2016 Archive

Alternative living with 21st-century hunter-gatherers

Design News • 24 Nov 16

Living Wild documents modern hunter-gatherers in a movement called the Stone Age Living Project. >
Beijing’s Smog Free Tower turns polluted air into jewellery

Design News • 24 Nov 16

Smog-ridden Beijing is investing in new age solutions to tackle their air pollution problem. >
The Human Ivory Collection by Lucie Majerus

Design News • 24 Nov 16

Designer turns teeth into jewellery as a statement on the illegal ivory trade. >
The goofy vertical vehicle

Design News • 23 Nov 16

Getting from A to B in a vertical, electrical transportation system that you built yourself. >
The mysterious masks of Damselfrau

Design News • 23 Nov 16

Norwegian artist Damselfrau creates exotic looking masks out of found materials and textiles. >
Hollywood Kits is an illustrated tribute to the classics

Design News • 23 Nov 16

Every cinephile, from your Star Wars-obsessed cousin to your hipster coworker, is sure to find something to love! >
The Growroom: Architecture that feeds the city

Design News • 23 Nov 16

The Growroom urban farm explores how cities can feed themselves through architecture that produces food locally. >
Cyborg insects map out disaster zones

Design News • 23 Nov 16

Drawing virtual images of unsafe areas with miniature flying robots. >
Adeline Mai’s dreamy, underwater nudes

Design News • 22 Nov 16

The Parisian photographer captures a delicate interpretation of aquatic submersion. >
Recyclable helmet wins International James Dyson Award

Design News • 22 Nov 16

The collapsible EcoHelmet makes safety a convenience. >
Do insects like the way we taste?

Design News • 21 Nov 16

To Flavour Our Tears places humans on the other end of the food chain. >
Pimp My Street Kitchen rebrands informal street food vendors

Design News • 21 Nov 16

Being Frank, a collective of three South African designers, is hoping to transform three informal food vendors into well-branded, mobile food trailers. >
Photographer Jean-Claude Moschetti documents the magic of West Africa

Design News • 21 Nov 16

Parallel Worlds is French photographer Jean-Claude Moschetti's artistic portal into another dimension. >
Tackle wet weather with these creative methods of escaping the rain

Design News • 21 Nov 16

From ‘non-wet’ umbrellas to onesies made for biking during a rainstorm, avoiding a downpour has never been this inspired. >
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. >
Fighting coastal erosion with the TetraPOT

Design News • 18 Nov 16

With ocean levels on the rise, how do we protect our seaside towns? >
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? >
Turning the violent side of nature into an energy source

Design News • 15 Nov 16

Japanese engineers turn their attention to the power of typhoons. >
A delicious way to die

Design News • 14 Nov 16

This surreal cookbook details the most heavenly ways to enter the afterlife. >
RoboBees and the future of pollination

Design News • 14 Nov 16

Are scientists about to replace bees? >
‘Girl, girl, girl’ by Aki Inomata

Design News • 14 Nov 16

These insect-built homes are a colourful commentary on a pervasive gender dynamic. >
Standing Rock: A documentary of resistance in the US

Design News • 11 Nov 16

A fracked oil pipeline sparks the Standing Rock Sioux Nation to lead the biggest indigenous protest in 100 years. >

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