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Refugee Phones turns commercial radio into personal media for refugees to contact their mothers. >

The needs of consumers are ever-changing and designers will need to respond. >

Melbourne-based designer Rowan Turnham builds a modular plant system that captures trash from an estuary. >

Amy Youngs’ exhibition educates people about the benefits of worm composting at home. >

Cooking with fossil fuels over an open flame is harmful to people and the environment, SustainEarth offers a biogas alternative. >

Industrial designer shares blueprints for recycling machines so that anyone can make plastic products at home. >

Using a handful of quirk and a pinch of cheek, Helen Borg’s illustrations question and mock the pleasures and emotions surrounding desire in our society. >

Melina is a portable tent designed to inspire nomadic city living. >

Neffa’s latest creation, MycoTEX explores the future of fashion with living materials. >

The simple Su first aid tool can help prevent a person who has fainted or had a fit from choking on their tongue. >

A sterile pod built into a modified container may be suitable for maternal and neonatal care, oral health care and post-disaster relief. >

Finnish designer, Tuomas Markunpoika uses everyday objects like pencils as raw materials in his designs. >

Award-winning architect Dame Zaha Hadid passed away suddenly on Thursday, leaving behind a legacy of groundbreaking work. >

Textiles that self-clean when exposed to light could be well on the way, but don’t throw out the washing machine yet. >