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From harvesting fungi from the body to hormone infused cocktails, are these the products of the future?
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Beirut Design Week's Speculative Needs exhibition is not as far-fetched as one might think.
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12 Jun 17
Make Care products give teens with butterfly skin back their independence
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The project won Best of the Best at the Chile Design, 2017 Design Biennial.
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8 Jun 17
Minutiae: The ‘anti-social’ app gives your more mundane moments meaning
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Product Design
“YOU ARE NOT YOUR TIMELINE.”
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5 Jun 17
This footwear startup is using 3D imaging technology to give you the perfect fit
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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True Gault deliberately avoids traditional sizing to ensure a truly comfortable shoe.
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31 May 17
Student 3D prints his own set of retainers to straighten his teeth
Next Generation
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Product Design
Dudley Amos’ Orthoprint could make the production of clear braces less expensive.
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29 May 17
Detroit studio Thing Thing disrupts traditional methods of production
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Thing Thing consider their work to fall somewhere between architecture and a party.
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26 May 17
The Emma Watch
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This unique timepiece thwarts the effect of Parkinson’s disorder.
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25 May 17
5 examples of great creativity from Poland
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Known for its vast history and diverse culture, Poland also has mad artistic chops.
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17 May 17
High-tech hopes for hearing loss
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Music & Sound Design
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Product Design
A breakthrough home-use technology for early detection of tinnitus
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16 May 17
How about human hair for mass production?
Next Generation
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Product Design
In an exploration of hair being used in the production of objects, this artist hacks an everyday Ikea china cup.
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15 May 17
Bringing back the cassette tape
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Music & Sound Design
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Product Design
New tech meets the nostalgia for the humble cassette tape.
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15 May 17
Using light as a cure
Next Generation
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Product Design
The Jeggo helps its users overcome the downsides of travelling with therapeutic music and light.
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12 May 17
Introducing the Greenhouse In a Box
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Industrial Design
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From Indian startup Kheyti, the modular greenhouse is an affordable solution for low-income farmers.
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12 May 17
UNina Afrika: The totemic light sculpture
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
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This design emulates the act of carrying heavy goods on one’s head.
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12 May 17
Skateboards made from hemp
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Product Design
These unique skateboard decks are made of hemp natural fibres. Designed for cruising, these boards were built for the future.
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11 May 17
Low-cost urinal system tackles a school’s sanitation issues
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Industrial Design
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The modified urinals were developed by five middle school students.
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11 May 17
Reinventing the djembe drum for the modern home
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African Design
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Product Design
“When the drums speak, even the kings are silent.”
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10 May 17
Teen develops bra to fight breast cancer
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Product Design
18-year old Julian Rios Cantu’s ‘auto exploration’ bra monitors changes in breast tissue.
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10 May 17
African innovation improves treatment of gunshot wounds
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This new device is revolutionising the way trauma is treated.
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2 May 17
A ‘super’ key that cannot be copied by the masses
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The Stealth Key is 3D printed and nearly impossible to replicate.
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2 May 17
Click Play: 3 Masters of product
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Industrial Design
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Product designers shape how we live and these graduates are at the forefront of exactly that.
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1 May 17
Tapping into the limitless creativity of children
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Design Activism
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IKEA turns strange & colourful kids’ drawings into real toys.
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27 Apr 17
Making sneakers sustainable with the ‘Shoetopia’ project
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Two Polish students are challenging traditional methods of shoe production with their 3D-printed sneaker.
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26 Apr 17
Check out this year's A’ Design Award winners
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The global platform announces its best designers and designs for 2016 to 2017.
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25 Apr 17
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