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This lamp can lift the winter blues
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Architecture & Interiors
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The Day and Night light designed by Éléonore Delisse is engineered to lift the winter blues and rebalance your natural circadian rhythm.
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14 Jan 16
Handstitched leather shoes from Ethiopia
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African Design
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Oliberté shoes, the world’s first Fair Trade certified footwear, are all handstitched in Ethiopia.
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12 Jan 16
Benjamin Hubert
Benjamin Hubert is an award-winning British design entrepreneur and founder of LAYER. He focuses on human-centred design.
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12 Jan 16
Benjamin Hubert: Holistic designs to inspire change
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Design Activism
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Award-winning designer Benjamin Hubert talks about using design to make things better.
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12 Jan 16
The SNIFFPHONE could revolutionise early cancer detection
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Product Design
Professor Hossam Haick at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology designed a product that pairs with a smartphone to detect lung cancer.
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12 Jan 16
MBOISA: West African patterning meets sculptural furniture design
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African Design
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Product Design
Dokter and Misses’ Kassena Town Cabinets echo the traditional architecture and striking graphic artwork of the Kassena people.
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11 Jan 16
A poncho designed especially for cyclists
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Product Design
The Boncho, by VANMOOF, is a poncho designed especially for cyclists to use in the rain.
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8 Jan 16
MBOISA: This board is a homage to the old school skaters
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Craft
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Product Design
Longboard skater and shaper Kent Lingeveldt tries to keep his boards simple and functional.
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7 Jan 16
This device uses human scent to lure disease-carrying mosquitos
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The Mosquito Landing Box developed in Tanzania lures malaria-carrying mosquitos using human scent.
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7 Jan 16
A table to write your thoughts and memories on
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Product Design
The Analogue Table by Kirsten Camara is designed to let you record all the thoughts and ideas that pass through your mind.
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6 Jan 16
Researchers pursue biologically produced furniture
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Design Activism
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Low-tech, low-energy and pollution-free, Mycoform could usher in a new era of biodegradable architecture.
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5 Jan 16
24-hour bin collects rubbish from polluted seawater
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Product Design
Seabin is designed to continuously remove rubbish and contaminants from the ocean’s surface.
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4 Jan 16
A robotic wearable to help the blind recognise objects
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Product Design
University researchers in the US are developing a sensor-based technology to assist visually impaired people navigate around obstacles.
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1 Jan 16
LibraryBox is open source tech made easy
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Information Design
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Product Design
The LibraryBox bridges the gap of information delivery in developing nations without internet access.
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31 Dec 15
A washable, soap resistant smartphone
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Product Design
Japanese company Kyocera have just released a smartphone that users can wash and use in the bath.
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30 Dec 15
A fresh start for Philippine villages with no access to clean water
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Product Design
Students from Singapore are ready to initiate a water-filtration system in Philippine communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
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28 Dec 15
Objects made from old plastic bags
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Industrial Design
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Industrial designer Carter Zufelt has developed a system that recycles plastic bags into marbled household objects that celebrate their origins.
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24 Dec 15
No more burnt toast with this see-through toaster
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Product Design
Designer James Stumpf has come up with a see-through toaster so users can see how brown their toast is getting.
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22 Dec 15
Loud Mini bicycle horn makes sure cyclists are heard in traffic
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Product Design
A compact hooter that is as loud as a car hooter is designed for safe urban commuting.
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18 Dec 15
Ticket Books encourages commuters to read with free subway rides
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Product Design
Brazilian publishing house, L&PM Editores republished a collection of ten classic novels that double as metro tickets.
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18 Dec 15
Environmentally friendly gift-wrapping concept, Dono
Design News
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Craft
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Product Design
Copenhagen-based design studio Frensk creates a reusable wrapping paper system that keeps a record of past users.
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17 Dec 15
Tech solutions for disaster-prone areas
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
Pacifico is an organisation that creates tech solutions for areas plagued by natural disasters.
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17 Dec 15
A dinnerware set inspired by the Czech Cubism
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Product Design
Designed by Svetlana Koženová, the Lilia Collection is a dinnerware set inspired by the slicing planes and crystalline shapes of Czech cubism.
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17 Dec 15
Clean technology invention uses only solar power to purify water
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Product Design
The Desolenator is a viable solution to the global water crisis.
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16 Dec 15
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