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The Plasmorph: A living diary

Design Frontiers > Information Design

Relying on memory alone can be daunting. Conceptual designer Ann-Kristin Abel envisions a living organism that provides customised information,

17 Jun 16
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Light-up pen provides a source of light for school children living in darkness

Design News > Product Design

Lampen has been designed to help pupils in Guinea do their homework at night.

17 Jun 16
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Benjamin Hubert’s Layer agency creates ceramic charging trays

Design News > Craft

Elegantly designed, the ceramic trays incorporate charging in an aim to minimise the visual impact of technology.

16 Jun 16
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Twenty Journey’s "The Journeymen" opens in Durban

Design News > Art & Photography

Made from the footage of their 24 000 kilometre adventure, the film promises to be both heart-breaking and beautiful.

16 Jun 16
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Fleet of buses set to double up as mobile exercise studios

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

London gym will transform commuter buses into spinning studios so that commuters can squeeze in a morning workout.

16 Jun 16
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Indian engineer designs a more intuitive walking aid

Design News > Product Design

Sensor device helps the visually impaired navigate their environments with greater ease.

16 Jun 16
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Network of Parisian shopkeepers welcomes homeless people

Design News > Information Design

Le Carillon is an initiative that encourages social harmony between residents, traders and the homeless.

16 Jun 16
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Fashion student designs utilitarian garments for refugees

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Parsons Fashion Design senior Angela Luna creates a collection of transformative clothing for refugees.

16 Jun 16
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For the love of GIFs

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Collective exhibit.gif puts out a call for a creative distillation of real life into the humble form of a GIF.

15 Jun 16
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Margaret Calvert on work and play over 60 years in graphic design

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

South African-born graphic designer Margaret Calvert, OBE is best known for the signs she helped design for Britain's roads. You can now watch her full talk.

15 Jun 16
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8 innovative ways drones are being used today

Design News > Product Design

From fighting fires, to spotting criminals and collecting whale “snot”, here are some futuristic ways we are using drones.

15 Jun 16
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Emergency art is created and shown in no more than a day

Design News > Art & Photography

The art featured at MOAD’s latest exhibition is not older than 24 hours old and tackles the immediate issues of our time.

15 Jun 16
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The exhibit that turns audience into art

Design News > Art & Photography

Zoom Pavilion taps into our fear of ‘big brother’ when creating its pieces.

15 Jun 16
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Beating Heart: An archive of African sounds is remixed for a new album

Design News > Design Activism

Several famous musicians have contributed remixes to the new Beating Hearts album, using sounds from a vast and previously private audio archive.

14 Jun 16
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Growing Warriors uses farming to help American Veterans

Design News > Design Thinking

Veteran soldiers make up to one million of the Americans dependant on food-stamps and this organisation is trying to help.

14 Jun 16
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Chinese start-up Origins works to purify the air

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Founded in one of the smoggiest cities in the world, Origins’ machines don’t only detect the toxins in the air, they try to remove them as well.

14 Jun 16
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Willy-Wonka style elevators proposed for London

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Elevators that transport Londoners out of the subway up to their office blocks using upward, downward and sideways movement.

14 Jun 16
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Refugee Challenge: Community, innovation and information

Design News > Design Activism

In the second installment of our look at the Refugee Challenge, we look at what design can do to solve their problems.

14 Jun 16
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Sou Fujimoto: The infinite possibilities of open field architecture

Video Interviews > Urban & Landscape Design

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto talks about how architecture should create spaces for people to behave as they would like to.

13 Jun 16
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We talk to the co-creator of the Bureo recycled fishing net skateboards

Design News > Product Design

The Ahi skateboard is made of recycled fishing nets and its creators at Bureo Inc. are working hard to protect our oceans.

13 Jun 16
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Sierra Leone Ebola survivors pictured in new photo book

Design News > Design Activism

The Kenema Book features a series of photos that document a community’s resilience despite the impact of Ebola.

13 Jun 16
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Loving Vincent: A feature film of 56 800 hand painted frames

Design Frontiers > Film & Animation

This animated biopic is about the mysterious life and death of world-renowned artist Vincent Van Gogh and was made of over 50 000 hand painted images.

13 Jun 16
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We Design Conference Durban calls for a national spatial revolution

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The first We Design Conference in Durban, South Africa calls for radical transformation of South Africa's cities, towns and villages.

10 Jun 16
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A simple software solution for solid infrastructure

Design News > Design Thinking

Plate Package, which assesses the structural integrity of architectural drawings, gets nominated for the Innovation Prize for Africa.

10 Jun 16

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