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South African animation on BBC this Christmas day

An animated version of the children's picture book "Stick Man" will be screened on BBC One on Christmas day. >
Scientists create the world’s first painkiller patch

Taking painkillers orally can be damaging. This transparent patch was made to treat pain at the source. >
Scale: Layer Design Studio’s contribution to the evolving workplace

Benjamin Hubert’s studio designed an eco-friendly, adaptable, acoustic partition for commercial spaces. >
Matthew Harrison: Responding to complex healthcare issues

Helix is a design studio centred on the development of simple solutions to complex healthcare problems. >
Osteobotics is the merging of robotics and biodegradable material

Using robotics and biodegradable material, these students have sought to streamline architecture. >
Assemble

Architect

London-based studio Assemble merges art, architecture and design to create artful spaces. >
Assemble wins the Turner prize for their community-minded regeneration project in a run-down part of Liverpool

Who could ever have imagined that a derelict street in Liverpool could win the Turner Prize? Assemble, the group responsible for it, certainly didn’t. >
Alex R: Designer Craftsmen

The London-based glass artist talks about the metaphorical context of glass and the blurred line between design and craft. >
The GyroGlove reduces hand tremors by 80 per cent

An award-winning device designed to significantly improve the lives of those with tremor-related diseases. >
Animal welfare activist knits tiny sweaters for rescued chickens

Activist uses hand-knitted sweaters to rehabilitate neglected chickens. >
Kurv: The smart way to learn to play the guitar

The Kurv Guitar is a 'stringless' digital instrument that allows anyone to learn and play songs using touch, motion and gestures. >
Tiger worms run this toilet

The Tiger Worm Toilet treats both liquid and solid waste using composting worms that digest the waste. >
Sam Bompas: Designing extraordinary food experiences

Bompas and Parr’s niche approach to everyday food experiences makes them the gurus of food architecture. >
A water purifier that costs 1 cent to operate

KOHLER’s Clarity is a sustainable water purification system for developing nations. >
James Roberts: Life-saving solutions for neonatal care

Inspired by the plight of refugees, James Roberts created a low-cost incubator for babies born prematurely. >
A manmade lagoon could be the future of tidal energy

The UK is at the forefront of renewable energy with plans to launch a new era of tidal energy. >
Milkweed creates unisex garmets from thick-knit textiles

Brighton design brand Milkweed creates biodegradable, sustainable, unisex knitwear from local, organic yarn. >
King Debs raises a fist against injustice with his latest murals

Multimedia designer and Emerging Creative, King Debs responds to social unrest with his larger-than-life street art. >
Rob Hadrill: Bringing ideas to life through book design

Book Works co-founder Rob Hadrill invites us into his world of visual artistry and bookmaking. >
20 tuk-tuks transformed into moving artworks

Rickshaws made over by a collection of prominent designers in the name of India’s elephants. >
Paul Pateman’s A to Z of sex and disability

A raunchy graphic alphabet aims to dispel misconceptions about disabled people’s sex lives. >
Smart burn dressing lights up under UV light when infected

This smart burn dressing is designed to change colour when the patient’s burn wound is infected. >
Artificial neurons able to learn human language

ANNABELL, a new cognitive model, is able to learn language organically, without the need for pre-coded responses. >
Ever wonder who’s behind the sounds in your much-loved films?

“The Foley Artist” is a behind-the-scenes look at the unorthodox methods one master sound artist uses to design the sound effects for film. >

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