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Luis von Ahn
Tech entrepreneur and crowdsourcing pioneer Luis von Ahn is best known for creating CAPTCHAs and the language-learning platform Duolingo.
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16 Jan 17
Insulating a building with chicken feathers
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Product Design
A student-led startup called Aeropowder leads the charge in sustainable insulation made of chicken feathers.
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13 Jan 17
How can we respond faster to epidemic outbreaks?
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Design Activism
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Product Design
The Ubuntu containment bed can easily be assembled for a rapid response to an outbreak
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11 Jan 17
Tech-infused jacket allows speedy donations for the homeless
Design News
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Design Activism
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Product Design
The meeting point between being a good samaritan and 21st-century convenience is here.
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11 Jan 17
Mushroom leather: The future is fungal
Design News
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Product Design
This mushroom material can grow a whole cowhide’s worth of leather in two months.
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9 Jan 17
The Micro Wind Turbine: A portable, collapsible energy source
Product Spotlight
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Design Activism
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Product Design
This compact turbine is perfect for a nomadic lifestyle.
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9 Jan 17
Not a plastic bag
Design News
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India’s EnviGreen pushes 100 per cent biodegradable, edible alternatives to plastic.
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6 Jan 17
Wheelchair-friendly baby stroller for differently-abled parents
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Design Thinking
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A high school student has created a baby carrier wheelchair for a differently-abled parent to stroll with their newborn
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6 Jan 17
Clever design: Little Sun original
Festival News
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Designed by an artist and an engineer, the Little Sun Original solar lamp is illuminating lives around the world.
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20 Dec 16
What does flatpack furniture have to do with love?
Design News
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
Assisted intimacy: How to build flat-pack furniture and bond with your loved ones.
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20 Dec 16
Alive by Juno Jeon
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
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Product Design
The Netherlands-based designer enlivens his furniture pieces through movement
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19 Dec 16
Yinka Ilori
London-based Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori specialises in upcycled vintage furniture inspired by Nigerian parables and fabrics from Africa.
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14 Dec 16
Dokter and Misses
Husband and wife team Dokter and Misses is a multidisciplinary design company based in Johannesburg.
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13 Dec 16
A safe, drug-free way to train your body to fight stress
Design News
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
Will we be able to control our bodies stress responses with the help of technology?
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13 Dec 16
3D-printed maps are a tactile solution for visually impaired students
Design News
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Design Activism
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Product Design
A team of researchers, teachers and students are helping the blind feel their way around.
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7 Dec 16
Kent Lingeveldt
Cape Town-based skate legend Kent Lingeveldt makes custom decks from a workshop in Woodstock.
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6 Dec 16
Nifemi Marcus-Bello: Affordable furniture for urban Nigerians
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African Design
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Product Design
Product designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello works with local processes and artisans in Lagos to make affordable, lightweight furniture for aspiring, urban Nigerians.
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6 Dec 16
The dummy's guide to cricket fondue
Design News
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Food Design
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Product Design
Would we be more willing to eat insects if the recipes came with specially designed cutlery and cooking utensils?
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6 Dec 16
Student designs hardware for our emotions
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Design Activism
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Opening up with the help of Tools for Therapy.
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6 Dec 16
Student gives the traditional white cane a modern update
Design News
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Product Design
mySmartCane could provide a better quality of life for the blind.
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30 Nov 16
Van Eijk & Van Der Lubbe are changing space with influential design
Video Interviews
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Interaction Design
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Product Design
Dutch design duo Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk talk us through some of their most influential projects.
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29 Nov 16
Chat with Kent Lingeveldt
Video Interviews
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African Design
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Product Design
What do you want to know about Cape Town-based longboard skater and shaper Kent Lingeveldt?
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29 Nov 16
Me, Myself and You is a board game to help Autistic adults make friends
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
The multiplayer board game designed to facilitate social connections between those on the spectrum.
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28 Nov 16
New stick on patch uses sweat to monitor your health
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
The soft, flexible skin patch that can inspect your perspiration while you work out.
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25 Nov 16
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