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Not a plastic bag

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

India’s EnviGreen pushes 100 per cent biodegradable, edible alternatives to plastic. >

6 Jan 17
Wheelchair-friendly baby stroller for differently-abled parents

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

A high school student has created a baby carrier wheelchair for a differently-abled parent to stroll with their newborn >

6 Jan 17
Free the nipple: LED teats contest censorship on Facebook

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Anonymous Spanish art collective Luzinterruptus create a carpet of glowing nipples outside Madrid's Facebook office to protest against censorship. >

5 Jan 17
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Design News > Design Thinking / Food Design

This facility safeguards the building blocks of agriculture. >

5 Jan 17
Mamaope: A jacket that detects pneumonia

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

A Ugandan graduate designed a high-tech wearable to fight the scourge of pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa. >

5 Jan 17
Algorithmically designed jewellery by Nervous System

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Made from brass and rubber, the Corollaria collection is inspired by science and technology. >

5 Jan 17
Modern day Dracula and the plight of immigrants

Design News > Design Activism / Film & Animation

Artists adapt the classic tale of Dracula to explore the immigrant rights in the United States. >

28 Dec 16
The adventures of unconventional women

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a collection of alternative bedtime stories for girls. >

26 Dec 16
How an artist is helping rebuild Haiti

Design News > Design Activism

The Konbit Shelter is a sustainable building project in Haiti >

23 Dec 16
Smokeless cooking in Kenya

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

Fighting lower respiratory infection with innovative design. >

23 Dec 16
Things we learnt in 2016

Design News > Design Thinking

We share a few of the interesting, incredible and sometimes unbelievable things we learnt on Design Indaba this year. >

23 Dec 16
Minerae: Another way to touch light

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

This conceptual designer thinks of ways to make new connections between us and our environment. >

23 Dec 16
Beginning of Life

Design News > Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

Take a look at the live production that depicted the earliest years of life on Earth. >

22 Dec 16
Spying on a thief in this fascinating documentary

Design News > Film & Animation

Film student Anthony van der Meer made a documentary tracking his stolen phone and the thief who stole it >

21 Dec 16
Sailing the Seine on a ferry powered by human energy

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

The latest eco-design from Carlo Ratti Associati takes human efficiency to the next level. >

21 Dec 16
Anti-Human: An avant-garde photo series from the Kolor Art Collective

Design News > Art & Photography

Rio de Janeiro’s Kolor Art Collective present their latest photo series highlighting animal abuse >

20 Dec 16
Cleaning up outer space with Kounotori’s electrified tether

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Scientists are testing ways to clear up the new problem of space pollution. >

20 Dec 16
What does flatpack furniture have to do with love?

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Assisted intimacy: How to build flat-pack furniture and bond with your loved ones. >

20 Dec 16
Kate Moross: How to make mess look good

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

London-based art director Kate Moross and her studio create explosive work, often for music artists or events with a certain chaotic (messy) energy. >

19 Dec 16
How do you photograph a phobia?

Design News > Art & Photography

This VSCO commissioned series looks at rare phobias that disturb the mind. >

19 Dec 16
Alive by Juno Jeon

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

The Netherlands-based designer enlivens his furniture pieces through movement >

19 Dec 16
Teepee-like complex serves as a haven for Japan's elderly

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Issei Suma's whimsical structures provide a calming environment for the retired. >

16 Dec 16
Stepping up solar efforts

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

This sidewalk converts steps into power. >

16 Dec 16
The Torturous History of the Treadmill

Design News > Design Thinking / Film & Animation

One of the world’s most common exercise machines has quite a draconian past. >

16 Dec 16

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