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3D printed cat tongue inspires Georgia Tech scientists
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Design Thinking
The remarkably capable felines have another lesson in efficiency for their humans.
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7 Dec 16
Design your own drone
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Design Thinking
A new MIT system allows users to customise their drones based on specific needs.
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6 Dec 16
The dummy's guide to cricket fondue
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Food Design
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Product Design
Would we be more willing to eat insects if the recipes came with specially designed cutlery and cooking utensils?
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6 Dec 16
Shabby Shabby Apartments by Raumlabor
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Architecture & Interiors
An artistic critique on Germany’s growing housing crisis hits the streets of Munich.
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6 Dec 16
Student designs hardware for our emotions
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Opening up with the help of Tools for Therapy.
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6 Dec 16
Salvaging construction waste with StoneCycling
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
This Dutch startup collects demolition debris and recycles it for new buildings.
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6 Dec 16
WonderSphere: The bedside field trip
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Interaction Design
This hands-on product lets hospitalised kids get their hands dirty.
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5 Dec 16
The Honey just doesn’t quit
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Photographer Kgomotso Neto Tleane and art director Rendani Nemakhavhani celebrate one year as an iconic creative duo.
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5 Dec 16
A Microsoft app to help the colour blind better see their world
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Information Design
‘Colour Binoculars’ makes life simpler for those with the condition to distinguish between colours.
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5 Dec 16
Can plants talk to each other?
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Design Thinking
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Information Design
Richard Karban explains the subtle ways that plants talk and even defend each other.
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5 Dec 16
Makeba: Wanna dance?
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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.
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2 Dec 16
Charging up developing nations with solar energy
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Design Activism
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Industrial Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
Morocco, Singapore & India are investing heavily in the abundant power of the sun.
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2 Dec 16
Karboxx: Playing with shadows and light
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Architecture & Interiors
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Craft
Combining cutting-edge technologies with unconventional materials.
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2 Dec 16
Poo power
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
Why waste shouldn't go to waste
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2 Dec 16
Kalahari Bushmen: Photographs that celebrate culture
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Photographer Chanel Sophia Oosthuizen presents a series of images that capture the profoundly peaceful life of the Kalahari bushmen.
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1 Dec 16
Smart street furniture for a safer city
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Industrial Design
Combatting air and noise pollution with Simply Grid.
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1 Dec 16
Change a life with just one swipe!
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Design Activism
Radi-Aid hilariously shows us that not all campaigns are created equal.
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1 Dec 16
Vincent Callebaut’s eco-skyscraper takes shape in Taipei
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Architecture & Interiors
The green building imitates the processes of natural ecosystems.
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1 Dec 16
Redefining solar power from architectural eyesore to civic monument
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Design Thinking
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Urban & Landscape Design
Frederik Deschuytter questions: Why would we install solar power tech in remote places when the sun also shines in the city?
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1 Dec 16
Moving from health care to self-care
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Creative Economy
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Design Activism
Cubigo is leading the transformation of care when it comes to the ageing, one of the most vulnerable communities.
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30 Nov 16
Bridging the gaps between human & machine
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Design Thinking
The division between tech & biology seems more blurred now than ever before. How will this intensifying trend evolve?
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30 Nov 16
Artist interprets movement disorder into striking, intricate headpieces
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Art & Photography
Tiago Valente’s ‘Dystonia’ converts pain into beauty.
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30 Nov 16
Student gives the traditional white cane a modern update
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Product Design
mySmartCane could provide a better quality of life for the blind.
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30 Nov 16
Hurricane Season by Hannah Modigh
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Art & Photography
The award-winning photographer captures the tension of living between disasters.
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29 Nov 16
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