Design News

  • Semester Bicycle by MakeLab and HERObike.
    Positive spin
    Design News • 15 Aug 13
    The Semester Bicycle represents a new take on sustainable design, while supporting the local community of Greensboro in Alabama, USA. >
  • Product spotlight: Knit bags by Lulu K
    Product Spotlight • 15 Aug 13
    Lulu K's knitted bags emphasise the value of handcrafted design, while also promoting skills development among women from disadvantaged communities. >
  • TaskRabbit
    Neighbours helping neighbours
    Design News • 15 Aug 13
    So much to do, so little time? TaskRabbit uses technology and social networking to help your neighbour help you with chores, errands and more. >
  • Tail by Greyworld.
    Wag the tail
    Design News • 14 Aug 13
    Greyworld's very playful Tail for humans is now on Kickstarter! >
  • AdaptAir by Alejandro Palandjoglu.
    Breath of life
    Design News • 14 Aug 13
    AdaptAir is a device that provides life-giving oxygen to children with respiratory illnesses using a simple one-size-fits-all, reusable and low-cost concept. >
  • + Pool by PlayLab.
    Fresh swimming
    Design News • 13 Aug 13
    PlayLab have designed New York's first + Pool, a floating, water-filtering pool for rivers, lakes, cities, everyone. >
  • Dock Kitchen by Tom Dixon.
    Theme specific
    Design News • 13 Aug 13
    Tom Dixon has redesigned the restaurant at the Tom Dixon Showroom using a selection of his new furniture and lighting collection. >
  • Attero E-Waste Recycling.
    Waste not
    Design News • 13 Aug 13
    Attero recycling provides an environmentally-friendly solution to the increasing problem of e-waste disposal. >
  • Hide & Eek! by Hat-trick. Published by Knock Knock.
    Hidden in the dark
    Design News • 12 Aug 13
    Hide & Eek! by Hat-trick and Knock Knock adds an exciting element to reading under the covers in the dark... set to enlighten young imaginations. >
  • Corniches by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.
    Surface landscape
    Design News • 12 Aug 13
    Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have added three colours to their Corniches collection of shelves designed for Vitra. >
  • Pebble watch by KiBiSi for Bulbul.
    Formed by time
    Design News • 11 Aug 13
    The shape of KiBiSi's new Pebble watch draws inspiration from the pebbles found on Scandinavian beaches. >
  • Gravity Light by Martin Riddiford and Jim Reeves.
    Light by Gravity
    Design News • 11 Aug 13
    In a new approach to low-cost lighting for the developing world, Martin Riddiford and Jim Reeves have found a way to employ gravity to turn dark into light. >
  • Half The Sky mobile games by Games for Change.
    Games for good
    Design News • 10 Aug 13
    Half The Sky mobile games engage girls and women in developing regions in gameplay that helps to educate them about improving their lives. >
  • WalkNYC by Michael Bierut.
    Mapped out
    Design News • 9 Aug 13
    Michael Bierut has designed a system of clear and vivid maps for the streets of New York, encouraging people to walk and cycle the city. >
  • Metabodies by Sonja Bäumel.
    Bodies & bacteria
    Design News • 8 Aug 13
    Sonja Bäumel's Metabodies found that it's not just our genes that differentiate us from others, but also our bacteria. >
  • The International Space Orchestra by Nelly Ben Hayoun. Photo: David Benqué and Nanosatifi.
    Musical lift off
    Design News • 8 Aug 13
    The International Space Orchestra directed by Nelly Ben Hayoun has launched into space! >
  • M°BA Fashion Biennale in- and outdoor design by Ineke Hans. Photo: Gerrit Schreurs.
    Inside and outside
    Design News • 7 Aug 13
    Ineke Hans created striking indoor and outdoor design for the 2013 M°BA Fashion Biennale. >
  • MUSE identity by Harry Pearce.
    Cutting the ribbon
    Design News • 7 Aug 13
    Earlier this year Harry Pearce designed the identity for MUSE. Here's a look at the grand opening. >
  • Ekso™ by Ekso Bionics.
    Wear for walking
    Design News • 6 Aug 13
    The Ekso™ is a ready-to-wear, battery-powered exoskeleton that helps people with lower-extremity paralysis or weakness to stand up and walk. >
  • FreshPaper by Fenugreen.
    Paper fresh
    Design News • 6 Aug 13
    A simple biodegradable, recyclable piece of organic paper, or FreshPaper, could help to reduce food spoilage and the resultant waste. >
  • Carlo Ratti's Makr Shakr. Identity by Eddie Opara.
    Mix & Shakr
    Design News • 6 Aug 13
    Eddie Opara designed an identity, web application and data visualisation for Carlo Ratti's robotic barman, Makr Shakr. >
  • A_S_T Apple Schnapps Tool by Martí Guixé for Stählemühle. Image: Knölke/Imagekontainer.
    Apple shots
    Design News • 5 Aug 13
    Martí Guixé has designed a shot glass that can be eaten, digested and transformed into energy after its use has been fulfilled. >
  • ecoATM Automated eCycling Stations.
    Eco electronic
    Design News • 4 Aug 13
    Introducing the ecoATM, a first-of-its-kind consumer self-service kiosk for recycling electronics. >
  • CrowdFlower.
    Crowdsourcing power
    Design News • 4 Aug 13
    CrowdFlower is a crowdsourcing platform that offers scalable solutions that deliver fast and accurate results for business data problems. >

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From the Archives

  • High Tide
    Design News • 26 Sep 22
    SeaPods, the latest innovation from Ocean Builders, imagines a living space that floats in the middle of the ocean. >
  • Sitting pretty
    Q&A • 26 Sep 22
    The creative director of furniture brand Bōpa Mmuso, Lindiwe Gugushe is a young creative in pursuit of design in all its forms. >
  • Memento Mori
    Design News • 26 Sep 22
    Artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled his first glass sculpture exhibition at Venice’s Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore. >
  • On the dot
    Design News • 26 Sep 22
    Postgraduate students at the Royal College of Art created Dotplot – a handheld device that helps monitor at-home breast checks. >