Is it necessary to add an AI assistant button to retro feature phones?
HMD quietly releases a series of Nokia retro feature phones that add a dedicated AI assistant button as the confirm […]
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Innovation
Innovation drives the development of new products, processes and business models across the design industry. This section explores projects that introduce original approaches to manufacturing, materials, sustainability and user experience. Innovation is not limited to new technologies. It also emerges through production methods, collaborations and design strategies that challenge established practices. DesignWanted covers these developments across different sectors, highlighting ideas with the potential to influence the future of design.
China’s biggest furniture stage just rewrote its own rules
For anyone tracking where the global furniture industry is actually heading — not just where it’s been — CIFF Shanghai […]
Your next chair will come with a passport: how the EU is enforcing product traceability
“Sustainable” is one of the most elastic words in design marketing, placed on every product like a sticker, making it […]
Desserto’s approach to sustainability: from cactus to responsible design
Desserto was born from the direct experience of Adrián López Velarde and Marte Cázarez in sectors such as furniture design, […]
What if design could make science irresistible to kids?
Inside a growing number of Italian primary school classrooms, science is something children build, shake and observe with their own […]
5 graduate projects that show what design education is for
Design education is a fairly underrepresented field in design media, despite its importance. While it is certainly possible to create […]
Flexible plastic alternatives designed for high-performance tailored applications
Balena Science is addressing a persistent gap in the plastic alternatives space: despite the growing range of options available today, […]
Liquid mobility: Pininfarina’s signature in the nautical sector
Starting from vehicles that became symbols of Italian design, over its 95 years of activity, Pininfarina has progressively expanded its […]
Designing the Design Toolkit: the hidden design behind successful workshops
Right after celebrating the Fourth of July with family and friends in the United States, the quiet days that follow […]
Can an underwater body scanner replace traditional MRI machines?
Midjourney, the generative AI company, is building a body scanner that can assess a user’s health by submerging them in […]
BAENUE: the light that follows our biological clock
When designing lighting, the focus is almost always on what makes a space more beautiful, comfortable, or functional. Yet good […]
Designing for the hours we don’t see – The invisible architecture of comfort
Simmons has spent more than 150 years studying one of the most overlooked aspects of everyday life: how we sleep. […]
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