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Feel people smile with Simon Dogger’s handheld device for the visually impaired
Design Frontiers
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23 Apr 18
“Being able to understand other people is about the quality of dialogue which is actually about the quality of life.”
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Life Kitchen offers free cooking lessons for people living with cancer
Design Frontiers
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25 Apr 18
Life Kitchen is extending classes and has teamed up with designers to create a special range of plates, totes, and t-shirts.
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Grigri Pixel is uniting creatives on two continents through urban interventions
Design Frontiers
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27 Apr 18
The projects, which brings together African and European artists, was recently selected in the culture category for the FAD design prize.
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This warning system could detect a drought earlier than ever before
Design Frontiers
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28 Apr 18
Here's how MIT researchers are using the leaf surface to detect drought conditions.
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This design festival is stitching together India's design community
Design Frontiers
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30 Apr 18
"It was one of its kind in the Indian design history. I’m not aware of any other festivals organised on such a massive scale."
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Learn how these wearables serve the hearing impaired
Design Frontiers
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3 May 18
"How can the deaf and hearing-impaired community experience music, without actually hearing it?"
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Will AI be our new co-dependent relationship?
Design Frontiers
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7 May 18
Nicole Pérez’s annoying robots ponder the future of automated intimacy.
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A Digital Drum is bringing computer skills to the youth in rural Uganda
Design Frontiers
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15 May 18
Design without Borders has developed a way to bridge the information gap between urban and rural youth of Uganda.
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Future forms of concrete, plastic could be both sustainable and eco-friendly
Design Frontiers
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16 May 18
“The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.”
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This British Nigerian artist's films celebrate the full spectrum of blackness
Design Frontiers
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24 May 18
Seye Isikalu’s work thoughtfully captures black bodies on screen.
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LifeArk off-grid housing is focused on sustainable community transformation
Design Frontiers
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29 May 18
The affordable, emergency housing system is aimed at disaster prone areas and displaced peoples.
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The Unusual Football Field challenges the boundaries of existing areas
Design Frontiers
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31 May 18
As the world gears up for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, we take a look at this curious soccer pitch designed for space-starved urban areas.
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Making the music video great again
Design Frontiers
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5 Jun 18
As musicians continue to push the boundaries visually, we examine the evolution of their relationship with film.
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Leroy Mwasaru on renewable energy and creating solutions for African people
Design Frontiers
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6 Jun 18
“If I don’t, then who will?” asks the social entrepreneur.
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To teach graphic design is to learn to adapt with the field says Lucille Tenazas
Design Frontiers
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11 Jun 18
“For us, as educators, we are constantly aware that our profession is sort of a moving target.”
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Aso Oke fabric travels from head to toe
Design Frontiers
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12 Jun 18
A Nigerian designer is translating his passion for traditional Nigerian fabric into an unusual design application.
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Heartworks: Storytelling through crafts and embroidery
Design Frontiers
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15 Jun 18
Helle Vibeke Jensen and Tina Ratzer’s Heartworks workshop inspires out-of-the-box thinking.
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5 African Internet start-ups redefining agriculture
Design Frontiers
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18 Jun 18
It's Sustainable Gastronomy Day, a day that reaffirms that all cultures and civilisations are contributors and crucial enablers of sustainable development.
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Mexican students design a carpet for growing crops in refugee camps
Design Frontiers
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20 Jun 18
Rise, which was designed by three Mexican industrial design students, addresses one of the world's most pressing issues.
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We speak to an emoji activist on why diverse emojis matter
Design Frontiers
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22 Jun 18
Jennifer 8 Lee says the Emojination wants to make the approval of emoji a more inclusive and representative process.
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Iwo Borkowicz on creating a new model for social housing in Cuba
Design Frontiers
• Duration: 00:10:11
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25 Jun 18
The Polish architect presents a workable solution for both residents and tourists.
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SenSprout is helping farmers better understand their crops while saving water
Design Frontiers
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26 Jun 18
SenSprout’s aim is to grant farmers a better understanding of how their crops consume water without using expensive technology.
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The psychological effects of sound with Nicolás Kisic Aguirre
Design Frontiers
• Duration: 00:11:42
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27 Jun 18
The Peruvian designer’s open-source projects are a combination of sound, architecture, and the mind.
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These images are a vivid and electrifying depiction of isolation
Design Frontiers
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3 Jul 18
Step into Andrea Koporova’s haunting Ghost Town.
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