Design News

Engaging a community through street art

Design News • 18 May 17 • Sponsored Content

The Paint Jamaica initiative brings colour and creativity to the streets of Kingston. >
A simpler way to purify water

Design News • 18 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Scientists have devised a simple way to separate microscopic pollutants from water. >
Children’s literature goes digital

Design News • 17 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Innovative children’s library provides a fun learning alternative. >
Abandoned spaces in Hong Kong

Design News • 17 May 17 • Sponsored Content

South African artist Faith47 shares the third installment of Aqua Regalia – a video set in the grimy, semi-abandoned spaces of Hong Kong. >
3 Ways to hack discrimination in the US

Design News • 17 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Hacking Discrimination aimed to find technology-based solutions to address discrimination. >
Meet the Fadiouth community of Senegal

Design News • 17 May 17 • Sponsored Content

This book illustrates valuable solutions in infographic form for this small West African town. >
5 examples of great creativity from Poland

Design News • 17 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Known for its vast history and diverse culture, Poland also has mad artistic chops. >
International film festivals can’t get enough of this South African film

Design News • 16 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Krotoa, scheduled for release in South Africa in August this year, tackles an underrepresented history. >
High-tech hopes for hearing loss

Product Spotlight • 16 May 17 • Sponsored Content

A breakthrough home-use technology for early detection of tinnitus >
The nightmarish scenes of Regenerative Being

Design News • Duration: 07:21 • 16 May 17 • Sponsored Content

A look at the handmade, macabre and nuanced animation of Stas Santimov. >
What will meat products of the future look like?

Design News • 16 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Product designer, Carolien Niebling, delves into the potential shortage of protein-rich food we could face in future. >
Bringing back the cassette tape

Product Spotlight • 15 May 17 • Sponsored Content

New tech meets the nostalgia for the humble cassette tape. >
5 stories that show technology combined with bugs can result in great design

Design News • 15 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Proof that RoboCop isn’t the only one to benefit from a mecha-treatment. >
The Shelter Box by Milano in Azione

Design News • Duration: 02:32 • 15 May 17 • Sponsored Content

A multifunctional design made to alleviate the harshness of living on the street. >
Up in the clouds

Design News • 12 May 17 • Sponsored Content

These designs draw inspiration from the everyday cumulus. >
Introducing the Greenhouse In a Box

Design News • 12 May 17 • Sponsored Content

From Indian startup Kheyti, the modular greenhouse is an affordable solution for low-income farmers. >
Paint the city – just not with your hands

Design News • 12 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Remote controlled drones take graffiti to new heights. >
This one-of-a-kind diving experience is mobilising people to consider marine health

Design News • 12 May 17 • Sponsored Content

An art installation to save the Virgin Islands’ coral reef populations. >
UNina Afrika: The totemic light sculpture

Design News • 12 May 17 • Sponsored Content

This design emulates the act of carrying heavy goods on one’s head. >
Skateboards made from hemp

Product Spotlight • 11 May 17 • Sponsored Content

These unique skateboard decks are made of hemp natural fibres. Designed for cruising, these boards were built for the future. >
More than just transport: 5 unique renditions of the modern car

Design News • 11 May 17 • Sponsored Content

A look at some weird and innovative experiments in the world of car design. >
The surreal merging of Hüseyin Sahin’s disparate worlds

Design News • 11 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Dramatic photography and Photoshop wizardry meet for striking visual effect. >
Insects: An answer to global hunger?

Design News • 11 May 17 • Sponsored Content

Could insect farming solve malnutrition problems in developing countries. >
3 Must-See Design Talks by African creatives

Design News • 11 May 17 • Sponsored Content

All three of these designers are innovating in Africa’s unique circumstances. >

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From the Archives

When pictures tell stories

Q&A • 6 Jun 22

Fashion and portrait photography allow Thulani Kubeka to paint with light. >
Photographic memory

Design News • 6 Jun 22

Influential post-war Japanese photographer’s solo exhibition highlights the pathos of the past >
Just beachy

Design News • 6 Jun 22

Tosin Oshinowo’s Coral Pavilion embraces the traditions of tropical modernism in West Africa >
For the birds

Design News • 6 Jun 22

Treehotel and BIG make a case for species co-habitation with their new collaboration, Biosphere >