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Innovative milk carton designed to combat Sao Paulo water crisis
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Design students in Sao Paulo, Brazil have designed a milk container that radically reduces the costs of recycling traditional milk cartons.
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10 Aug 15
Ejector bed literally launches you out of dreamland
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YouTube star and engineer Colin Furze has built a bedframe that rockets you out of bed before you get a chance to hit the snooze button.
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6 Aug 15
Eco-friendly food carts on the move in the US
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MOVE Systems have designed a food cart that aims to cut harmful emissions by 95 per cent, and they'll be populating the streets of New York soon.
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5 Aug 15
This wearable uses your skin to enhance your body awareness
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Flair is a wearable that uses the sensors in your skin to enhance your perception of your body and the world around you.
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5 Aug 15
Mumbai's iconic cabs used to showcase emerging designers
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Young designers are using Mumbai's taxis to take art to the people with the Taxi Fabric project.
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5 Aug 15
MOM is designed to save “the lost generation” of refugees
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A British student has designed an inflatable incubator specifically to save the lives of premature babies born in refugee camps.
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4 Aug 15
Meet Dot, the braille smart watch for the visually impaired
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Created by a South Korean start-up Dot, this Braille smart watch could help unlock the digital world for visually impaired people.
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3 Aug 15
Turn air into water as you ride your bike
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A Viennese industrial designer has created a solar-powered device that collects up to 500ml of condensation per hour as you ride your bike.
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3 Aug 15
Catching poachers on a rhino-cam
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With only four northern white rhinos left, this design-oriented solution may be the answer to the catastrophic decline of rhinos due to poaching.
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31 Jul 15
The unpredictable Frankenphones of Shenzen, China
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Unlike the people of Shenzen, China, you probably own a device from one of two smartphone brands and you haven’t even asked yourself why.
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31 Jul 15
Kids' wheelchairs become giant paintbrushes
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An artist in the US has dedicated his life to creating art tools for children with disabilities.
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31 Jul 15
A rainbow of hope covers a drug infused district
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Urban & Landscape Design
A perilous Mexican town has had a bright makeover, bringing colour to its walls and optimism to its residents.
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31 Jul 15
This shower turns into a monster if you use too much water
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Installation artist Elisabeth Buecher created this Tim Burton-inspired shower curtain that inflates into spikes to stop you using too much water.
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30 Jul 15
Look into your reflection and see your heart
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This new mirror can reflect the health of your heart; another medical innovation that is being developed for diagnosis at home.
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30 Jul 15
Barbara Peynot proposes that the urban nomad wear their home
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Royal College of Art graduate Barbara Peynot has created The Urban Nomad Home Kit – a coat that turns into a shelter, complete with a window and wallpaper.
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29 Jul 15
WatchMe changes the face of the Apple watch charger
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Paris-based designer Vivien Muller wants you to have as much fun charging your Apple Watch as you do using it.
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29 Jul 15
Rent a room in Amsterdam’s UrbanCampsite art installation
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UrbanCampsiteAmsterdam is an art installation by fourteen architects, artists and designers where you can rent a room in a quirky temporary shelter.
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29 Jul 15
Turn static objects into musical instruments
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Interaction Design
Technology company Novalia is using conductive printing to provide the common man with the tools to turn 2D surfaces into musical instruments.
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29 Jul 15
Abandoned golf courses in Japan are being turned into solar energy fields
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Japanese technology company Kyocera are converting abandoned golf courses into huge solar energy fields.
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28 Jul 15
These wearable structures contain living organisms and are designed for life on other planets
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Digital morphogenesis Neri Oxman has created a 3D printed wearable structure that hosts growing photosynthetic-organisms.
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28 Jul 15
Trailer: Selly Raby Kane on otherworldly fashion in Dakar
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Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane is going beyond regular aesthetics and redefining the creative energy in Dakar.
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28 Jul 15
Public urinators get splashback from pee-repelling paint
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Design Thinking
San Francisco has been testing out "pee-proof" paint that sprays back pee onto an offender's feet and legs to combat the public urination problem.
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28 Jul 15
Selly Raby Kane on otherworldly fashion in Dakar
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Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane is going beyond regular aesthetics and redefining the creative energy in Dakar.
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27 Jul 15
Studio Ayaskan's indoor ecosystem mimics the sensory experience of nature
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Urban & Landscape Design
The twin designers at London's Studio Ayaskan have designed Flow, an indoor ecosystem that captures the sensory experience of Mother Nature
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27 Jul 15
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