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Cubetto: A coding tutor for kids as young as three

Design News > Interaction Design / Product Design

Cubetto by Primo Toys is a kid-friendly, wooden robot that teaches kids to code in a way they can see and touch. >

25 Mar 16
Blurring the lines between art, architecture and design

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

A design studio in Italy known for their anamorphic art have painted shape changing mural. >

24 Mar 16
Cape Town set to build its first blind-friendly outdoor park

Design News > African Design / Urban & Landscape Design

A park specially designed to accommodate those with impaired vision - the first of its kind in Cape Town. >

24 Mar 16
William Kentridge celebrates Rome’s history with a 550-metre frieze

Design News > Art & Photography

Using reverse graffiti, William Kentridge will wash his iconic stencils along the banks of the Tiber River in Rome. >

24 Mar 16
Notes on Blindness: A virtual reality experience

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Film & Animation

“Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness” is a virtual reality film created from the audio diaries theologian John Hull kept as he went blind. >

23 Mar 16
“Kenya’s League of Extravagant Grannies”

Design News > Art & Photography

Osborne Macharia’s latest photographic narrative tells the tale of three retired ministers jet-setting around Africa. >

23 Mar 16
Bel & Bel are the leaders in supra-cycling

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Spanish design studio Bel&Bel save objects from falling into disuse by redesigning their purpose. >

23 Mar 16
Bangladesh-based start-up boasts zero-waste fashion

Design News > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Upcycling, recycling and reinvestment are the principles of this eco-friendly fashion brand. >

23 Mar 16
Fontus self-filling water bottles

Design News > Product Design

Water bottles designed to harvest water from the air using an internal condensation system. >

22 Mar 16
Nature already has a solution to water contamination

Design News > Design Activism

Researchers look into an ancient Native American method of purifying water with cactus goo. >

22 Mar 16
Portable water purification for developing nations

Design Frontiers > Product Design

LifeStraw is a portable and affordable water purification tool for people in developing countries. >

22 Mar 16
WaterWheel: A rolling solution in rural India

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Wello Water’s WaterWheel lifts the physical burden of water collection in rural India. >

22 Mar 16
A faster, cheaper way to filter water using graphene

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism

Scientists have created a graphene-based water filter that could be a solution to the water crisis. >

22 Mar 16
Edible cutlery: Eat with it and then eat it

Design News > Design Activism / Food Design

In an attempt to curb the amount of waste caused by disposable cutlery, Narayana Peesapati has invented cutlery you can eat. >

21 Mar 16
CrowdVoice: An archive of social unrest from around the world

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

Esra’a Al Shafei’s online platform curates user-generated content from protests around the world. >

21 Mar 16
Virtual reality used for drug rehabilitation

Design News > Interaction Design

Programme at the University of Houston treats drug and alcohol addiction with immersive VR scenarios. >

21 Mar 16
Doctors Without Borders trials 3D printing and VR technology to design field hospitals

Design News > Creative Economy

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) are trialling the use of virtual reality and 3D printing in the design process of their field hospitals. >

18 Mar 16
Electric-assisted handcycle prototype proposed as low-cost wheelchair in Bangladesh

Design News > Product Design

Researchers design a solar-powered vehicle as a possible upgrade of the widespread manual wheelchair. >

18 Mar 16
Turning cemeteries into forests

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design / Product Design

The new Bios Urn and tree incubator has created a way to commemorate the dead by planting a tree. >

18 Mar 16
The "A" speaker: A solution to noise pollution

Design News > Music & Sound Design

The "A" speaker is like listening to headphones without the headphones. >

17 Mar 16
Pigeon Air Patrol reports London’s air quality to tweeters

Design News > Design Activism

Plume Labs sends a fleet of racing pigeons into the sky to monitor London’s pollution index. >

17 Mar 16
Bicycle path doubles as solar panel

Product Spotlight > Creative Economy / Urban & Landscape Design

Solar panels fitted into bike path generate more electricity than expected. >

17 Mar 16
The Dutch e-bike powered by solar energy

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design / Product Design

The Dutch Solar Bike's sleek design is thanks to specially designed solar panels. >

17 Mar 16
Kampala's street children rehabilitated through music and art

Design News > African Design / Music & Sound Design

M-Lisada is an orphanage in Uganda that empowers Kampala's street children through art. >

17 Mar 16

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