2016 Archive

Lava Lab: Innovation at the intersection

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:09 • 14 Jul 16

We talk to the ladies of Lava Lab about the rise of the hybrid designer and the age of Millenial thinking. >
Basia Dzaman: The future of 3D printing and robotics

Video Interviews • 13 Jul 16

Global graduate Basia Dzaman harnesses new technologies to explore traditional embroidery patterns. >
Project Nourished: A virtual reality experience that tricks your taste buds

Design Frontiers • Duration: 00:00:09 • 12 Jul 16

Experience designer Jinsoo An’s Project Nourished creates virtual worlds where any food dream is possible. >
The world’s largest air purifier is touring the smoggy cities of China

Design News • 11 Jul 16

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Tower (which works like a vacuum cleaner for dirty air) is travelling to China. >
Basia Dzaman on the intersection of robotics and creativity

Talks • Duration: 00:08:42 • 11 Jul 16

A Polish student from the School of Form in Poznań, Poland has designed a robotic arm that reimagines the lost art of snutki. >
Image Merchants: W&N Studio and James Lavelle

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:56 • 8 Jul 16

We talk to DJ and artist James Lavelle and photographers Warren Du Preez and Nick Thorton Jones about the resurgence of craft and their various collaborations. >
Belgian artist creates art out of chickens

Design News • 8 Jul 16

The Cosmopolitan Chicken project by Koen Vanmechelen uses the living materials collected during chicken cross-breeding to create art. >
Plastic-bag sculptures critique the treatment of the homeless

Design News • 6 Jul 16

Made in the silhouette of a person crouched on the street, the installation captures London’s response to homeless people. >
The New Raw: Plastic waste as the new raw material

Design News • 6 Jul 16

A team of creatives based in Greece have launched a new initiative to combat the worst pollutant: plastic waste. >
Francois Knoetze on representations of waste and consumer culture

Talks • Duration: 00:07:00 • 5 Jul 16

Performance artist Francois Knoetze's trash monsters are a bleak and beautiful reflection of our consumer culture and the waste it creates. >
How is virtual reality changing the architecture industry?

Inside View • 5 Jul 16

We talk to the VR specialist at South African architecture and design practice SAOTA about how virtual reality and technology is changing design. >
A new channel for the vicarious traveller

Design News • 5 Jul 16

How Far From Home, speakers from our 2016 Conference, have just launched a video blog for those of us that are seeing the world vicariously through their eyes. >
Bio-bean: Imagine cities powered by coffee waste

Design News • 4 Jul 16

Bio-bean is an award-winning clean technology company that recycles waste coffee grounds into advanced biofuels that could replace fossil fuels in cities. >
Sustainable plastic products made out of air pollution

Design News • 1 Jul 16

AirCarbon is a plastic polymer made out of methane emissions that would otherwise be polluting the air. >
Welcome to Wes Africa: A new fashion campaign with a touch of nostalgia

Design News • 1 Jul 16

Online fashion store Superbalist presents a Wes Anderson-inspired cinematic winter campaign shot in Dakar, Senegal. We'd like to share it with you. >
Alby Apparel promises liquid-repellent breathable clothes

Product Spotlight • 29 Jun 16

Using patented Fillium technology, wearing these Alby Apparel clothes promises to dramatically reduce your washing load. >
Sou Fujimoto on multi-layered and conceptual architecture

Talks • Duration: 00:24:17 • 28 Jun 16

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto’s philosophical body of work explores architecture that doesn’t dictate any particular behaviour to its users. >
SA designer develops a lifesaving drone

Design News • 27 Jun 16

Mikhail Aymés is no stranger to industrial design. His latest project uses tech to save people from drowning. >
Kazuya Kawasaki on biohacking the fashion industry

Talks • Duration: 00:06:44 • 24 Jun 16

Speculative designer and Keio University student Kazuya Kawasaki grows new materials for the fashion industry. >
Benjamin Hubert on how to redesign the way you work to make a bigger, better impact

Talks • Duration: 00:39:34 • 21 Jun 16

Design by numbers. British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert shares a bit of data about his journey through the design industry. >
Designer Ying Gao creates dresses that respond to emotion

Design News • 21 Jun 16

The dresses imitate “microbial life” and react to the emotions of viewers. >
Margaret Calvert: Sign of the times

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:47 • 17 Jun 16

Renowned graphic designer Margaret Calvert talks tech and working against repetition. >
The Plasmorph: A living diary

Design Frontiers • 17 Jun 16

Relying on memory alone can be daunting. Conceptual designer Ann-Kristin Abel envisions a living organism that provides customised information, >
Twenty Journey’s "The Journeymen" opens in Durban

Design News • 16 Jun 16

Made from the footage of their 24 000 kilometre adventure, the film promises to be both heart-breaking and beautiful. >

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