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Mamaope: A jacket that detects pneumonia

Design News > Design Activism

A Ugandan graduate designed a high-tech wearable to fight the scourge of pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa.

5 Jan 17
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Algorithmically designed jewellery by Nervous System

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Made from brass and rubber, the Corollaria collection is inspired by science and technology.

5 Jan 17
00:01:37

Hattie Newman: Creator of paper worlds

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

London-based set designer and paper artist Hattie Newman is in love with tactile things.

30 Dec 16
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Modern day Dracula and the plight of immigrants

Design News > Film & Animation

Artists adapt the classic tale of Dracula to explore the immigrant rights in the United States.

28 Dec 16
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The adventures of unconventional women

Design News > Information Design

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a collection of alternative bedtime stories for girls.

26 Dec 16
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How an artist is helping rebuild Haiti

Design News > Design Activism

The Konbit Shelter is a sustainable building project in Haiti

23 Dec 16
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Smokeless cooking in Kenya

Design News > Design Activism

Fighting lower respiratory infection with innovative design.

23 Dec 16
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Things we learnt in 2016

Design News > Design Thinking

We share a few of the interesting, incredible and sometimes unbelievable things we learnt on Design Indaba this year.

23 Dec 16
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Minerae: Another way to touch light

Design News > Interaction Design

This conceptual designer thinks of ways to make new connections between us and our environment.

23 Dec 16
00:02:49

Gemma O'Brien: The art of lettering

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

Letter artist Gemma O'Brien talks about the appeal of the handmade and the way that the shape of words can capture the character of a place.

22 Dec 16
02:37

Beginning of Life

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Take a look at the live production that depicted the earliest years of life on Earth.

22 Dec 16
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Spying on a thief in this fascinating documentary

Design News > Film & Animation

Film student Anthony van der Meer made a documentary tracking his stolen phone and the thief who stole it

21 Dec 16
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Sailing the Seine on a ferry powered by human energy

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

The latest eco-design from Carlo Ratti Associati takes human efficiency to the next level.

21 Dec 16
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Anti-Human: An avant-garde photo series from the Kolor Art Collective

Design News > Art & Photography

Rio de Janeiro’s Kolor Art Collective present their latest photo series highlighting animal abuse

20 Dec 16
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Cleaning up outer space with Kounotori’s electrified tether

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

Scientists are testing ways to clear up the new problem of space pollution.

20 Dec 16
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What does flatpack furniture have to do with love?

Design News > Product Design

Assisted intimacy: How to build flat-pack furniture and bond with your loved ones.

20 Dec 16
00:00:09

Kate Moross: How to make mess look good

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

London-based art director Kate Moross and her studio create explosive work, often for music artists or events with a certain chaotic (messy) energy.

19 Dec 16
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How do you photograph a phobia?

Design News > Art & Photography

This VSCO commissioned series looks at rare phobias that disturb the mind.

19 Dec 16
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Alive by Juno Jeon

Design News > Product Design

The Netherlands-based designer enlivens his furniture pieces through movement

19 Dec 16
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Teepee-like complex serves as a haven for Japan's elderly

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Issei Suma's whimsical structures provide a calming environment for the retired.

16 Dec 16
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South African jewellery designer Stacy Beukes on the value of community

Profiling > Fashion & Jewellery Design

We talk to the South African jewellery designer behind the brand A Ring To It.

16 Dec 16
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Stepping up solar efforts

Design News > Design Activism

This sidewalk converts steps into power.

16 Dec 16
02:20

The Torturous History of the Treadmill

Design News > Film & Animation

One of the world’s most common exercise machines has quite a draconian past.

16 Dec 16
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Dakar's Creatives: A photo series that captures the city's movers and shakers

Design News > Art & Photography

In this photographic series by Jean Baptiste Joire we see Dakar's young creative agents in places in the city that inspire them.

15 Dec 16

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