2016 Archive

Paperscope: Send someone a moment of your day in this postable, DIY kaleidoscope

Product Spotlight • 18 Nov 16

The Paperscope is an eco-friendly do-it-yourself kaleidoscope that you can send in an envelope to anywhere in the world, turning moments of your day into magic. >
Meet the Cyborg Tattoo Artist

Design News • Duration: 02:42 • 18 Nov 16

This tattoo artist creates his drawings unlike anyone else. >
Fun over function with product designer Jaime Hayón

Talks • Duration: 00:34:08 • 18 Nov 16

Whimsical Spanish designer Jaime Hayón explores materials and storytelling through products he creates with a childlike sense of fun. >
Jaime Hayón: Curiosity is the designer's greatest tool

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:54 • 18 Nov 16

Curiosity is the designer's third eye, says quirky Spanish product designer Jaime Hayón. Without it there is no creativity. >
Magic-making lemonade

Design News • 18 Nov 16

Sometimes the most simple of acts can inspire wonder. >
The Homeless Studio explores how architecture can help address homelessness

Design News • 18 Nov 16

This student-led project creates innovative homes for Los Angeles’ most vulnerable. >
Pneumatic dome turns London park into a community haven

Design Frontiers • 18 Nov 16

Madrid-based firm DOSIS creates inflatable, reconfigurable public space. >
Fighting coastal erosion with the TetraPOT

Design News • 18 Nov 16

With ocean levels on the rise, how do we protect our seaside towns? >
Relajaelcoco: Data-driven graphics

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:03 • 17 Nov 16

Spanish graphic design studio Relajaelcoco believe that good vibes and a relaxed mind are the key to the creative process. >
‘The Crying Forest’: a striking reminder of the forces ravaging the Amazon

Design Frontiers • 17 Nov 16

Philippe Echaroux’s artistic protest against the destruction of the rainforest. >
We Shall See: A photographic journey from life to death

Design News • 17 Nov 16

Photographer Ian Willms repairs the fractured relationship with his father in We Shall See. >
Was it Made in China or Designed in China?

Design News • 17 Nov 16

The Chinese manufacturing industry is well known for its knockoffs. But what does that mean for the Chinese designer? >
This USB stick doubles as an HIV testing kit

Design Frontiers • 17 Nov 16

Scientists based in the UK have developed a USB device that can quickly and accurately determine one's HIV status. >
Biolux: Speculating on the future of indoor lighting

Next Generation • 17 Nov 16

Growing glowing architecture. >
Wire Glasses: Sustainable eyewear made in London and Harare

Product Spotlight • 16 Nov 16

These John Lennon-style Wire Glasses are made from a single wire in Harare, Zimbabwe on frames that are 3d printed in London. >
Turning the tables with the Internet of Things

Design Frontiers • 16 Nov 16

We use technology to experiment, test and customise our experiences. But what if it was the other way around? >
Plastic Bottle Village

Design News • Duration: 06:36 • 16 Nov 16

Take a look at the life of Robert Bezeau, the "plastic bottle architect". >
Athi-Patra Ruga debuts new performance piece at Performa 17 Biennale in New York

Design Frontiers • 16 Nov 16

Dismantling the myth of the ‘Rainbow Nation’ through performance art. >
A conversation with Jabu Nadia Newman: filmmaker, photographer and feminist

Next Generation • 16 Nov 16

We chat to the woman behind the explosive webseries The Foxy Five. Jabu and her cast will be speaking at Design Indaba 2017. >
Naama Schendar: Design to rethink trauma

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:20 • 15 Nov 16

The way that the world deals with trauma is not progressive enough, says Israeli-born multidisciplinary designer Naama Schendar. >
Trauma and the neuroplasticity of the human brain with Naama Schendar

Talks • Duration: 00:10:00 • 15 Nov 16

Global Graduate Naama Schendar explores identity and trauma through a design project that encourages enhanced empathy. >
Chat with Dope Saint Jude

Video Interviews • 15 Nov 16

South African rapper Dope Saint Jude has through her music challenged gender identity in the masculine realm of hip hop. >
Smart streetlights powered by pedestrian footsteps

Design Frontiers • 15 Nov 16

Clean-tech startup EnGoPlanet harnesses kinetic energy to potentially power cities around the world. >
Photographer Loes Heerink captures the beauty of Vietnam’s street trade

Design Frontiers • 15 Nov 16

‘Vendors From Above’ - a collection of aerial shots of the vivid hawkers of Hanoi. >

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