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Dot One creates personalised textiles using your DNA
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Information Design
Designed by Iona Inglesby, Dot One converts data from your cheek-swab into unique textiles and graphic prints.
1 Jan 16
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Paper Prison lets the user experience Mandela’s Robben Island cell
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The Mandela inspired Paper Prison lauded as one of this year’s most creative designs, according to AIGA.
1 Jan 16
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LibraryBox is open source tech made easy
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Product Design
The LibraryBox bridges the gap of information delivery in developing nations without internet access.
31 Dec 15
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Flying carriage system planned for traffic-dense Mexico City
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Urban & Landscape Design
Two-seater pods suspended above Mexico City’s traffic offers passengers a quicker commute to work and back.
30 Dec 15
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A washable, soap resistant smartphone
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Product Design
Japanese company Kyocera have just released a smartphone that users can wash and use in the bath.
30 Dec 15
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Learning from Main Reef Road: Un-drawing and re-drawing the city into being
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Architecture & Interiors
A design studio at the Johannesburg Graduate School of Architecture investigates infrastructure in the city through a process of drawing intuitively.
29 Dec 15
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Adam Hoens draws lines between old and new school Hip Hop
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Music & Sound Design
Using his pencil and paint, Canadian-born artist Adam Hoens recreates the biggest names in the Hip Hop industry.
28 Dec 15
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TV white spaces bring healthcare to rural Botswana
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Design Thinking
Project Kgolagano uses TV white spaces to bring much needed medical care to remote areas in Africa.
28 Dec 15
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A fresh start for Philippine villages with no access to clean water
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Product Design
Students from Singapore are ready to initiate a water-filtration system in Philippine communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
28 Dec 15
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Objects made from old plastic bags
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Product Design
Industrial designer Carter Zufelt has developed a system that recycles plastic bags into marbled household objects that celebrate their origins.
24 Dec 15
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Illustrator Sinalo Ngcaba wishes you a black Christmas
Next Generation
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A South African illustrator sends Christmas greetings inspired by her African heritage.
24 Dec 15
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The large bamboo canopy sheltering Ghanaian artists
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Architecture & Interiors
The Haduwa Arts and Culture Institute is a large bamboo canopy that serves as a meeting place for artists and cultural practitioners in Ghana.
23 Dec 15
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Out of The Box playground in Addis Ababa
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Urban & Landscape Design
Out of The Box is an innovative project that aims to build the first adventure playground in the inner city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
23 Dec 15
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Interactive installation Pollinators increases public awareness of declining bugs and birds
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Interaction Design
Pollinators, by design studio Aether & Hemera, is an interactive installation that raises public awareness of the decline of pollinator birds in the UK.
23 Dec 15
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Rio de Janeiro’s grand, new Museum of Tomorrow
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Architecture & Interiors
Designed by Santiago Calatrava, the Museum of Tomorrow is spectacular building in Rio de Janeiro dedicated to science, the environment and the future.
22 Dec 15
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No more burnt toast with this see-through toaster
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Product Design
Designer James Stumpf has come up with a see-through toaster so users can see how brown their toast is getting.
22 Dec 15
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Flowy: An app that combats panic attacks
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Information Design
Flowy reduces stress, anxiety and panic attacks using daily breathing rituals.
22 Dec 15
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doctHERs provides Pakistani women with healthcare via video-link
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Information Design
The doctHERs initiative is an online platform that connects doctors to patients in need using technology.
21 Dec 15
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Skateboards build communities in Ethiopia
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Creative Economy
Ethiopia Skate is an initiative that uses skateboarding to help youth make connections in Addis Ababa.
21 Dec 15
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Loud Mini bicycle horn makes sure cyclists are heard in traffic
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Product Design
A compact hooter that is as loud as a car hooter is designed for safe urban commuting.
18 Dec 15
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Hydricity is the solar solution to round-the-clock power generation
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Design Thinking
Researchers have designed a concept to solve a major problem facing solar power generation.
18 Dec 15
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Data Cuisine's dishes are a visual, edible representation of information
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Food Design
The chefs at Data Cuisine design special data dishes to ask and answer questions about the information in our lives.
18 Dec 15
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Ticket Books encourages commuters to read with free subway rides
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Product Design
Brazilian publishing house, L&PM Editores republished a collection of ten classic novels that double as metro tickets.
18 Dec 15
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Vietnamese vernacular and modern construction meet in this community centre
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Architecture & Interiors
The Swallow Homestay and Community House is the product of the happy union between traditional Vietnamese building methods and modern construction.
18 Dec 15
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