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Pop-up sweatshop appears in Amsterdam

Design News > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Customers face the harsh reality of where their clothes come from in this pop-up sweatshop. >

16 May 16
A farming and recreational space designed to bring a community together

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Bottle Seedling House is a multipurpose shelter that aims to improve the quality of life for a farming community affected by HIV/AIDS. >

16 May 16
Portable surgical sterilisation suitcase

Design News > Product Design

Eniware is a new sterilisation system that aims to have a positive impact on health care in developing countries. >

13 May 16
The Honey: Representations of blackness as power

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Rendani Nemakhavhani's dynamic photo series "The Honey" turns away from blackness as struggle. >

13 May 16
Budapest-based brand NewFoldr champions cardboard electronics

Design News > Product Design

NewFoldr aims to create a recyclable electronics movement to challenge the global e-waste issue >

12 May 16
"Inside Ya Body" looks inside the body for inspiration

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Jack Sachs' solo installation takes a quirky, animated look at the inside of the human body. >

12 May 16
Artist’s mock machine guns are sculpted from old typewriters

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Denver-based Ravi Zupa brings gun violence to the fore in “Mightier Than”. >

12 May 16
Snail shell shelter brings user closer to nature

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Helix is a micro-architecture structure that can shelter one nomadic individual. >

12 May 16
Treating mental illness with virtual reality

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

An Oxford University study tested virtual simulation on sufferers of severe paranoia, with positive results. >

11 May 16
Swawou School for Girls finally opens its doors to students in Sierra Leone

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Orkidstudio unveils its free-education school in eastern Sierra Leone after the Ebola outbreak put the project on hold. >

11 May 16
The FoodShare Truck: Fresh produce at affordable prices

Design News > Design Activism

The travelling food market offers fresh produce at cheaper prices to locals that otherwise can’t access or afford it. >

11 May 16
Photographer documents the unseen life of Senegal’s talibes

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Photojournalist Mario Cruz’s photobook explores the harsh lives of Senegal’s modern child slaves. >

11 May 16
Revitalising Detroit by giving homes to writers

Design News > Design Activism

Write A House is a non-profit that provides vocational training to Detroit locals while trying to stabilise a city in decline. >

11 May 16
Transforming London’s Trafalgar Square into a crazy golf course

Design News > Art & Photography / Interaction Design

Designed by the late Zaha Hadid, the undulating course will be futuristic, functional, fun and free for the public. >

10 May 16
Sundial installation 3D-printed with sheets of plastic

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Contemporary sundial uses solar data to change shape according to the natural trajectory of the sun. >

10 May 16
Recent innovations in nanowire technology could lead to self-cooling clothing

Design News > Information Design / Product Design

A more flexible, environmentally sound, safer nanowire array has the potential to revolutionise occupations like fire fighting. >

10 May 16
Tanzanian street kids tell their stories through photography

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

By providing Tanzanian street kids with cameras and training, Club Sanaa has them tell their own stories. >

10 May 16
Interactive technology could change the way we play ping-pong

Design News > Interaction Design

German designer Thomas Mayer helps players improve their ping-pong game with realtime performance visuals. >

9 May 16
Play Sea Hero Quest and help scientists understand dementia

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design / Interaction Design

Scientists and game developers have teamed up to create a game that contributes to Alzheimer’s research. >

9 May 16
Green Product: Wirework takes a contemporary twist on traditional crafts

Design News > African Design / Craft / Product Design

The South African self-help project uses recycled materials to create functional art. >

6 May 16
The world’s first 3D-printed wheelchair that can be customised on an app

Design News > Product Design

Layer is soon to launch its new 3D-printed wheelchair, made to fit each individual’s body and disability. >

6 May 16
A parachute that turns into a shelter for refugees or disaster victims

Design News > Product Design

Portugal-based STUDIOMUDA design a prefabricated shelter that can be easily deployed out of an airplane. >

6 May 16
New York rec centre combines gaming and exercise

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Interactive and high-intensity, this circuit-based gym changes the experience of exercise. >

6 May 16
Chimera IoT: a Kenyan startup designing smart homes

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

The recently established company adapts Western technology to African specific conditions. >

5 May 16

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