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Indian engineer designs a more intuitive walking aid

Design News > Product Design

Sensor device helps the visually impaired navigate their environments with greater ease. >

16 Jun 16
Network of Parisian shopkeepers welcomes homeless people

Design News > Information Design

Le Carillon is an initiative that encourages social harmony between residents, traders and the homeless. >

16 Jun 16
Fashion student designs utilitarian garments for refugees

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Parsons Fashion Design senior Angela Luna creates a collection of transformative clothing for refugees. >

16 Jun 16
For the love of GIFs

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Collective exhibit.gif puts out a call for a creative distillation of real life into the humble form of a GIF. >

15 Jun 16
8 innovative ways drones are being used today

Design News > Creative Economy / Product Design

From fighting fires, to spotting criminals and collecting whale “snot”, here are some futuristic ways we are using drones. >

15 Jun 16
Emergency art is created and shown in no more than a day

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

The art featured at MOAD’s latest exhibition is not older than 24 hours old and tackles the immediate issues of our time. >

15 Jun 16
The exhibit that turns audience into art

Design News > Art & Photography

Zoom Pavilion taps into our fear of ‘big brother’ when creating its pieces. >

15 Jun 16
Beating Heart: An archive of African sounds is remixed for a new album

Design News > Design Activism

Several famous musicians have contributed remixes to the new Beating Hearts album, using sounds from a vast and previously private audio archive. >

14 Jun 16
Growing Warriors uses farming to help American Veterans

Design News > Design Thinking

Veteran soldiers make up to one million of the Americans dependant on food-stamps and this organisation is trying to help. >

14 Jun 16
Chinese start-up Origins works to purify the air

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Founded in one of the smoggiest cities in the world, Origins’ machines don’t only detect the toxins in the air, they try to remove them as well. >

14 Jun 16
Willy-Wonka style elevators proposed for London

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Elevators that transport Londoners out of the subway up to their office blocks using upward, downward and sideways movement. >

14 Jun 16
Refugee Challenge: Community, innovation and information

Design News > Design Activism

In the second installment of our look at the Refugee Challenge, we look at what design can do to solve their problems. >

14 Jun 16
We talk to the co-creator of the Bureo recycled fishing net skateboards

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

The Ahi skateboard is made of recycled fishing nets and its creators at Bureo Inc. are working hard to protect our oceans. >

13 Jun 16
Sierra Leone Ebola survivors pictured in new photo book

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

The Kenema Book features a series of photos that document a community’s resilience despite the impact of Ebola. >

13 Jun 16
Loving Vincent: A feature film of 56 800 hand painted frames

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Film & Animation

This animated biopic is about the mysterious life and death of world-renowned artist Vincent Van Gogh and was made of over 50 000 hand painted images. >

13 Jun 16
We Design Conference Durban calls for a national spatial revolution

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The first We Design Conference in Durban, South Africa calls for radical transformation of South Africa's cities, towns and villages. >

10 Jun 16
A simple software solution for solid infrastructure

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Plate Package, which assesses the structural integrity of architectural drawings, gets nominated for the Innovation Prize for Africa. >

10 Jun 16
Exatype: Changing the face of ARV treatments

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The Exatype software offers tailored treatments for HIV/AIDS. >

10 Jun 16
Robots built with nervous systems to feel pain

Design News > Industrial Design / Interaction Design

German researchers develop a bio-based, artificial sensory system to create more intuitive robots. >

10 Jun 16
101Hero: Affordable 3D printing at home

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

The affordable 101Hero 3D printer lets anyone use the sought-after technology at home. >

10 Jun 16
WeCount: Connecting communities and helping the homeless

Design News > Design Activism / Interaction Design

Online peer-to-peer network WeCount is trying to unite communities and end inequality. >

9 Jun 16
Bringing wooden skateboards back to the future

Design News > Craft / Product Design

Imagine skateboarding through the streets of a bustling metropolis on boards made from 100 per cent recyclable bio-composite wood. >

9 Jun 16
Design student’s project is inspired by 240 million kilograms of wasted pine needles

Design News > Product Design

Designer Tamara Orjola wins an award for creating a multi-use material from industrial waste. >

9 Jun 16
Senegalese inventor is empowering communities through solar power

Design News > African Design / Product Design

Dubbed as Senegal’s “Mr. Sun”, Abdoulaye Touré has been designing solar powered ovens since the 1990s and is now taking his solar powered dreams across Africa. >

9 Jun 16

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