Articles

WDCD 2016: Here’s what you missed

Design News • 4 Jul 16

The What Design Can Do conference is an annual display of design innovation. Here’s what you missed from its 2016 iteration. >
American inventor uses 200-year-old technology to create a cutting-edge engine

Design News • 4 Jul 16

By coupling one of NASA’s Stirling engines with electric hybrid technology, Josh MacDowell manages to drive a 100 kilometres on less than three litres of petrol >
A medical icon kit for low literacy communities

Next Generation • 4 Jul 16

Graphic design student Jonathan Stannard has won an RSA Design Award for his medical symbol kit to help people in low literacy areas understand their medicines. >
Furniture design spun from solid yarn

Product Spotlight • 4 Jul 16

Bobbin is a range of furniture recognised for its innovative and award-winning textile technique. >
Four ways Africa can influence design

Design News • 1 Jul 16

A core theme of the What Design Can Do conference explores what Africa can do for Europe. These are the experts called upon for answers. >
Si-Low: A low-cost grain storage unit for Africa

Next Generation • 1 Jul 16

Anthony Brown has developed the Si-Low, a low-cost grain storage unit to help prevent farmers in Africa from loosing their grain after they harvest. >
Flood-prone affordable homes empower slum residents

Design News • 1 Jul 16

Alok Shetty addresses the bleak housing conditions of the urban poor in Bangalore >
Biometric wearable designed to lower stress levels

Design News • 1 Jul 16

ZENTA is a health-tracker-cum-life-coach that focusses on the wearer’s overall mind and body wellbeing. >
Body Electric: Technology meets fashion

Design News • 30 Jun 16

Fashion designer Clara Daguin brings together technology and textiles in her striking collection Body Electric. >
Enabled by design: A way finding system that considers the disabled

Next Generation • 30 Jun 16

A More Inclusive Pedestrian Wayfinding System builds on the existing "Legible London" system to create an enhanced and more user-friendly navigation system. >
“Give a Beep” calls for a more cycle-friendly London

Design News • 30 Jun 16

Swedish company Hövding kickstarts movement that encourages London’s mayor to “give a beep” about cyclists’ safety. >
A new human-centred packaging system for ARV medication in Africa

Next Generation • 29 Jun 16

A new system for the packaging of AIDS-related virus medication in Sub-Saharan Africa thinks more holistically about the user's needs. >
Upcycled textiles add character to resin stools

Design News • 29 Jun 16

Designer Ammar Kalo discovers an unconventional use for discarded scraps of fabric. >
The meat-free burger that bleeds

Product Spotlight • 29 Jun 16

Impossible Foods has developed an entirely vegetarian burger that simulates meat so effectively that it bleeds. >
Inside Nairobi's growing fashion scene

Lookbook • 29 Jun 16

Nairobi concept store Ichyulu teams up with local photographers and style bloggers to celebrate the city’s growing fashion scene. >
Puzzle-like mural for a new mother and child hospital in Johannesburg

Design News • 28 Jun 16

Lorenzo Nassimbeni has been working with 26'10 SOUTH Architects to create a geometric tiled mural on the new Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital. >
$Marbelous Wood "Refraction #1"$

Hypnotic flooring created by new approach to ancient marbling

Design News • 28 Jun 16

Snedker Studio’s Marbelous Wood series transforms pine wood into ripple-effect artwork. >
Shoes that are wearable for longer win cradle to cradle design challenge

Product Spotlight • 28 Jun 16

Virginia Tech student designs modular shoe with parts that can be disassembled to recycle or decompose. >
Exoskin: The programmable material

Design Frontiers • 28 Jun 16

Scientists have created a material that is able to bring motion to otherwise motionless products. >
Eco-ware made only out of leaves aims to revolutionise packaging industry

Design News • 28 Jun 16

Leaf Republic develops environmentally-friendly packaging and servingware from pressed leaves. >
After Lights Out: A photo series of twilight landscapes

Design News • 27 Jun 16

Photographer Julien Mauve investigates the twilight with only one source of light. >
Wovns promises original woven textiles on demand

Design News • 27 Jun 16

Imagine being able to turn individual digital designs into custom Jacquard-woven fabric, available in quantities as small as a single metre. >
Floating greenhouse is both sustainable and educational

Design News • 27 Jun 16

Serbian design firm Salt & Water have conceptualised a floating community hub that teaches green living. >
iGrow drives organic farming investment in Indonesia

Design News • 27 Jun 16

Online marketplace iGrow connects farmers with urban dwellers who want to own a farm. >
Marginalised communities are shaping the face of Africa, says Michael Uwemedimo

Design Frontiers • 24 Jun 16

Speaking at the What Design Can Do conference, filmmaker Michael Uwemedimo tells us about CMAP’s multimedia approach to community upliftment. >
Ribbon-like bridge by Christo and Jean-Claude lets public walk on water

Design News • 24 Jun 16

Christo and Jean-Claude dreamt of a floating bridge over 40 years ago. Now, their dream is a reality. >
6 innovative ways to use algae

Design News • 24 Jun 16

As we move toward sustainable living and renewable energy, innovators are tapping into algae’s hidden potential. >
Humanihut addresses refugee shelter crisis with quick-to-assemble design

Design News • 24 Jun 16

Australian-based startup develops a prefab living unit with all important amenities included >
Why I've got beef with festivals like Glastonbury

Design Frontiers • 23 Jun 16

In Issue 3 of Do The Green Thing, Naresh Ramchandani tells us why it's time for festivals like Glastonbury to go meat free. >
CROSS.CULTURES is an exploration into heritage, personal influences and culture

Next Generation • 23 Jun 16

Despite their highly different cultures, Cebisa Mafukuzela and Georgina Campbell found a way to celebrate their heritage through their project CROSS.CULTURE. >

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