This non-invasive armband uses machine learning to screen for Covid
The Tiger Tech Covid Plus monitor aims to provide an indication about the presence of the virus within three to five minutes.
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Designers in Residence explores mental health in black British communities
Other projects from this year’s all-female line-up looked at our relationship to microbes in cities and Nigerian textiles.
Dyson designs product to remove formaldehyde from the home
The air purifier features new sensing technology to destroy potentially dangerous indoor pollutants, thereby ensuring a cleaner home environment.
Product design’s gender crisis: “If businesses don’t adapt they’ll become obsolete”
Kinneir Dufort CEO Merle Hall talks inequality in industrial design, untapped business potential and the studio’s new female-centred department.
Morag Myerscough turns installations into jewellery in latest collaboration
The designer has teamed up with statement jewellery company Tatty Devine to launch a collection inspired by her most recent works.
Designers and scientists are uniting to develop UV cleaning products
With the help of cutting-edge light science, designers are developing interventions that use UV light to sanitise both at home and in public.
Benjamin Hubert crafts “high-spirited” look for wellness start-up Never Go Alone
The wellbeing range includes refillable sanitisation products and customisable face masks aimed at city dwellers and travellers.
Design Week Awards 2021 entry deadline extended
You now have an extra three weeks to get your entries over before the deadline on 1 April and find out everything you need to know here.
Virgil Abloh partners with Braun to reinvent classic product as “functional art”
To mark Braun’s 100-year anniversary, the designer has redesigned the Wandanlage stereo system in a bid to bring the product in front of a new audience.
Gomi partners with Lime to turn old e-bike batteries into speakers
More than 50,000 battery cells from the micro-mobility company’s e-bike fleet will be reused to power Gomi’s new line of Bluetooth speakers.
How is the “world’s most advanced social robot” designed?
Exploring the design process at Furhat Robotics, which aims to create human-like interactions between robots with the help of a full-time magician.
Meet the design studios making new products and businesses in uncertain times
From virtual property presentation platforms to craftivism clothing kits, studios are using the current situation to explore new avenues.
Why a cardboard shortage is driving innovation in packaging design
Online shopping, office closures and Brexit have all impacted cardboard supplies. Material innovation and smarter packaging design could provide a solution.
Coca-Cola tests paper bottle but is it the answer?
The bottle is made by Danish company Paboco and features an extra strong paper shell, 100 per cent recycled plastic enclosure and liner inside.
£16 million offered for sustainable plastic packaging design solutions
Innovate UK is looking for “bold and ambitious” projects that tackle the sustainability challenges related to plastic packaging.
What role can designers play in the introduction of alternative meat products?
As alternative protein sources become more prevalent, we explore how design can help shape the journey from production to branding.
City of London launches design competition for £250,000 Digital Service Points
The multifunctional public interventions will look to replace the Square Mile’s outdated blue Police Boxes with 21st Century digital hubs.
AR sign language book for children leads UK’s immersive tech boom
Ten immersive start-ups have been highlighted as part of a government digital scheme, spanning VR training to virtual collaboration solutions.
Design inspiration: the best projects from January
The start of a new year brought us an identity for a Covid-adapted restaurant, calligraphic coffee branding and a new series of lockdown posters.
Picks of the month: the best (at home) design events in February
It will be another month spent at home but you can still take in everything from utopian community building to overcoming creative barriers and more.
Design Week Awards 2021 opens for entries
This year winning work will be given a bigger platform than ever before, we are assembling our biggest ever judging panel and categories have been tweaked for maximum relevance.
Lumiere producers launch competition to find new installations for 2021 show
The light art festival is committing more than £50,000 to fund six new designs ahead of its November 2021 event in Durham, UK.
In-house teams: how Facebook designers work “cross-family” to unite its offering
As part of our series looking at in-house design teams, we talk to Facebook director of product design Austin Chang about cross-family design, moving beyond apps and taking on 1,000
See-saw for kids at the USA-Mexico border wall wins best design of 2020
The Design Museum has named the installation which allowed children from neighbouring countries to play with one another the Beazley Design of the Year.