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The Deviousness of Shopping Centre Design
By Ethan Catt Virtually every product you see on store shelves has been designed to capture your attention, appeal to your sensibilities and entice you into spending your hard earned cash. Everything from bug spray to dog food to discount…
Read MoreAltered:Nozzle, you make me all misty eyed
By Lorrin Windahl. Such a simple, yet effective idea. The Altered:Nozzle is the type of product that can change the world. Quite literally. I’m not being melodramatic either. Well, maybe a little. But seriously, this is an important product in…
Read MoreWar on Waste: Be part of the re-use generation
By Lorrin Windahl. You would have to be living under a rock to not have seen or heard about Craig Reucassel’s War on Waste series on the ABC. The final episode on Tuesday night was directed at coffee consumers who believe that their…
Read MoreReWalk: technology developed for positive social impact
By Lorrin Windahl. Has technology had a detrimental impact on society? I think this is a highly contentious question but an important one. There is no denying that technology has driven social change. We no longer talk to strangers on the train or ask for…
Read MoreWonderbag – socially responsible cooking
By Lorrin Windahl. Having lived in a mud hut in rural Uganda for almost a year, I understand the difficulties of cooking without power and with a limited, ‘dirty’ fuel source. I cooked on a ‘sigiri‘, a metal stove fuelled by charcoal…
Read MoreNo minor Morris infatuation
By Libby Christmas. Designers aspire to produce products that will last. But in reality, we know that markets change and products are increasingly and rapidly superseded by newer and faster models. We therefore need to be mindful and plan for…
Read MoreVR app walks users in the shoes of people living with dementia
By Lorrin Windahl. Virtual Reality (VR) has historically been associated with gaming and perceived as a tool for leisure. So it is great to see the technology being used to improve lives and not just embellish them. Such is the case with…
Read MoreLeafing a smaller environmental footprint.
By Lorrin Windahl. Eating off a leaf. It’s not a new idea. People from different cultures around the world have been doing it for years. But mass producing a leaf plate. Well, that is a different story entirely. Can it be done?…
Read MorePinatex – an ethical leather alternative
By Lorrin Windahl. Leather. Like it or not it results in the death of the animal. Some may argue that it is the by-product of the meat industry and therefore a kind of recycling of a waste product. But others are…
Read MoreFreitag – compostable clothing
By Josh Henry. For many of us, our options when it comes to clothing disposal are fairly limited. Either drop it in the charity bin or send it to landfill. However with only 10% of donated clothes being used maybe…
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