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Earth first

Design News > Creative Economy

The winners of the second Earthshot Prize were announced on 2 December 2022. >

19 Dec 22
A new source of water?

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

A new sponge-like nanomaterial, designed to be used in existing dehumidifiers, could offer a new source of aqua. >

3 Jul 20
Sustainable bricks made from recycled sand and plastic waste

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Industrial Design

Tackling the massive waste and pollution issue in India. >

3 Jul 20
Sum Waste turns waste into functional products like pens

Next Generation > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Pratt University graduate Garret Benisch says he wanted to show what happens when one sees waste as an asset rather than a problem. >

29 Nov 19
Carlo Ratti's juice bar ensures that no drop goes to waste

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

Italian innovation and design firm Carlo Ratti Associati’s ‘Feel the Peel’ juice bar creates bioplastic cups made from oranges. >

18 Sep 19
The world’s first bio-brick made from human urine

Design News > Design Activism

Its developer wants us to rethink the way we are utilising the Earth's precious resources. >

11 Jun 19
Celine Semaan wants to solve fashion's sustainability problem

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Information Design / Interaction Design

The culture and climate thought leader is working with everyone from the UN to students to tackle fashion's sustainability problem. >

4 Jun 19
Jalila Essaïdi’s project turns cow dung into textiles

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Designer and entrepreneur Jalila Essaïdi says we have an untapped natural resource in manure. >

14 Mar 19
From scrap to robot: This unlikely creation is one man's livelihood

Design News > African Design / Craft

I’ve always been good with my hands, says South Africa's “Robot Man”. >

12 Dec 18
Eliminating the enormous energy cost of mining cryptocurrencies

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Information Design

Estonian company Nordcoin is changing the game and making crypto-farms mobile >

13 Jul 18
Developed by a Cape Town lecturer, this self-sustaining toilet turns waste into material of value

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

The innovative Sanihive took home two major prizes at the recently held UNLEASH event. >

4 Jul 18
Playful enterprise gives new life to old plastic

Design News > Product Design

ecoBirdy’s eco-friendly furniture is about play, function and sustainable design. >

13 Jun 18
Future forms of concrete, plastic could be both sustainable and eco-friendly

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

“The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.” >

16 May 18
Alexandra Fruhstorfer uses design to find creative solutions for environmental problems

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Industrial Design

She explores the impact of alien species through food as well as how to make clothes more sustainable through a different kind of yarn. >

9 Apr 18
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | January 2018

Take Five > Craft / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >

31 Jan 18
Flow Loop: a new shower system to save water and energy

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

The Danish company has developed a sustainable showering system to combat waste. >

11 Sep 17
The Reshape initiative: Developing skills and recycling plastic for a good cause

Design News > Craft / Design Activism

A 7-day workshop that tackles the problem of unemployment and pollution in one fell swoop. >

1 Aug 17
The PET Pavilion: A communal space revival

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

An example of how derelict urban spaces can be reinvigorated for a good cause. >

26 May 17
I got garbage

Design News > Design Activism

A human-centred approach to India’s brimming landfills. >

24 Apr 17
Why wastewater?

Design News > Design Activism

World Water Day 2017 will look at the way we manage the precious resource during every part of the water cycle. >

20 Mar 17
The Smog of the Sea

Design News > Design Activism / Film & Animation

There is no floating garbage patch of trash in the ocean, just a whole ocean littered with trash. >

21 Feb 17
Tinker Friday: Meet Cairo-based tinkerer Dina Amin

Next Generation > African Design / Film & Animation / Product Design

Egyptian designer Dina Amin takes apart everyday objects to create stop-motion shorts for her project Tinker Friday. >

27 Jan 17
The Shit Museum sells you crap

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Not all shit is waste: Merdacotta is a material made of cow manure and clay that pushes you to see the potential of poo. >

26 Oct 16
Living in a landfill

Design News > Art & Photography

This photo series documents a community surrounded by mountains of trash. >

26 Oct 16

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