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Turn static objects into musical instruments

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Technology company Novalia is using conductive printing to provide the common man with the tools to turn 2D surfaces into musical instruments. >

29 Jul 15
This house turns inside out in summer

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The D*Dynamic shape-shifting house was built using a mathematical puzzle in order to store energy in summer and provide maximum insulation in winter. >

27 Jul 15
India-based Ducere Technology launches smart navigational footwear

Design News > Interaction Design / Product Design

Lechal is a technology-enhanced shoe that can help the visually impaired navigate any route more easily. >

24 Jul 15
Mail Man Barry delivers you daily messages on paper when you have time to read them

Design News > Interaction Design

This intuitive device filters through your digital inbox and prints out the more meaningful messages at the end of the day. >

23 Jul 15
A contraceptive pill that calls women who forget to take it

Design News > Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

Oviary is the first update the contraceptive pill has received in 50 years and it’s going to make it more effective for women everywhere. >

22 Jul 15
Trailer: The Workers on the power of digital interactions

Trailers > Information Design / Interaction Design

The Workers is a London-based digital design studio that challenges expectations of what is possible in the digital realm. >

21 Jul 15
The Workers on the power of digital interactions

Talks > Interaction Design

The Workers is a London-based digital design studio that challenges expectations of what is possible in the digital realm. >

21 Jul 15
Pack your GPS away and use marbles instead

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

Design graduate Sara Vrbinc has developed brAInfu.cc, a wayfinding system to rival the GPS. >

20 Jul 15
This flower takes its own selfies

Design News > Interaction Design

The Selfie Plant, a project by CIID students, takes photographs of itself and shares them on social media. >

20 Jul 15
Check into the robot-run Weird Hotel

Design News > Information Design / Interaction Design

The Henn na Hotel – or Weird Hotel – just opened in Japan. There’s a dinosaur at reception and robots that will carry your bags. >

17 Jul 15
Romeo, the helpful companion robot

Design News > Interaction Design

French robotics company Aldebaran could change the future of elderly care with the development of a robot companion called Romeo. >

16 Jul 15
Exhibition "Gare du Nord" offers a new perspective on anatomical theatre

Design News > Interaction Design

The oddly shaped de Waag building in Amsterdam is host to “Gare du Nord”, a collaboration that connects old and new perceptions of the human body. >

15 Jul 15
Audio sculptures that modify your perception of the world

Next Generation > Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design

Are you grumpy? Özgün Kılıç’s graduation project hypothesizes that it might be because of the sounds around you. >

13 Jul 15
Historical landmarks digitally narrate their own stories

Design News > Interaction Design

European research team meSch is collecting historical data to add clever multimedia installations to cultural sites and spaces. >

10 Jul 15
Light Echoes installation arrives at the Barbican Curve Gallery

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Interaction Design

Aaron Koblin and Ben Tricklebank’s artwork “Light Echoes” envelopes the Barbican Curve Gallery in an immersive light experience. >

7 Jul 15
A bikini that helps protect wearers from harmful UV

Product Spotlight > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

Spinali Design’s new bikini helps women monitor their sun exposure responsibly. >

7 Jul 15
Ripe Near Me takes the local organic food market online

Design News > Food Design / Interaction Design

Get fresh fruit and veg from the neighbours via an app that encourages homegrown food sharing. >

6 Jul 15
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: The dream of better

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

By applying design thinking to emerging technologies Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg imagines a better future for us all. >

6 Jul 15
Pink Intruder builds a cardboard pavilion in Valencia’s town square

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Interaction Design

The Ekklesia pavilion was assembled in the centre of a crossroads in the Spanish city of Valencia to coincide with the annual Falla festival. >

2 Jul 15
The power of Icelandic crystals are captured in the 101.86° light

Product Spotlight > Interaction Design / Product Design

Thomas Vailly and Laura Lynn Jansen examine the colourful nature of crystals to create layers of colourful illumination. >

1 Jul 15
Disaster Playground premieres in London on World Asteroid Day

Design News > Film & Animation / Interaction Design

The premiere of the film Disaster Playground by Nelly Ben Hayoun opened today at the BMI in London. Not coincidentally it's also World Asteroid Day. >

30 Jun 15
Breaking down social barriers with a game of ping pong

Video Interviews > Interaction Design

Danish photojournalist Anders Find’s novel approach to bringing people together in public space. >

30 Jun 15
Joe Public awarded a Bronze at Cannes Lion

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Joe Public took home a Bronze Cannes Lion with the Cinemark “Vote SA” activation, a campaign set on inspiring social change. >

24 Jun 15
Juliana Rotich: Harnessing Africa’s potential with technology

Video Interviews > African Design / Interaction Design

Kenyan technologist Juliana Rotich lays out the tangible ways that governments can harness technology’s power to deliver services efficiently. >

23 Jun 15

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