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Warka Water creates water from air

Design News > African Design

Design studio Architecture and Vision is bringing clean water to rural Ethiopia with its Warka Water project.

2 Nov 15
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Emoji keyboard highlights the plight of refugees

Design News > Interaction Design

Virtual emoji keyboard lets the social media generation show they care about the plight of refugees.

2 Nov 15
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Solar power brings clean water to remote Mexican village

Design News > Design Thinking

The introduction of a solar powered water purification system sparked a new economy in a remote Mexican village.

2 Nov 15
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The world’s first hand-woven raffia car in Nigeria

Design News > Design Thinking

A weaver based in Ibadan, Nigeria has taken the age-old craft of weaving to new heights by weaving the entire body of a car.

2 Nov 15
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Ants inspire the super material of the future

Design Frontiers > Product Design

A 10-year study into the properties of fire ants has put researchers on a path to a self-healing material.

30 Oct 15
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Dave Hakkens on his new project, Story Hopper

Inside View > Design Activism

Young industrial designer and ideas man, Dave Hakkens proposes a new creative outlet for solving problems.

30 Oct 15
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Designing Futures: LagosPhoto Festival 2015

African Report > Art & Photography

This year's LagosPhoto Festival, Designing Futures, looks at dialogues on African design that focus on how we understand our past, present and futures.

30 Oct 15
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A colourful animal kingdom animated for a new mix by John Wizards

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation

Italian illustrator Jonathan Calugi masterfully wields his pencil to create a lively animation for a new remix from producer John Wizards

30 Oct 15
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An app designed to help refugees locate missing family

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Refunite is a free platform with an anonymous database of more than 405,000 users and an estimated 1 500 family reunions.

30 Oct 15
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A prefab home made from bio-based materials

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

DDacha is a customisable and sustainable living concept designed for a Northern European climate.

30 Oct 15
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Visualising brainwaves in a kaleidoscope of colour

Design News > Film & Animation

Filmmaker and animator Alice Dunseath creates a vibrant short film to show the brain’s reaction to beauty and functionality.

30 Oct 15
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Safer: The beautiful, wearable panic button

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Leaf Innovations have designed a line of jewellery that could save your life.

30 Oct 15
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Master of the craft: Orthopaedic surgeon

Design News > Art & Photography

In the second instalment of our photo series focusing on master artisans, we look at the hands of the makers. Today we look at an orthopaedic surgeon.

29 Oct 15
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This underground fridge doesn't need electricity

Product Spotlight > Design Thinking

Dutch designer Floris Schoonderbeek has designed an underground, cellar-style fridge that doesn’t require any energy to keep food cool and fresh.

29 Oct 15
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Waterless toilets designed for rural India

Design News > Design Activism

A new Eco-friendly waterless toilet system designed by a university professor is set to prevent illnesses caused by human waste.

29 Oct 15
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Takeout container turned mini-greenhouse makes growing food a snap

Design News > Product Design

Homegrown’s Takeout container makes the perfect mini-greenhouse for growing organic food.

29 Oct 15
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Amanda Williams: Colour(ed) theory and the urban palette

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

Architect-cum-artist Amanda Williams uses her experience in colour theory to design an urban colour palette for historically black neighbourhoods in Chicago.

29 Oct 15
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Roots Up is on a mission to create self-sufficient family farming in Ethiopia

Design News > Creative Economy

The Roots Up project aims to improve poor living conditions for the Gondar farming community in the Ethiopian highlands.

29 Oct 15
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Smartphones at the forefront of healthcare in Africa

Design News > Interaction Design

Diagnosis, monitoring, and a treatment plan could be sent via a smartphone with Vodacom’s healthcare apps.

29 Oct 15
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Exclusive: Artist Adejoke Tugbiyele on giving voice to the voiceless

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

Nigerian-American artist and activist Adejoke Tugbiyele uses mixed media to give voice to the LGBTI communities of Africa.

29 Oct 15
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A pocket-sized flashlight powered by body heat

Product Spotlight > Product Design

This inventor's flashlight is powered by body heat and is expected to be a step towards living without batteries.

28 Oct 15
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Are crickets in cocktails a viable solution to food shortage?

Next Generation > Food Design

Graduates from the School of Visual Arts, Lucy Knops and Julia Plevin have co-founded Critter Bitters, a cocktail bitters made with toasted crickets.

28 Oct 15
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Jonathan Lee gives us insight into Google's rebranding

Video Interviews > Information Design

Google's rebranding is a step towards tackling the world's complex problems with simple, accessible design.

28 Oct 15
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Julia DeVille turns death into art

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Taxidermist and jeweller Julia deVille uses reimagined dead animals to celebrate life.

28 Oct 15

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Q&A • 24 Oct 22

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Head above water

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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