Articles

How to help refugees feel at home

Design News • 8 May 17

Innovators, creatives and philanthropists around the world are working on apps and online platforms that help refugees feel at home in unfamiliar places. >
The muted and impactful photography of Marcin Ryczek

Lookbook • 8 May 17

A visual artist whose minimal arrangements speak volumes. >
Pop-up Happiness

Design News • 8 May 17

Could there be a design solution for unhappiness? >
Zandile Tisani’s upcoming web series People You May Know resonates with a global audience

Design News • 8 May 17

The South African series was recently nominated at a premier international festival >
Visualising Human Rights with Benjamin Dix’s PositiveNegatives

Design News • 8 May 17

The UK-based nonprofit produces comics to educate the masses. >
Marianne Fassler’s latest lookbook is #FASSLERFABULOUS

Design News • 5 May 17

Check out the newest editorial from the South African fashion label. >
Scientists fight malnutrition with super-shake

Design News • 5 May 17

Peanut butter, chickpeas and a bit of oil can go a very long way in saving a life. >
The twisted and wonderful illustrations of Shaun Hill

Design News • 4 May 17

“It’s not so important to try to find inspiration, but rather to grab it when it comes naturally.” >
Flexible, organic and biodegradable: A new wave of electronics

Design Frontiers • 4 May 17

A new semiconductor developed by Stanford researchers is as flexible as skin and easily degradable. >
A solution to childbirth related deaths in Nigeria

Product Spotlight • 4 May 17

The death of a friend inspired Adepeju Jaiyeoba’s to invent life-saving kits for pregnant women in Nigeria. >
A tribute to the gourd

Design News • 3 May 17

This designer reimagines the traditional calabash for the contemporary home. >
A photographer and a chef collaborate on this series of deconstructed dishes

Design News • 3 May 17

“A good menu is a story, with its own narrative arc. Tension is built and released, emotions are evoked and questions are raised.” >
Giorgia Lupi and Kaki King on the value of beauty in design

Design News • 3 May 17

Beauty or functionality? We ask the designers who helped us feel data and see music. >
International graphic design campaign combats malaria

Design News • 2 May 17

This cross-continental project advocates for malaria prevention with colourful designs. >
African innovation improves treatment of gunshot wounds

Design Frontiers • 2 May 17

This new device is revolutionising the way trauma is treated. >
A ‘super’ key that cannot be copied by the masses

Design Frontiers • 2 May 17

The Stealth Key is 3D printed and nearly impossible to replicate. >
Bug poop apparel

Design News • 2 May 17

The Clean Colour Collection is the latest trend in eco-friendly fashion. >
Click Play: 3 Masters of product

Design Frontiers • 1 May 17

Product designers shape how we live and these graduates are at the forefront of exactly that. >
Tapping into the limitless creativity of children

Design News • 27 Apr 17

IKEA turns strange & colourful kids’ drawings into real toys. >
Interactive robot helps disabled children develop

Design News • 27 Apr 17

Leka, the robot that changes the way children with developmental disorders learn, play and interact. >
Inarchi: Lights that float against the wall

Design News • 26 Apr 17

Light design firm Inarchi create elaborate chandelier light installations for projects all around the world. >
Making sneakers sustainable with the ‘Shoetopia’ project

Design Frontiers • 26 Apr 17

Two Polish students are challenging traditional methods of shoe production with their 3D-printed sneaker. >
The science of water sustainability by TechKnow

Design News • 26 Apr 17

TechKnow is series exploring how the latest scientific and technological discoveries are changing our lives. >
Synthetic skin could return touch to amputees

Design Frontiers • 25 Apr 17

Researchers have combined solar power and electronic skin for the first time. >
Bobby Rogers’ portrait series addresses anti-Black racism and Islamophobia in the United States

Design News • 25 Apr 17

Inspired by the viral twitter hashtag: #BeingBlackAndMuslim. >
Check out this year's A’ Design Award winners

Design News • 25 Apr 17

The global platform announces its best designers and designs for 2016 to 2017. >
The bold, mixed-media collages of Kasmir Jones

Design Frontiers • 24 Apr 17

The American artist’s work pays tribute to black cultural icons. >
I got garbage

Design News • 24 Apr 17

A human-centred approach to India’s brimming landfills. >
South Africa’s first medical thriller hits at the heart of illegal organ donation

Design News • 24 Apr 17

Enlisting somewhat unusual and controversial tactics to promote the film, the subject of illegal organ trade has everybody sitting up and taking notes. >
3D printing with Martian dust

Design Frontiers • 24 Apr 17

A technique to aid in the development of the first Mars colony. >

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