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Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | January 2018

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >
Simon Dogger

Product Designer

Emotion Whisperer. >
Lonny van Ryswyck

Product Designer

A designer that sits at the crossroads of creativity, science and nature. >
Icelandic designers tackle food waste through a project called Cargo

The #Antenna2017 speakers were alarmed by the amount of food waste in their city and found a novel way to raise awareness. >
Two young designers tackle what it will mean to age in 2050

Mar Ginot Blanco and Aaron Garlick aim to design for future challenges based on present and past movements in design. >
This urban designer tracks down where the energy in our cities comes from

Could her singing manhole covers advocate for energy systems and the humans who use them? >
Marie Caye on SAM and bridging the gap between tech and design

The #antenna2017 speaker talks SAM, what to do in Eindhoven and producing robots that do not require human intervention. >
Imagine a future where your car window is a way for you to control your driving experience

Sebastien Gier talks us through his project where your car window lets you manipulate what you see outside, take pictures, bookmark and more. >
Myles Loftin explores racial profiling of black men wearing hoodies

The photographer says his project was partly inspired by the killing of Trayvon Martin. >
Designer Kazuya Kawasaki on the future of zero-waste fashion design

What is the alternative role of the fashion designer in the age of biotechnology? >
Providing accommodation for tourists does not have to come at the expense of locals

Using one of Cuba's oldest and rapidly gentrifying neighbourhoods as a lens, architect Iwo Borkowicz explores tourism and social housing. >
An impactful project inspired by the designer's own experience recovering in hospital

Alissa Rees is reinventing the IV pole often used in hospitals for a more dynamic, dignified experience. >
Where product design and conservationism meet

University of Applied Arts graduate Alexandra sees no boundaries between politics, culture and technology as she designs the Menu from the new Wild. >
Creating local employment in Mexico with a new sustainable material

Designer Fernando Laposse is reviving an embattled farming process to offer Mexico an alternative livelihood. >
Exploring nutmeg's connection to Dutch colonial history and fashion

Royal College of Art graduate Marta Velasco Velasco presented a concise history lesson on the spice trade and textile industry of the colonial world. >
Take a look at SAM, the machine that makes and sells its own cola

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Marie Caye presents a contrarian view to the ever-present notion that creativity should be human-centric. >
What craft lies behind image-making?

MIT's Lucy Liu talks about their project that interrogates the work of one image maker per issue. >
Peter Veenstra

Architect

Landscape architect and partner in LOLA landscape architects. >
Thandiwe Msebenzi on fairness, the power of fragility and collaboration

"Designers are constantly collaborating with other people to create things and they're constantly pushing towards reaching a broader audience." >
Used boxes designed to make toys for displaced children

Toys, fun and play are basic needs for children. One designer is making sure it reaches disaster-stricken areas. >
On visibility, social housing, and weaponising sound

Antenna was not only a stage to spread ideas. These young people challenged convention. >
On the inaugural Antenna and why the future of design is in safe hands

Here is a taste of what young designers from around the world have up their sleeves. >
Enough White Tea Cups: a documentary that examines solutions for global challenges

The film highlights the work of the INDEX: Design to Improve Life® organisation and will be screened at Nightscape 2018. >
Eindhoven University of Technology unveils world’s first 3D printed bridge

Built with cyclists in mind, the bridge can withstand loads up to two tonnes. >

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