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A movement to clean-up and beautify the city of Bhopal

Design News > Design Activism

Bhopal I-Clean Team is a spot-fixing programme started by a group of locals who are determined to tidy up their city. >

17 Mar 16
A tiny, smart patch could replace insulin shots for diabetes sufferers

Design Frontiers > Product Design

A painless patch could mean that millions of diabetes sufferers no longer have to inject themselves to correct their insulin levels. >

16 Mar 16
Welcome to Germany is a cellphone app for refugees

Design Frontiers > Information Design / Product Design

A smart application provides migrants with much-needed information about life in Germany. >

16 Mar 16
Clever cooking hacks to combat wasteful food habits

Design News > Creative Economy / Food Design

SpoonLed is a video and event series that shows millennials how to make the most out of their food waste. >

16 Mar 16
Ugandan community hall crafted out of basic materials

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Natural light and locally-sourced materials bring the late Ross Langdon’s design to life. >

16 Mar 16
An innovative way to extinguish a fire

Design News > Product Design

The Elide Fire Extinguishing Ball uses a chemical blast to control unexpected fires. >

16 Mar 16
Interactive installations turn Toronto's beaches into winter destinations

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Toronto’s beach goers are encouraged to hit the seaside throughout the year. >

15 Mar 16
Fashion house Mille Collines celebrates all things Africa

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

The recent Mille Collines show at AFI MBFW Joburg takes an elegant and contemporary look at ubiquitous African curios. >

15 Mar 16
Auto-focus specs adapts lenses to near and farsighted vision

Design News > Product Design

Deep Optics’ omnifocals automatically adjust focus, providing the wearer with improved vision. >

15 Mar 16
Newly discovered enzyme could change the way we recycle plastic

Design News > Design Activism

Kyoto University researchers are able to cultivate an enzyme that can break down plastic into harmless chemicals. >

15 Mar 16
Township: Photographs depicting life after South African apartheid

Design News > Art & Photography

Anne Rearick’s work documents the lives of people faced with economic hardship, poverty and racism. >

15 Mar 16
Tiny surgical tools inspired by origami

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Researchers were able to do away with bulky surgical parts and rely instead on the principles of origami. >

15 Mar 16
Electronic wastelands raise questions about sustainable design

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

Photo exhibition E-waste Tsunami calls on designers to think up better ways to deal with e-waste. >

14 Mar 16
A pictorial narrative explores the estranged lives of adults

Design News > Art & Photography / Information Design

A children’s book for adults, The Well of Being explores life through narrative and illustration. >

14 Mar 16
US digital artist talks representation of minorities in graphic design

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

Jeff Manning’s work is inspired by music and informed by the need to represent minorities in graphic design. >

14 Mar 16
EduKick designs football games that teach slum kids maths

Design News > Creative Economy

Community project gets creative with soccer to increase children’s literacy in India. >

14 Mar 16
Asmara: Unlikely home to Modernist Architecture

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Asmara, a city in Eritrea in North East Africa, is an unlikely treasure trove of standing modernist architecture. >

11 Mar 16
Saving a font from extinction

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Reviving a forgotten font designed by Alvin Lustig, an iconic, contemporary American graphic designer. >

11 Mar 16
31 Bits’ holistic business model empowers Ugandan women

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Jewellery brand creates a sustainable income for Ugandan artisans while teaching them skills to become self-reliant. >

11 Mar 16
A new, sustainable way to make plastic

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

Researchers at Stanford have found a way to create sustainable plastic using inedible plant materials. >

11 Mar 16
Experimental street art inspired by the Cape

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

South African illustrator and street artist Anwar Davids aims to make his work accessible all over the world. >

11 Mar 16
Wi-Fi trashcans encourage festivalgoers to practise responsible rubbish disposal

Design News > Creative Economy

Indian startup ThinkScream develops a trashcan that provides Wi-Fi connection in exchange for trash. >

10 Mar 16
Graffiti as a tool for liberation in Kabul

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Liberation and the fight for women's rights through contemporary art and graffiti in Kabul. >

10 Mar 16
UNICEF bicycle initiative helps Ghanaian schoolgirls get to class safely

Design News > Design Activism

Swedish brand Vélosophy teams up with UNICEF to donate its commuter bikes to girls in Ghana. >

10 Mar 16

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