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VizSnap: Facilitating photography for the blind

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

The visually impaired take photos too, says Dustin Adams, the designer of VizSnap. >

3 Nov 15
Bar game takes the mystery out of urban planning

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

“Cards Against Urbanity” pokes fun at the pains of urban planning in a cynical, yet educational way. >

3 Nov 15
A one-dollar contraceptive designed for the developing world

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

Designed to be self-administered and cost only one dollar, this contraceptive is changing the state of women's health in developing countries. >

3 Nov 15
Mogees can turn anything into a musical instrument

Design News > Interaction Design

Mogees, the latest in interactive surface technology and design, creates music with just a small device and your phone. >

3 Nov 15
MIT’s bacteria-powered material, bioLogic, will literally make your skin crawl

Design News > Interaction Design

BioLogic is an innovative second skin with an automated ventilation system that is powered by living organisms. >

3 Nov 15
A new workstation for nomadic employees

Design News > Design Thinking

HÔTEL TRAVAIL is a new workspace concept for freelancers and nomadic employees by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Shay Raviv. >

2 Nov 15
A film shot in two European cities attempts to define progressive art

Design News > Film & Animation

"Progressive Art", a film by Phsics Media and shot in Amsterdam and Berlin, seeks to understand and investigate the meaning of its title. >

2 Nov 15
Warka Water creates water from air

Design News > African Design

Design studio Architecture and Vision is bringing clean water to rural Ethiopia with its Warka Water project. >

2 Nov 15
Emoji keyboard highlights the plight of refugees

Design News > Design Activism / Interaction Design

Virtual emoji keyboard lets the social media generation show they care about the plight of refugees. >

2 Nov 15
Solar power brings clean water to remote Mexican village

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

The introduction of a solar powered water purification system sparked a new economy in a remote Mexican village. >

2 Nov 15
The world’s first hand-woven raffia car in Nigeria

Design News > African Design / Craft / Design Thinking

A weaver based in Ibadan, Nigeria has taken the age-old craft of weaving to new heights by weaving the entire body of a car. >

2 Nov 15
Ants inspire the super material of the future

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

A 10-year study into the properties of fire ants has put researchers on a path to a self-healing material. >

30 Oct 15
A colourful animal kingdom animated for a new mix by John Wizards

FilmFestFriday > African Design / Film & Animation

Italian illustrator Jonathan Calugi masterfully wields his pencil to create a lively animation for a new remix from producer John Wizards >

30 Oct 15
An app designed to help refugees locate missing family

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Refunite is a free platform with an anonymous database of more than 405,000 users and an estimated 1 500 family reunions. >

30 Oct 15
A prefab home made from bio-based materials

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

DDacha is a customisable and sustainable living concept designed for a Northern European climate. >

30 Oct 15
Visualising brainwaves in a kaleidoscope of colour

Design News > Film & Animation

Filmmaker and animator Alice Dunseath creates a vibrant short film to show the brain’s reaction to beauty and functionality. >

30 Oct 15
Safer: The beautiful, wearable panic button

Design News > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Leaf Innovations have designed a line of jewellery that could save your life. >

30 Oct 15
Master of the craft: Orthopaedic surgeon

Design News > Art & Photography

In the second instalment of our photo series focusing on master artisans, we look at the hands of the makers. Today we look at an orthopaedic surgeon. >

29 Oct 15
This underground fridge doesn't need electricity

Product Spotlight > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Dutch designer Floris Schoonderbeek has designed an underground, cellar-style fridge that doesn’t require any energy to keep food cool and fresh. >

29 Oct 15
Waterless toilets designed for rural India

Design News > Design Activism

A new Eco-friendly waterless toilet system designed by a university professor is set to prevent illnesses caused by human waste. >

29 Oct 15
Takeout container turned mini-greenhouse makes growing food a snap

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Homegrown’s Takeout container makes the perfect mini-greenhouse for growing organic food. >

29 Oct 15
Roots Up is on a mission to create self-sufficient family farming in Ethiopia

Design News > Creative Economy

The Roots Up project aims to improve poor living conditions for the Gondar farming community in the Ethiopian highlands. >

29 Oct 15
Smartphones at the forefront of healthcare in Africa

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Diagnosis, monitoring, and a treatment plan could be sent via a smartphone with Vodacom’s healthcare apps. >

29 Oct 15
A pocket-sized flashlight powered by body heat

Product Spotlight > Design Activism / Product Design

This inventor's flashlight is powered by body heat and is expected to be a step towards living without batteries. >

28 Oct 15

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