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A 3D pregnancy diary that grows with the mother

Due to popular demand, new copies of the Mother Book will now be available to all expecting mothers. >
Greening Madrid to reduce the impact of climate change

Sustainable design firm Arup devises a plan to regulate the greening of infrastructure and buildings in Spain’s capital city. >
3D-printed blocks designed to transform into a range of cameras

Researchers at Columbia University design a modular camera system that rethinks the common camera. >
Matthew Rugamba: Storytelling through fashion

Rwandan designer Matthew "Tayo" Rugamba tailors his collections for an African audience. >
Recyclable tents for music festivals

KarTent is a flat-packed cardboard tent designed to reduce the amount of discarded tents at festivals. >
Prepd Pack reimagines the lunchbox

Modular lunchbox and app system, Prepd Pack is a convenient and healthy way to plan lunch. >
New affordable houses in Paris leech onto existing buildings

Stephane Malka Architects’ modular city home will sell at 40 per cent below the market price. >
Naresh Ramchandani’s eight all-time favourite words

“Eight Words” is Naresh Ramchandani’s ode to the words he likes best in the English language. >
Beercycling transforms urine into beer

Northern Europe’s largest festival turns festivalgoers’ urine into fertiliser for barley crops >
Anuj Sharma uses buttons and bands to teach fashion design

Indian fashion designer Anuj Sharma helps others construct their own clothing with little resources. >
A water-purifying boat designed for a floating slum

Bamboo Recumbent is a bamboo raft that improves water quality and local health in the Philippines. >
“Coletor Cidadão” debunks the stigma of garbage collectors in Brazil

Social design used to build community awareness around garbage-collecting professionals. >
Mihret Kebede: Connecting people through art

We talk to Ethiopian artist, Mihret Kebede about her Slow Marathon project, which all began with a pile of used shoelaces. >
New technology set to give autonomous mobility to paraplegics

A small brain implant could enable paralysed people to control medical-assist equipment with their minds. >
Young Norwegian illustrator explores the darkness inside

Illustrator and artist Kjersti Johanne Barli tells stories of Norwegian folk philosophies in her illustrations. >
Q&A with Naresh Ramchandani

The Pentagram partner shares his thoughts on jargon, the power of words and writing as a form of design. >
Origami lantern provides off-grid solar power

Solarpuff is an eco-friendly solar lantern made for disaster situations and developing countries. >
A sustainable container school designed for isolated areas

Boxchool uses modular design to create innovative educational facilities for children in rural regions >
Fashion designer tackles European perceptions of African men

Ikiré Jones’ new menswear collection, After Migration frames African immigrants in Italy. >
The Wellbeing Toilet encourages correct pooping posture

A new-generation toilet is designed to support the best loo etiquette for our bowel movements. >
A multilingual keyboard promotes the preservation of 12 Nigerian dialects

Nigerian linguist designs a digital keyboard to address the possible extinction of Nigeria’s multiple dialects. >
Inspiring an anti-pollution revolution one brick at a time

MIT students develop a low-cost, eco-friendly brick made out of industrial waste to reduce pollution in India. >
Martin Kharumwa: Making images for an African audience

Ugandan photographer Martin Kharumwa constructs images that appeal to different cultural contexts. >
Tropical utopian city proposed for Malaysian coastline

Sasaki imagines a thriving mangrove marina, rooftop park network and global hub for Forest City. >

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