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Can plants talk to each other?

Design News > Design Thinking / Information Design

Richard Karban explains the subtle ways that plants talk and even defend each other. >

5 Dec 16
Makeba: Wanna dance?

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Featuring South African artist Karabo Poppy Moletsane and the street artist R1, plus a pantsula crew from Soweto, check out this awesome music video by Jain. >

2 Dec 16
Charging up developing nations with solar energy

Design News > Design Activism / Industrial Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Morocco, Singapore & India are investing heavily in the abundant power of the sun. >

2 Dec 16
Karboxx: Playing with shadows and light

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft

Combining cutting-edge technologies with unconventional materials. >

2 Dec 16
Poo power

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Why waste shouldn't go to waste >

2 Dec 16
Kalahari Bushmen: Photographs that celebrate culture

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Photographer Chanel Sophia Oosthuizen presents a series of images that capture the profoundly peaceful life of the Kalahari bushmen. >

1 Dec 16
Change a life with just one swipe!

Design News > Design Activism

Radi-Aid hilariously shows us that not all campaigns are created equal. >

1 Dec 16
Redefining solar power from architectural eyesore to civic monument

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Frederik Deschuytter questions: Why would we install solar power tech in remote places when the sun also shines in the city? >

1 Dec 16
Moving from health care to self-care

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism

Cubigo is leading the transformation of care when it comes to the ageing, one of the most vulnerable communities. >

30 Nov 16
Artist interprets movement disorder into striking, intricate headpieces

Design News > Art & Photography

Tiago Valente’s ‘Dystonia’ converts pain into beauty. >

30 Nov 16
Student gives the traditional white cane a modern update

Design News > Product Design

mySmartCane could provide a better quality of life for the blind. >

30 Nov 16
Hurricane Season by Hannah Modigh

Design News > Art & Photography

The award-winning photographer captures the tension of living between disasters. >

29 Nov 16
What will the cities of the future look like?

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Hint: They’re green. >

29 Nov 16
Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

New MOMA exhibition investigates the design & infrastructure of modern refugee camps. >

29 Nov 16
Photographer captures the vulnerability in nature as it intersects with science

Design News > Art & Photography

Ornithological Photographs explores our need to know, name and quantify diversity. >

28 Nov 16
Naked, defenseless & without glory

Design News > Art & Photography

Sam Jinks’ hyper-real sculptures depict an unsettling human vulnerability. >

28 Nov 16
Singapore’s self-driving scooter

Design News > Design Thinking

A driverless scooter could be the next step in autonomous transportation. >

28 Nov 16
Unsatisfying: You know this feeling

Design News > Film & Animation

Motion design studio Parallel Studios are calling for people to submit short animations of completely unsatisfying moments in their day. >

28 Nov 16
The EMPWR coat rolls out into a sleeping bag to keep homeless people warm

Design News > Design Activism

Water resistant, the jacket can also be converted into and worn as an over-the-shoulder bag. >

24 Nov 16
Alternative living with 21st-century hunter-gatherers

Design News > Art & Photography

Living Wild documents modern hunter-gatherers in a movement called the Stone Age Living Project. >

24 Nov 16
Beijing’s Smog Free Tower turns polluted air into jewellery

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism

Smog-ridden Beijing is investing in new age solutions to tackle their air pollution problem. >

24 Nov 16
The Human Ivory Collection by Lucie Majerus

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Designer turns teeth into jewellery as a statement on the illegal ivory trade. >

24 Nov 16
The goofy vertical vehicle

Design News > Product Design

Getting from A to B in a vertical, electrical transportation system that you built yourself. >

23 Nov 16
The mysterious masks of Damselfrau

Design News > Art & Photography

Norwegian artist Damselfrau creates exotic looking masks out of found materials and textiles. >

23 Nov 16

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