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Lava Lab: Innovation at the intersection

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:09 • 14 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

We talk to the ladies of Lava Lab about the rise of the hybrid designer and the age of Millenial thinking. >
Nima senses microscopic amounts of gluten

Design News • 14 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Nima detects gluten in foods that are labelled as "gluten-free" but may have picked up microscopic amounts of the protein during the cooking process. >
Photographer’s new book shows the awkward humanity of fame

Design News • 14 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Known for his quirky photography style, Uneasy is a book of Chris Buck’s portraits of the famous from 1986 to 2016. >
Wearable device acts as 24/7 physical therapist to Parkinson’s Disease patients

Design News • 14 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Xeed is a smart device designed to improve the treatment of patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease by monitoring their tremor patterns. >
Would we modify our skyline for the sake of mental wellbeing?

Design Frontiers • 14 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Phong Nguyen’s speculative project looks at how far we’d go to treat mental illness. >
New controller allows upper-limb amputees to play video games using their feet

Design Frontiers • 13 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

GEAR’s creators say it allows amputees to control video game characters with the same precision as able-bodied users. >
Basia Dzaman: The future of 3D printing and robotics

Video Interviews • 13 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Global graduate Basia Dzaman harnesses new technologies to explore traditional embroidery patterns. >
Dencity competition winners foster new ideas that tackle high density in informal settlements

Design News • 13 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Social, architectural and technological solutions to improve the living conditions in the world’s urban slums. >
Sea of Hull brings together 3000 naked bodies for climate change

Design News • 13 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

To raise awareness about rising sea levels, over 3000 nude people painted themselves blue and descended on the city of Hull. >
Flare, the ambulance Uber in Nairobi

Design Frontiers • 12 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Using an integrated ambulance dispatch system, Flare is a next-generation tech product that cuts hours to minutes in medical emergencies in East Africa. >
Nimb discreetly sends alerts in emergency situations

Design News • 12 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

If you’re in distress, the Nimb ring sends your location to family and friends. >
Trackable lifejacket uses app technology for man-overboard rescue

Design News • 12 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Anti X1 is a clever redesign of the time old lifejacket, created to improve safety at sea >
Project Nourished: A virtual reality experience that tricks your taste buds

Design Frontiers • Duration: 00:00:09 • 12 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Experience designer Jinsoo An’s Project Nourished creates virtual worlds where any food dream is possible. >
The world’s largest air purifier is touring the smoggy cities of China

Design News • 11 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Tower (which works like a vacuum cleaner for dirty air) is travelling to China. >
Buildings made of bones

Design Frontiers • 11 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Cambridge researchers explore bone and eggshell as greener building materials of the future. >
Basia Dzaman on the intersection of robotics and creativity

Talks • Duration: 00:08:42 • 11 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

A Polish student from the School of Form in Poznań, Poland has designed a robotic arm that reimagines the lost art of snutki. >
Dune covered carpark doubles as flood defence

Design News • 11 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Named the Best Dutch Building of the Year in 2016, the Katwijk underground parking garage protects against future floods. >
Cow's milk plastic provides a natural, eco-friendly alternative

Design News • 11 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Using an extract from skimmed milk, Tessa Silva-Dawson created a durable alternative to harmful plastics. >
Interaction is more important than expensive tech, says experience designer Marcus Lyall

Design News • 11 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Marcus Lyall is behind some of the most spectacular shows of our time. >
Image Merchants: W&N Studio and James Lavelle

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:56 • 8 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

We talk to DJ and artist James Lavelle and photographers Warren Du Preez and Nick Thorton Jones about the resurgence of craft and their various collaborations. >
Cozmo, the unpredictable robotic companion

Design News • 8 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Tech innovation company Anki have designed a tiny robotic companion like no other. >
Belgian artist creates art out of chickens

Design News • 8 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

The Cosmopolitan Chicken project by Koen Vanmechelen uses the living materials collected during chicken cross-breeding to create art. >
Floris Kaayk: The Modular Body merges fact and fiction

Design Frontiers • 8 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Filmmaker Floris Kaayk toys with the public’s willingness to believe in the extraordinary. >
Design graduate shares her artful take on wood joinery using plastic bottles

Design News • 8 Jul 16 • Sponsored Content

Royal College of Art student Micaella Pedros unveils a resourceful technique of making furniture >

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