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Pee-powered socks: the new alternative energy source

Design News > Design Thinking

Scientists at the Bristol BioEnergy Centre have invented socks that could eventually power portable and wearable electronics.

15 Dec 15
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It doesn't look like it, but this is a massage chair

Design News > Product Design

The Roll Collection is a seating system that consists of rotatable aluminium sticks, which massage whilst sliding from left to right.

15 Dec 15
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Plascon sets the tone for 2016 with colours that tell a story

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Africa’s largest paint company introduces its new contemporary colours with four trend stories.

15 Dec 15
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Documentary uncovers the recycling habits behind Japan’s zero-waste community

Design News > Design Activism

Seeker Stories documents a small town in Japan that abides by an extremely thorough recycling system to live waste-free.

14 Dec 15
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Exhibition in New York exposes one of the world’s most contaminated rivers

Design News > Art & Photography

Artist Vibha Galhotra's ABSUR-CITY-PITY-DITY explores the impact of toxic pollution in India’s Yamuna River.

14 Dec 15
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Totohealth is a mobile solution to healthcare problems

Design News > Design Activism

Totohealth uses SMS-technology to help parents take care of themselves and their children.

14 Dec 15
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Kathryn Martin decodes ink spills into readable images

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Royal College of Art graduate Kathryn Martin’s signature drawing technique embraces an element of chance in illustrating.

14 Dec 15
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Holiday display reveals the stark reality of domestic violence

Design News > Design Thinking

This holiday display shows the ugly truth about domestic violence during a time synonymous with joy.

14 Dec 15
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Catalytic Action designed and built a playground for refugee children

Design News > Design Activism

Using input from children in Bar Elias, Lebanon, Catalytic Action designed and built a playground for a school developed to serve refugees.

14 Dec 15
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Float: A stool designed for comfort

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Float is a sustainable stool that is designed to promote healthy sitting, designed by students in Dresden.

14 Dec 15
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An online artwork dedicated to artist Faith47's peaceful urban swans

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Award-winning South African filmmaker Rowan Pybus releases "No Standing Anytime", an online artwork inspired by artist Faith47's New York City Swans.

14 Dec 15
00:06:07

Julia Hasting: The unusual book designer

Video Interviews > Product Design

Julia Hasting, creative director of Phaidon Press, has designed books that come vacuum packed like ham and doodled all over like a student notebook.

11 Dec 15
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A new alternative energy that involves a small piece of paper

Design News > Product Design

Scientists in Sweden have developed a thin paper that is able to store energy.

11 Dec 15
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South African animation on BBC this Christmas day

Design News > Film & Animation

An animated version of the children's picture book "Stick Man" will be screened on BBC One on Christmas day.

11 Dec 15
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Scientists create the world’s first painkiller patch

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Taking painkillers orally can be damaging. This transparent patch was made to treat pain at the source.

11 Dec 15
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A mobile multi-purpose IT centre for rural communities

Design News > Design Activism

Digi-Truck drives technology education in developing countries by creating access to pre-owned computers.

11 Dec 15
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Meet the people living in off-grid homes made of rubbish

FilmFestFriday > Design Thinking

“Meet the Earthship” is a short film about an off-grid community living in houses made of rubbish outside of Taos, New Mexico.

11 Dec 15
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Farmers use bee fences to protect subsistence farms

Design News > Design Thinking

Farmers from Kenya to Sri Lanka are building sustainable beehive fences to protect their crops from wild elephants.

11 Dec 15
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The design, art and fashion communities respond to the migrant crisis

Inside View > Design Thinking

The movement of displaced humans across the world will surely define this decade. We ask prominent design thinkers their thoughts on how to help.

10 Dec 15
00:04:59

Erik Kessels: The era of democratisation

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

From shop window dresser as a child to children’s TV producer as an adult, and much else in between, Erik Kessels is a crossover "communicator".

10 Dec 15
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Christmas ornaments get redesigned to raise funds for Detroit museum

Product Spotlight > Product Design

American designers teamed up to create a range of bespoke Christmas ornaments to raise funds for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit.

10 Dec 15
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Bangladeshi architecture firm wins competition to build art centre in Ghana

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A Bangladeshi firm has won the Earth Architecture Competition. Founded by the Nka Foundation, the competition called architects to build an arts centre in Ghana

10 Dec 15
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Scale: Layer Design Studio’s contribution to the evolving workplace

Design News > Product Design

Benjamin Hubert’s studio designed an eco-friendly, adaptable, acoustic partition for commercial spaces.

10 Dec 15
00:03:27

Matthew Harrison: Responding to complex healthcare issues

Video Interviews > Product Design

Helix is a design studio centred on the development of simple solutions to complex healthcare problems.

10 Dec 15

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Design News • 24 Oct 22

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Parking off

Design News • 24 Oct 22

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Modern classics

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection. >

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