The Social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013 – Project 2: the Pet Lamps
(This post is part of the project: “The Social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013″). Background It was in summer 2011 that Hélène Le Drogou, a psychologist and activist concerned with the plastic waste...
View ArticleThe Social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013 – Project 3: Bla Bla
This post is part of the project: “The Social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013″ Bla Bla is an exhibition of the “Non-Serial” Independent Design by MIMA-Milano Makers. It was held in the Cathedral of...
View ArticleSocial Design and REMAKE @ Design Festival Berlin 2014
Image: © TUTKI. Berlin Design Week (26 May – 01 June) is about to end. Started in 2003 with Designmai, it is a city-wide varied and colourful programme of design events. It positions Berlin as an...
View ArticleitalOriente Crafts
ItalOriente Crafts is a collaboration between a network of artisans and designers from Italy and the Middle-East to design, develop and commercialize handmade tableware. The project long term...
View ArticleThe very best of craftsmanship at London Craft Week
London Craft Week showcases across London excellent international and British creativity and craftsmanship. This third edition, from May 3 to May 7, 2017, includes more than 230...
View ArticleDesign comes to the Middle East
Design weeks reached recently the creative and cultural scene in many cities of the Middle east: Beirut Design Week is at the 6th edition, taking place from May 19 to May 26, 2017, in different...
View ArticleThe 5 factors shaping the future of design and manufacturing
“Imagine: Exploring the Brave New World of Design and Manufacturing” is a recent publication by SPACE 10, a future-living lab based in Copenhagen. The lab brings together radical thinkers and experts...
View ArticleCrafting Plastics Studio
Material made out of 100% raw renewable resources, polymerized from cornstarch and metabolized by microorganisms from used cooking oil. Crafting Plastics! Yes, product designer Vlasta Kubušová and...
View ArticleIndego Africa: entrepreneurship and independence
INDEGO AFRICA is an innovative non-profit social enterprise, the name stands for “independence, development, and governance”—three life-changing attributes that Indego Africa is helping instill in 250...
View ArticleCo-Designing & Co-Making Platforms
Case studies of digital platforms where people, designers and makers co-design and co-make their products. Recent technological advancements in digital fabrication, sharing economy models and tools and...
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