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World's first automated farm will recycle 98 per cent of its water usage

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Industrial Design

While the seeds at this farm will still be planted by people, SPREAD's automated systems will take care of the rest. >

9 Feb 16
LIVIN Farm’s Hive lets you grow and farm your own mealworms

Product Spotlight > Food Design

A desktop hive for the kitchen allows users to feed, farm then eat their own mealworms. >

25 Nov 15
Food city

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors / Interaction Design

Food urbanist Carolyn Steel argues that cities, like people, are what they eat. She explains how food shapes the cities in which which we live. >

16 Nov 11
Food fight: Amy Franceschini

Design News > Food Design / Design Thinking

“Food must not be a weapon”, Amy Franceschini calls on Via Campesina’s seven principles of food sovereignty. >

15 Nov 11
Food fight: Frank Tjepkema

Design News > Food Design

Product designer Frank Tjepkema believes that as a consumer, you are responsible for the way the food you eat is produced. >

15 Nov 11
Food fight: John Thackara

Design News > Food Design / Design Thinking

John Thackara argues that the biggest problem with the current food system is too much innovation. >

15 Nov 11
Food fight: Vince Frost

Design News > Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

If we all just ate the amount we were meant to at meals, there will be less waste, admonishes Vince Frost. >

15 Nov 11
Food fight: Dan Barber

Design News > Design Thinking / Food Design

Chef Dan Barber emphasises that we need a whole new design for the way we grow our food. >

15 Nov 11
Food fight: Richard Carstens

Design News > Food Design

Multi-award winning Cape Town chef Richard Carstens says that ethical eating has rightly become a form of political expression. >

14 Nov 11
Food fight: Jason Drew

Design News > Food Design / Design Thinking

Author, entrepreneur and environmentalist Jason Drew says that the biggest problem with the food system is an over-taxed ecosystem. >

14 Nov 11
Food fight: Matt Allison

Design News > Food Design / Design Thinking

Industrialised farming methods has stripped fresh produce of its vitamins and minerals says urban farmer Matt Allison. >

14 Nov 11
Transcending conventions

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The recent Saint Etienne International Design Biennale explored notions of teleportation and showed some Protofarm 2050 projects. >

16 Dec 10
The food will go on

Design News > Food Design / Design Thinking

Nobody could stop the Titanic from going down but the Boatanic may offer an eco-friendly solution for inner-city food production issues. >

29 Jun 10
Protofarm 2050: Multinational Feedback Loop

Do Tank News > Interaction Design

Futurefarmers explain their Multinational Feedback Loop - recycling and reusing, in order to sustain the cultivation of renewable resources. >

7 Jan 10
Protofarm 2050: Electrocyte Appendix

Do Tank News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The Electrocyte Appendix is a human organ for converting blood sugar into electricity. >

15 Dec 09
Protofarm 2050: Oogst

Do Tank News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Frank Tjepkema's Oogst is a self-sustaining environment for 1, 100 or 1 000 people. >

15 Dec 09
Protofarm 2050: Victory Gardens

Do Tank News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Amy Franceschini explains Futurefarmers's approach to community-based Victory Gardens. >

15 Dec 09
Protofarm 2050: Foragers

Do Tank News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Dunne&Raby speculate that people will start using genetic modification to maximize the nutritional value of their surroundings. >

14 Dec 09
Protofarm 2050: The Guide To Free Farming

Do Tank News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The Guide to Free Farming, by 5.5 designers, is a handbook to sourcing nutrition in the urban environment. >

14 Dec 09
Protofarm 2050

Do Tank News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Design Indaba commissioned a range of top designers to conceive the ways in which farming will adapt in the future. >

24 Nov 09
Design Indaba magazine farms the future

Do Tank News > Information Design / Design Thinking / Design Thinking

Underpinning this edition is the Protofarm 2050 project, which Design Indaba presented at the ICSID World Design Congress in Singapore. >

19 Nov 09
Protofarm 2050

Do Tank News > Information Design / Interaction Design / Design Thinking

Design Indaba will be presenting Protofarm 2050 at the ICSID World Design Congress in Singapore from 23 to 25 November. >

3 Nov 09
Sky's the limit

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Batandwa Alperstein evaluates the pros and cons of vertical farming. >

1 Nov 09
Cement garden

Design News >

CMG Landscape Architecture’s Crack Gardens transform existing concrete slabs through hostile takeover. >

1 Nov 09

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