2016 Archive

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. >
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. >
Backpacks made from traditional Sotho blankets

Design Frontiers • 6 Apr 16

Sibusiso Mokhachane makes backpacks from blankets to celebrate his heritage and help the world unlearn African stereotypes. >
Windows and solar panels could one day be made of transparent wood

Design Frontiers • 5 Apr 16

Mass produced transparent wood material could be used in windows, solar panels and buildings. >
Researchers make strides towards self-cleaning textiles

Design Frontiers • 1 Apr 16

Textiles that self-clean when exposed to light could be well on the way, but don’t throw out the washing machine yet. >
The hidden graphic design behind flags

Design Frontiers • 31 Mar 16

Stories behind flags from an artist’s point of view. >
Pressed peat makes for ideal building blocks

Design Frontiers • 31 Mar 16

The natural ability of dried peat makes these bioblocks ideal for regulating the interior climates of spaces. >
Collecting desalinated water through fog

Design Frontiers • 30 Mar 16

Fog harvesting is a sustainable way to harvest clean water in areas with regular mist. >
New, innovative material inspired by ancient design

Design Frontiers • 30 Mar 16

The designs found in Iran’s Kharraqan towers became the unlikely inspiration for an advancement in metamaterials. >
FlipFlic controls your blinds for you

Design Frontiers • 29 Mar 16

An automated blind controller equipped with light sensors and thermometers controls your blinds for you. >
A squid bacteria lighting solution

Design Frontiers • 29 Mar 16

The nocturnal Hawaiian bobtail squid uses bacteria to help it see in the dark and so can we. >
Buy one give one: A blanket drive from Cape Town

Design Frontiers • 28 Mar 16

Umbala blankets are designed and locally manufactured by a studio that donate a blanket to a baby in need for every blanket they sell. >
3D-printed vase collection upcycles plastic bottles

Design Frontiers • 28 Mar 16

DesignLibero’s 3D-printed vase collection brings beauty to the practice of upcycling. >
Pedestrian and bicycle tunnel opens underneath Amsterdam Central station

Design Frontiers • 25 Mar 16

A beautiful and advanced tunnel for cyclists and pedestrians has opened underneath Amsterdam. >
Blurring the lines between art, architecture and design

Design Frontiers • 24 Mar 16

A design studio in Italy known for their anamorphic art have painted shape changing mural. >
Notes on Blindness: A virtual reality experience

Design Frontiers • 23 Mar 16

“Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness” is a virtual reality film created from the audio diaries theologian John Hull kept as he went blind. >
Bel & Bel are the leaders in supra-cycling

Design Frontiers • 23 Mar 16

Spanish design studio Bel&Bel save objects from falling into disuse by redesigning their purpose. >
Portable water purification for developing nations

Design Frontiers • 22 Mar 16

LifeStraw is a portable and affordable water purification tool for people in developing countries. >
A faster, cheaper way to filter water using graphene

Design Frontiers • 22 Mar 16

Scientists have created a graphene-based water filter that could be a solution to the water crisis. >
Turning cemeteries into forests

Design Frontiers • 18 Mar 16

The new Bios Urn and tree incubator has created a way to commemorate the dead by planting a tree. >
The Dutch e-bike powered by solar energy

Design Frontiers • 17 Mar 16

The Dutch Solar Bike's sleek design is thanks to specially designed solar panels. >
A tiny, smart patch could replace insulin shots for diabetes sufferers

Design Frontiers • 16 Mar 16

A painless patch could mean that millions of diabetes sufferers no longer have to inject themselves to correct their insulin levels. >
Welcome to Germany is a cellphone app for refugees

Design Frontiers • 16 Mar 16

A smart application provides migrants with much-needed information about life in Germany. >
Interactive installations turn Toronto's beaches into winter destinations

Design Frontiers • 15 Mar 16

Toronto’s beach goers are encouraged to hit the seaside throughout the year. >

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