October 2016 Archive

How to make roads work for you

Design Frontiers • 11 Oct 16

Solar Roadways, a US-based startup, imagines a world that is navigated by efficient, power-generating roads. >
Collecting raindrops to prevent water shortage

Design News • 11 Oct 16

Using a simple, DIY system of corrugated roof, gutters, buried pipes and gigantic tanks, Joe Mooney is able to harvest rainwater for all his domestic needs. >
Control your fear of public speaking with ROC Speak

Design News • 12 Oct 16

This computer programme can help develop your communicative skills via your browser. >
Nigerian graduate designs gas-powered pressing iron

Next Generation • 12 Oct 16

The domestic creation of Ayokunle Adeniran tackles the difficulty of power outages. >
Am I Honey, or am I Honey?

Design News • 12 Oct 16

South African artist Rendani Nemakhavhani releases chapter five of The Honey, blackness from a sidelined perspective. >
Creativity burns across the African continent in Khuli Chana’s new music video

Design News • 12 Oct 16

Shot in Ghana and produced by South African producers, One Source celebrates Africanness through collaboration. >
Three cities that tackle modern civic problems successfully

Design News • 13 Oct 16

Take a look at how city planners have found ways to manage 21st-century urban obstacles in these three cities. >
They Still Live: Ancient african art is resuscitated in urban settings

Design News • 13 Oct 16

Photography project They Still Live reconstructs African roots to build a bridge between ancient tribal art and modern tomorrows. >
The answers are in the Cloud

Design News • 13 Oct 16

If we wish to change the future, we must change the weather >
Levoons: squeezable spoons to make baking a breeze

Product Spotlight • 13 Oct 16

Dreamfarms’ ingenious measuring spoons take the guess work out of baking. >
Purgation: A new collection by SA designer Lukhanyo Mdingi

Design News • 13 Oct 16

The SS17 collection by South African fashion designer Lukhanyo Mdingi, shot against the dramatic colours of the Highveld. >
Pauline van Dongen’s latest invention is a shirt designed to correct your posture

Design Frontiers • 14 Oct 16

Eliminate slouching with this smart addition to your wardrobe. >
The chair that was designed by AI

Design News • 14 Oct 16

It turns out that some of AI's best solutions are inspired by nature. >
When I think about you I text myself

Design News • 14 Oct 16

Love in the time of human and machine: Control your impulse to send an emotional drunk message by sending it instead to a surrogate robot number. >
Student’s website connects patients with LGBTQ-friendly healthcare providers

Design News • 14 Oct 16

Healthcare in the United States (US) is a slippery slope for the LGBTQ community. >
A unified African Identity with Daniel Ting Chong, OkayAfrica

Design News • 14 Oct 16

A new fashion range by Emerging Creative alumnus Daniel Ting Chong and OkayAfrica draws from the expressive nature of Africa’s national flags. >
The drone you can eat

Design Frontiers • 17 Oct 16

Edible and unmanned, this drone could be a game-changer for aid delivery. >
Hyperloop concept could be the railway transport of tomorrow

Design Frontiers • 17 Oct 16

Take a look at SpaceX’s evolution of maglev trains. >
Heart-monitoring smart watch empowers wearers to live longer lives

Design Frontiers • 17 Oct 16

The iBeat is a life-saving wearable for every age. >
The first bee born in captivity

Design News • 17 Oct 16

The Synthetic Apiary proposes an alternative living arrangement for bees. >
Upcycled chairs remember a childhood church congregation

Design News • 17 Oct 16

"A Swimming Pool of Dreams" is the latest immersive project by London-based Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori, telling six narratives of people who pray. >
US student designs prosthetic hand-hack to aid one-handed violin player

Next Generation • 18 Oct 16

3D printed prosthetic helps this aspiring violinist reach for her dream. >
Handing over the camera to former child brides

Design News • 18 Oct 16

Veteran photographer Stephanie Sinclair teaches child brides to tell their own stories using basic photography. >
Senegalese sneakers by Nio Far

Product Spotlight • 18 Oct 16

Nnema, which means comfort, is the latest collection by Senegalese shoe brand Nio Far by Milcos. >

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