April 2016 Archive

Swale: the floating food forest

Design Frontiers • 29 Apr 16

The Brooklyn-based project is a self-sustaining ecosystem, created to redesign our relationship with food. >
BeSeens: LED imbedded, hand-signalling cycling gloves

Product Spotlight • 29 Apr 16

BeSeens use motion detection and LED lighting to make indicating safer for cyclists. >
Abai Schulze: Stylish leather goods, handmade in Ethiopia

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:19 • 29 Apr 16

ZAAF is a collection of Ethiopian handbags and scarfs, hand loomed using traditional patterns and practices. >
Floating solar panels take to the seas

Design News • 29 Apr 16

Heliofloat solar farm is designed to generate clean energy out at sea and preserve water in arid regions. >
Skyscraper made out of wooden numbers

Design News • 29 Apr 16

Anders Berensson Architects is set to transform an old parking lot in Stockholm into a multi-use wooden skyscraper. >
Wikkelhouse: A house made of 24 layers of cardboard

Design Frontiers • 29 Apr 16

A marvel of sustainable design, Wikkelhouse is fully customisable and environmentally friendly. >
EnerGaia’s rival new production method for Spirulina

Product Spotlight • 28 Apr 16

Thailand-based EnerGaia has created a unique bioreactor to manufacture a purer Spirulina sustainably. >
Skull echoes offer solution to current password systems

Design News • 28 Apr 16

German research team look into skull echoes as new passwords to access private accounts or devices. >
Search engine uses ad revenue to plant trees

Design News • 28 Apr 16

Ecosia is a search engine and social initiative that uses income generated from search ads to fight global deforestation. >
South African creative Menzi Ndlovu isn’t just a one-minute man

Design Frontiers • 28 Apr 16

Johannesburg-based illustrator Menzi Ndlovu immortalises everyday people in one minute sketches. >
Pockulus: Smartphone free, affordable VR

Design News • 28 Apr 16

Based on open-source tech, Pockulus is a DIY way into virtual reality. >
Bioo: A plant that is also a charging station

Design News • 28 Apr 16

Charging your electronic devices could be done in the easiest, greenest way possible with the Bioo plant. >
Anna Raimondo’s latest collection – NOIR

Product Spotlight • 27 Apr 16

Cape Town’s Anna Raimondo releases her latest range, NOIR, for her jewellery design company, Smith. >
Michael Shiferaw: Digital design with a positive impact

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:30 • 27 Apr 16

It’s a good time to be a creative in Africa, says creative director Michael Shiferaw >
Plastic card melts to fix or modify anything

Design News • 27 Apr 16

FORMcard is a play dough type of substance that aims to become as ubiquitous as sticky tape or Prestik. >
A floating UFO to call home

Design News • 27 Apr 16

Italian boating company designs a flying saucer-like house boat for living and sailing on the sea. >
Local animator Mike Scott on creating lasting relationships with characters

Design News • 27 Apr 16

Cape Town animator Mike Scott’s work is simple nostalgia mixed with pop culture characters that you want to get to know. >
Tackling Islamophobia through unifying portraits

Design News • 27 Apr 16

It’s time to shift the conversation on the Muslim identity, says NATIVE VML. >
Amy Slatem’s illustrations are inspired by nature

Design Frontiers • 26 Apr 16

Amy Slatem is a graphic designer and illustrator who prefers the flowing lines in nature to the hard geometric shapes in cities. >
Recycle India finds a solution to dangerous waste materials

Design Frontiers • 26 Apr 16

Recycle India turns oil drums and tyres into furniture. >
Gloves translate sign language into speech

Design News • 26 Apr 16

Two university students are bridging a communication gap by turning sign language gestures into spoken English. >
The Mimi Moto cookstove is cleaner and safer than traditional cookstoves

Product Spotlight • 26 Apr 16

Mimi Moto’s cookstove makes clean, safe cooking accessible to everyone. >
Advertising billboard doubles as Zika mosquito trap

Design News • 26 Apr 16

Two Brazilian agencies are creating awareness around the Zika virus while alleviating the problem. >
Drone waitstaff gives valuable insight into a burgeoning technology

Design Frontiers • 26 Apr 16

Students at the Eindhoven University of Technology launched the world’s first drone cafe but they want to do much more. >

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