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Network of Parisian shopkeepers welcomes homeless people
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Exatype: Changing the face of ARV treatments
Design News
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Interaction Design
The Exatype software offers tailored treatments for HIV/AIDS.
10 Jun 16
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Robots built with nervous systems to feel pain
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Interaction Design
German researchers develop a bio-based, artificial sensory system to create more intuitive robots.
10 Jun 16
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101Hero: Affordable 3D printing at home
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Product Design
The affordable 101Hero 3D printer lets anyone use the sought-after technology at home.
10 Jun 16
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WeCount: Connecting communities and helping the homeless
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Interaction Design
Online peer-to-peer network WeCount is trying to unite communities and end inequality.
9 Jun 16
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Bringing wooden skateboards back to the future
Design News
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Product Design
Imagine skateboarding through the streets of a bustling metropolis on boards made from 100 per cent recyclable bio-composite wood.
9 Jun 16
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Design student’s project is inspired by 240 million kilograms of wasted pine needles
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Product Design
Designer Tamara Orjola wins an award for creating a multi-use material from industrial waste.
9 Jun 16
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