Posted 1 May 17
By Design Indaba
Industrial Design • Product Design
Creative Work / Design Frontiers
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Ugandan industrial designer Pia Nyakairu designs for health care. It’s a seamless integration of empathy and app technology.
Yogita Agrawal is a recent graduate of the Industrial Design BFA programme at Parsons School of Design, New York. Her products – a wearable that uses human movement to power a light and a soap pen to improve hygiene – are designed to make an impact in India.
Swiss product designer and ECAL graduate Christophe Guberan experiments with materials. He developed a desktop printer that can print lines of water and ink onto paper in grids and patterns. As the ink dries the paper automatically folds itself along the lines, creating mountains and valleys.