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Research project produces first map of Nairobi’s informal transport system

Design News > African Design / Information Design

Researchers are crowdsourcing data to create a transport system map for the accurate location of matatu routes – Nairobi’s informal transit system. >

21 Apr 17
A device and mobile app that lets you grow pesticide-free, fresh food 365 days a year

Design News > Product Design

No sunshine required to grow your own healthy food. Grow and monitor yours in your home at the click of a button. >

20 Apr 17
IKEA unveils plan to provide employment for thousands

Design News > Design Activism

The Swedish company continues to make strides with their humanitarian efforts. >

20 Apr 17
“Welcome to Resistance School. Our first class is now in session.”

Design News > Design Activism

Designed by Harvard University students, this program teaches anyone how to be an effective activist. >

20 Apr 17
Bomma: Form, philosophy and phenomena

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft

Bomma creates exquisite light installations from handblown glass. >

19 Apr 17
WhereIsMyTransport mapped the entire public transport network of Cape Town

Design News > Design Thinking / Information Design

WhereIsMyTransport has added Gauteng province, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Kigali to the network of cities it covers. >

19 Apr 17
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea

Design News > Film & Animation

Directed by Dash Shaw, the film’s lo-fi quality goes against the trend of current animation. >

19 Apr 17
Digital tool tracks innovative water projects in the US

Design News > Information Design

The US is battling against ageing infrastructure. This Living Map highlights its wins so far. >

19 Apr 17
Artwork for equity

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

These original postcards promote inclusion, equity, liberation, and justice for all races. >

19 Apr 17
The Mashambas Skyscraper

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

A skyscraper conceived as an educational centre and marketplace for new agricultural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. >

18 Apr 17
Scientists discover a way to harvest fresh water from air

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

This device also works in arid regions >

18 Apr 17
Farmerline uses SMSes to empower small-scale farmers in Ghana

Design News > African Design / Information Design

Ghanaian tech provider, Farmerline offers innovative mobile communication and farming information services to literate and illiterate rural farmers >

18 Apr 17
Mateusz Urbanowicz’s Tokyo Storefront series

Design News > Art & Photography

These delightful illustrations document the changing face of the Japanese capital. >

18 Apr 17
DuoSkin: Tattoos that work as on-skin interfaces

Design News > Product Design

MIT have developed DuoSkin, a metallic tattoo that enables you to use your skin as an interface to control devices, receive data and communicate. >

14 Apr 17
Giorgia Lupi: Drawing from life

Design News > Art & Photography / Information Design

A brief jaunt through design, part two. Today we share a short interview with emotional data translator Giorgia Lupi. >

14 Apr 17
Nelly Ben Hayoun: An impolite future hero

Design News > Film & Animation / Interaction Design

A brief jaunt through design, part one. Today we begin with a designer who tries to put volcanoes in your living room. >

13 Apr 17
Turning shipping containers into renewable solar units

Design Frontiers > African Design / Product Design

SolarTurtle is an innovative green energy product that relies solely on battery-based distribution for rural electrification. >

13 Apr 17
Virtual Reality App offers better clinical care to cancer patients

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Oncomfort finds an innovative way to help cancer patients self-manage stress, anxiety and pain through evidence-based psychological interventions in VR. >

13 Apr 17
Zadok Ben-David makes art out of all the people he saw but never met

Design News > Art & Photography

The London-based artist’s work laments the human race’s growing isolation. >

13 Apr 17
The Illegal Project by Daniel Obasi

Design News > Art & Photography

These stunning images look at the Nigerian LGBTQ community forced to hide their sexual orientation. >

13 Apr 17
The surreal self-portraits of Izumi Miyazaki

Design News > Art & Photography

The young Japanese photographer’s work makes the mundane curious. >

12 Apr 17
A card game for positive vibes

Design News > African Design / Product Design

If a random act of kindness comes into your life, pay it forward. >

12 Apr 17
The APSARA drone disintegrates once it reaches its destination

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Introducing the ‘Ikea of drones”. >

12 Apr 17
Manooi: An atelier that sculpts light

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft

Hungarian lighting design studio Manooi create bespoke crystal chandeliers with cutting edge style. >

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