
Boombox champions nomadic retail spaces

Design News • 19 Aug 16

A startup platform that gives emerging businesses access to a public market. >
No Man’s Sky: The videogame that conceives galaxies

Design Frontiers • Duration: 5:53 • 19 Aug 16

The 2016 offering of Hello Games is pushing the possibilities of open-world gameplay to new stratospheres. >
Interior designer Seugnet Herbst challenges the ordinary

Design News • 19 Aug 16

2016 Emerging Creative Seugnet Herbst challenges ordinary aspects of interior design. >
Mapping poverty: getting relief to developing areas

Design News • 22 Aug 16

These researchers are using mapping technology to find the world’s poorest areas. >
Shoey Shoes made entirely from waste materials

Design News • 22 Aug 16

Student looks into using material offcuts to create a sustainable range of children’s shoes. >
Buhle Ngaba’s The Girl Without A Sound

Design Frontiers • 22 Aug 16

Meet the young actress encouraging little girls to own their voice. >
BuggyAir: A mobile air pollution tracker

Design News • 22 Aug 16

This air pollution testing kit helps parents make informed decisions about the type of environments they expose their children to. >
TrackR Bravo: Making lost items a thing of the past

Product Spotlight • Duration: 1:38 • 22 Aug 16

Chris Herbert and his team at Phone Halo have designed a compact tracker device that can be used for practically anything. >
China opens record-breaking transparent bridge

Design News • 23 Aug 16

The Hunan province is now home to the longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in the world. >
Catch an autonomous flying drone to work

Design Frontiers • 23 Aug 16

Airbus shares plans to develop autonomous flying vehicles in response to land-based traffic congestion. >

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