2016 Archive

3D-printed robots are able to move immediately after printing

Design Frontiers • 8 Apr 16

MIT researchers developed a way to print both liquids and solids, building a robot faster and with immediate results. >
A fossil-fuel-free houseboat from an apocalyptic future

Design Frontiers • 12 Apr 16

Tshepo Mokholo is an architect-turned-designer and his goal is to bring about inner-city change through better design. >
Skin: The next step in wearable tech

Design Frontiers • 12 Apr 16

SkinHaptics is a new innovation that sees the palm of your hand as the next display surface for wearable tech. >
NeuroLife: A chip that gives movement back to the paralysed

Design Frontiers • 15 Apr 16

Researchers have created a prototype for a medical device that allows a paralysed person to perform basic tasks. >
Sleepwear doesn't have to look like something you'd only wear to bed

Design Frontiers • 18 Apr 16

Alexia Hechter, one of our Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creatives, creates high-end sleepwear out of wool. >
Material girls: We look at two local textile designers

Design Frontiers • 19 Apr 16

Megan Smith and Luhandra Vorstman live on opposite sides of South Africa but share a similar approach to textile design and production. >
OSCAR: Challenging the divide between human and machine

Design Frontiers • 20 Apr 16

Dutch filmmaker and visual artist Floris Kaayk’s series of interconnected videos tells the sci-fi story of OSCAR, a modular life form. >
Tiny flexible film designed to combat pancreatic cancer

Design Frontiers • 22 Apr 16

MIT’s latest advancement is a tiny, flexible roll of film designed for localised cancer treatment. >
Geometric jewellery from Philisa Zibi

Design Frontiers • 25 Apr 16

Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative Philisa Zibi creates geometric jewellery for women in a variety of mediums. >
Drone waitstaff gives valuable insight into a burgeoning technology

Design Frontiers • 26 Apr 16

Students at the Eindhoven University of Technology launched the world’s first drone cafe but they want to do much more. >
Recycle India finds a solution to dangerous waste materials

Design Frontiers • 26 Apr 16

Recycle India turns oil drums and tyres into furniture. >
Amy Slatem’s illustrations are inspired by nature

Design Frontiers • 26 Apr 16

Amy Slatem is a graphic designer and illustrator who prefers the flowing lines in nature to the hard geometric shapes in cities. >
South African creative Menzi Ndlovu isn’t just a one-minute man

Design Frontiers • 28 Apr 16

Johannesburg-based illustrator Menzi Ndlovu immortalises everyday people in one minute sketches. >
Wikkelhouse: A house made of 24 layers of cardboard

Design Frontiers • 29 Apr 16

A marvel of sustainable design, Wikkelhouse is fully customisable and environmentally friendly. >
Swale: the floating food forest

Design Frontiers • 29 Apr 16

The Brooklyn-based project is a self-sustaining ecosystem, created to redesign our relationship with food. >
Conceptual fashion by Bokang Lehabe

Design Frontiers • 2 May 16

Bokang Lehabe, one of Design Indaba Emerging Creative 2016, creates award winning, conceptual fashion. >
Humanoid robot recovers sunken treasure

Design Frontiers • 3 May 16

OceanOne is Stanford’s mermaid-like robot that can stand in for a human driver. >
Khanya Njalo brings solar lighting to rural communities

Design Frontiers • 3 May 16

The project, initiated in rural KwaZulu-Natal, provides solar powered lighting solutions to rural communities. >
Green Product: Breathing Skins adapts to the environment

Design Frontiers • 4 May 16

A showroom in Germany allows users to experience technology that adapts internal conditions to its external environment. >
Manmade plant creates oxygen in space

Design Frontiers • 6 May 16

The Silk Leaf needs only water and light to create oxygen in the harshest of environments. >
Shared Studios launches a new Portal to Rwanda

Design Frontiers • 9 May 16

The project designs futuristic portals, allowing users to reach out across the globe and communicate with each other face-to-face. >
Immersive online museum campaigns for social and environmental issues

Design Frontiers • 9 May 16

Using contemporary art, Art Works For Change inspires active engagement around environmental issues. >
Ebb: Changing the colour of your clothes using electricity

Design Frontiers • 10 May 16

Researchers have created textiles that are able to slowly change colour, revealing a path to interactive garments. >
Three innovative solutions to water shortage in South Africa

Design Frontiers • 11 May 16

These three ideas were submitted to Hack4Water, an initiative aimed to help solve some of SAs water challenges. >

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