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 […]
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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.
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. […]
How VAIA is turning the Xylella crisis into a new landscape of possibilities
Some environmental disasters arrive suddenly. Others unfold so slowly that communities only realize the scale of the loss when it […]
Flossr, the reusable dental floss holder that lasts a lifetime
When it comes to personal hygiene, environmentally conscious consumers face many choices, from reusable toothbrushes to solid soap bars. The […]
What AI-powered design could look like with no data scraping
An interesting, design-driven response to some of AI’s biggest issues, such as data scraping, energy consumption, and the systematic disregard […]
The UK’s longest-running graduate design showcase is set for a new edition
New Designers 2026 is the moment the UK’s design industry goes to see what’s coming next. Not trend forecasts, not […]
Making music unplugged: retro samplers are back
Casio is not exactly a brand associated with the avant-garde; for decades, it occupied a niche of affordable, functional, and […]
Wind to Watt: wind as a resource accessible to everyone
When we talk about renewable energy for homes or small businesses, we immediately think of solutions like solar panels, forgetting […]
Urify: the toilet cleaner that detects early signs of disease
In recent years, design applied to medicine has increasingly demonstrated how collaboration between these fields can help create new products […]
Smart living, materials innovation, and global sourcing meet under one roof
If you want to understand where the built environment is heading — not in five years, but now, at the […]
Swimming in the Pool or the Ocean?
When Tadanori Nagasawa, Executive Chairman and Former President of Musashino Art University, posed this question at a Design for Longevity […]
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