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This architect is helping to rebuild health facilities in disaster-hit areas

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Partners In Health offer high-tech facilities where there would otherwise be very little care options in places like Haiti and Liberia. >

6 Apr 18
Thabisa Mjo on using bold product design to tell stories

Design News > African Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

"I consider design a form of story-telling and design is the medium through which those stories are told." >

5 Apr 18
Dutch designer Anton Karlsson on the importance of using humour to make people think

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

He recently won a Rising Star award at the 2018 Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair for his range that is modelled on the digestive system. >

5 Apr 18
This designer uses bacteria to make colourful silk scarves

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Are microorganisms even more useful than we previously thought? >

5 Apr 18
Thandiwe Msebenzi uses photography to expose the consequences of misogyny

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

"I am harassed at least five times a day, 35 times per week...Now imagine what that must do to one psychologically.” >

5 Apr 18
Plenty aims to build a giant indoor farm next to every major city

Design News > Food Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Plenty’s mission is to give each city a hub to grow organic herbs and vegetables locally and indoors. >

5 Apr 18
Meet the Congolese designer who has worked with Kanye, Jay Z & Rihanna

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

The designer talks about her new label, shaking up stereotypes and creating jobs over charity in Kinshasa. >

4 Apr 18
Meet the world's first drone costume designer

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Product Design

Before industrial designer, Léa Pereyre, started working at Verity Studios the job description of "drone costume designer" did not exist. >

4 Apr 18
Scientists design liquid barrier to protect coral reefs from UV damage

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking

As the world’s temperatures rise, a threat to marine life is mounting in the form of sun bleaching. These researchers may have the solution. >

4 Apr 18
13 crafty creatives of product, interiors and industrial design

Design News > African Design / Craft / Product Design

Insects, bottle caps, shapes and colours, are just some of the inspirations behind the work of these 2018 Emerging Creatives. >

2 Apr 18
Photographs capture the dangerous practice of wine collecting in Namibia

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

The palm wine collectors in Namibia risk their lives for their cultural practice. >

1 Apr 18
Empathy Bridge for Autism is a toolkit for building meaningful connections

Design News > Information Design / Product Design

The social challenge for people with autism is that it can make it difficult to form meaningful connections, often leading to isolation. >

1 Apr 18
This Polish designer created a book that puts you in the shoes of someone with dementia

Next Generation > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

The Polish photographer and communication designer turned her frustration into art. >

31 Mar 18
Smart glasses help kids with autism recognise facial expressions and emotions

Design News > Product Design

Stanford researchers develop artificially intelligent glasses for autistic children using Google Glass technology. >

31 Mar 18
Employ Me helps those on the autism spectrum on the journey to finding a job

Design News > Design Activism

The uniquely designed set of learning materials aims to correct a shameful employment imbalance. >

30 Mar 18
On the future of food, fashion and eating our environmental problems away

Next Generation > Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Food Design / Product Design

The world is changing rapidly, this means our fashion and food choices need to keep up. >

30 Mar 18
Photographer documents a French community living completely off the grid

Design News > Art & Photography

They started living here as a resistance movement against plans to build an airport on the land. >

30 Mar 18
6 young visual artists on our radar

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

Photography and Filmmaking from the eyes of this years Emerging Creatives. >

30 Mar 18
Norway announces plans for a sustainable, smart city near the country’s major airport

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The ‘energy positive’ Oslo Airport City will be the first of its kind. >

29 Mar 18
Tony Brook on his recent collaboration with BBC Creative

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

“At its best, graphic design can be thought provoking, beautiful, memorable and leave a lasting impression." >

29 Mar 18
The Beecosystem brings the art and science of beekeeping straight into your home

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Its size means that it is ideal for use in the home, the classroom and other important educational spaces. >

29 Mar 18
The Unmasked Women project tackles mental health among black women

Design News > Art & Photography / Creative Economy

The creative project is prioritising the work of young black women artists. >

28 Mar 18
A new preservative-free way to protect food from spoiling

Design News > Food Design

This plant-based food design can extend the freshness of fruits and vegetables up to four times. >

28 Mar 18
Using textile design to track the history of nutmeg

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Marta Velasco Valesco on what inspired her #Antenna2017 project, Pulau Banda. >

27 Mar 18

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