2020 Archive

The new frontiers in health

Design News • 16 Dec 20

This week we look at how design concepts, interventions and enhancements can help “cure” medical issues. >
The children and education design of the future

Design News • 23 Nov 20

Here, we explore new formats for childhood learning that foster design thinking and creativity… >
Algae Window by Olafur Eliasson

Design News • 19 Nov 20

Olafur Eliasson has created an Algae Window consisting of glass spheres arranged according to the structure of diatoms. >
Bjarke Ingels conceptualizes the futuristic Toyota Woven City

Design News • 19 Nov 20

The aim of Toyota Woven City is to transform existing modes of transport and test the notion of Mobility for All. >
UK’s Eden Project has commissioned Dr Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg

Design News • 19 Nov 20

The artwork will consist of a garden which will hold a newly curated palette of plants. >
TheirTube by Tomo Kihara

Design News • 19 Nov 20

The Japanese designer is known for his playful interventions that provides a new perspective to socio-technical problems. >
Jeanne Gang's new award-winning project

Design News • 19 Nov 20

The aptly named Powerhouse is situated on Beloit’s Rock River waterfront and focuses on recreation, fitness and wellness. >
A new fully sustainable human-centric pedestrian bridge to be built across a river in Cape Town

Design News • 13 Nov 20

A project spearheaded and commissioned by Design Indaba in collaboration with Paul Cocksedge. >
The future of green design

Design News • 10 Nov 20

Green. It has physical, spiritual and metaphysical associations. >
Cross-laminated timber chapel for a church

Design News • 5 Nov 20

A first of its kind. >
Sidewalk Labs

Design News • 5 Nov 20

“Sidewalk Labs proposes a plan for Quayside that would create a diverse live-work neighbourhood." >
Emergency hospital designed with CLT

Design News • 5 Nov 20

Developed by Casagrande Laboratory in association with Bjørnådal Architecture Studio from Norway and Sjaelso Finland they created an emergency hospital made up >
The world's tallest timber building

Design News • 5 Nov 20

Designed by Voll Arkitekter AS, the Mjøstårnet tower is known as the world’s tallest timber building since it’s opening in 2019. >
The 10-storey mass-timber building

Design News • 5 Nov 20

Developed by the home of GBC’s School of Technology and created by Moriyama and Teshima Architects and Acton Ostry Architects. >
A new self-sufficient, post-COVID city

Design News • 5 Nov 20

Set to live in China’s Xiong’ and in a post coronavirus pandemic - the new city will be a place where people are able to produce a new living and create a new t >
With great design comes great responsibility: antenna 2020 looks to the future

Design News • 2 Nov 20

10 design graduates from the world’s leading design schools took to the antenna 2020 virtual stage as part of Dutch Design Week. >
Flowing Garments reimagines textile waste as a building material in Bangladesh

Design News • 26 Oct 20

Landscape designer Fengjiao Ge looks into how to recycle textiles to save the tonnes of waste that goes from our wardrobes to the landfill in her thesis proje >
Canadian industrial designer creates tetrapods that mimic mangroves and protect coastlines from erosion

Design News • 26 Oct 20

Industrial designer Xavier Ouellet has developed a system of floating tetrapods that protects coastline from erosion. >
Mimica Touch is a tactile label that combats food waste by providing accurate feedback on when food is spoiling

Design News • 23 Oct 20

London-based industrial designer Solveiga Pakštaitė is working hard to combat the massive issue of food waste. >
How surgical robots are assisting with surgery

Design News • 22 Oct 20

A collaboration between Wyss Associate Faculty member Robert Woodand and Robotics engineer Hiroyuki Suzuki. >
ASMR: The new wave of sound therapy

Design News • 22 Oct 20

Here we discover the sensation of ASMR. >
Healing Health Cafe's

Design News • 22 Oct 20

Pop-in and rest pit-stops are urban sanctuaries for city slickers. >
The new digital health clinic for women

Design News • 22 Oct 20

"We’ll deliver your medication quickly and discreetly to your front door. You’ll open your treatment in the comfort of your own home." >
The virtual community for mental health and care in a game form

Design News • 22 Oct 20

Created by designer-researcher Bianca Carague, Bump Galaxy is a virtual community for mental health and care in a game world prototyped on Minecraft. >

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