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Biovessel: An odourless compost bin for the dinner table

Design News > Product Design

We waste around 45 per cent of the food we produce. The Biovessel is a beautiful addition to sustainable living.

5 Sep 16
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The Setsuna: Toyota’s wooden concept car

Design News > Industrial Design

The Japanese car manufacturer has created a functional concept car inspired by the emotional connections we have with family vehicles.

5 Sep 16
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Retro summer scenes: Are problem-free summers behind us?

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

A greek visual designer re-visits and interrogates iconic summer days from the 50s & 60s.

5 Sep 16
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Step into Aquasixio’s surreal fantasy universes

Design News > Art & Photography

This clinical psychologist unpacks the inner workings of his world by creating new worlds.

2 Sep 16
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Body Love: The adult colouring book challenging how we see our bodies

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

This Canadian artist is championing body positivity.

2 Sep 16
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The surface that turns mealtime into a balancing act

Design News > Product Design

The Sati Tala is a surface unlike any other dinner table. Built for mindfulness, it physically connects its users.

2 Sep 16
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HI-SEAS: The NASA-funded Mars simulation project

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

An elaborate Mars habitation research project has just closed one chapter and is preparing to embark on the next one.

2 Sep 16
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Mapping the invisible world of microbes with bees

Design News > Design Thinking

How insects are helping a team of scientists and designers understand our microbial surroundings.

2 Sep 16
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Hornsea Project Two: UK’s massive new wind farm

Design News > Design Thinking

The British government has recently approved construction of a second, world-leading collection of wind turbines.

1 Sep 16
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Taj Francis creates Afro-Japanese portraiture

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

A lyric, the emotion of a song and the instruction of a beat gives birth to illustrations meant to awaken the viewer.

1 Sep 16
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Alex McDowell on telling stories that shape the future

Talks > Film & Animation

A veteran of the cinematic arts, renowned designer Alex McDowell believes that storytelling has the power to influence design.

1 Sep 16
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The Forest Where the Wind Returns: Hayao Miyazaki’s real-life woodland landscape

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The former spearhead of Studio Ghibli plans to give children an immersive experience of the natural world in Kumé Island, Okinawa.

1 Sep 16
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Reimagining feminism on Bitch Planet

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The patriarchy becomes a literal prison in this refreshing, feminist comic series.

1 Sep 16
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The quiet struggle in water scarce Pakistan

Design News > Design Activism

Water scarcity threatens the security of Pakistan’s people. Follow one photojournalist as she documents its effects.

31 Aug 16
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Breeze Yoko unveils latest work 'Boniswa'

Design News > Art & Photography

The Johannesburg-based street artist's latest work is a tribute to the black girl child.

31 Aug 16
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Egypt uses sewage to grow forests in the desert

Design News > Creative Economy

To tackle desertification, the Egyptian government is growing tree plantations that thrive on waste water.

31 Aug 16
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Solar Express: The futuristic space transit concept

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

Montréal’s Imaginactive has put forth a design idea that would bring remote parts of the cosmos within closer human reach.

31 Aug 16
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One man’s journey home with the help of Google Earth

Design News > Film & Animation

Using Google Earth, Saroo Brierley found his family after 25 years. This is his story.

31 Aug 16
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Estream: A portable USB charger powered by moving water

Design News > Product Design

Enomad’s portable power plant generates electricity using any source of running water.

30 Aug 16
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The dynamic solar shading of Kiefer Technic Showroom

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

This building reacts to the outside environment to benefit its inhabitants.

30 Aug 16
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Sculptural desalination plant imagined for Santa Monica pier

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Pipe is a sustainable water harvesting solution that could produce 4.5 billion litres of clean water for California.

30 Aug 16
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Oneware: The one-hand only kitchenware

Next Generation > Product Design

Singaporean Industrial Design student creates a range of utensils to aid those with disabilities in the kitchen.

30 Aug 16
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Problem? These girls build their own solutions

Design News > Industrial Design

Construction and carpentry are not readily associated with high school girls. Project H Design’s Girls Garage hopes to change that.

30 Aug 16
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50 000 murals to pay tribute to the honeybee

Design News > Design Activism

American artist Matthew Willey paints breathtaking murals to save the honeybee.

29 Aug 16

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Q&A • 16 Aug 22

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Community living

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum >
Star quality

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022 >
Mr Sandman

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions >

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