Paris | Design Indaba

Visual artist Chris Saunders talks collaboration and inspiration

We caught up with the former Design Indaba Emerging Creative to find out what he’s been working on. >
Sailing the Seine on a ferry powered by human energy

The latest eco-design from Carlo Ratti Associati takes human efficiency to the next level. >
Unsatisfying: You know this feeling

Motion design studio Parallel Studios are calling for people to submit short animations of completely unsatisfying moments in their day. >
Adeline Mai’s dreamy, underwater nudes

The Parisian photographer captures a delicate interpretation of aquatic submersion. >
Eat Me: Transforming detritus into delectables

Parisian street artist Lor-K surprises passersby with huge sculptural food-inspired artworks. >
Amahlé’s Ndebele inspired jewellery for a European market

The Africa-inspired jewellery is designed to be sophisticated, yet durable enough for everyday use. >
Body Electric: Technology meets fashion

Fashion designer Clara Daguin brings together technology and textiles in her striking collection Body Electric. >
After Lights Out: A photo series of twilight landscapes

Photographer Julien Mauve investigates the twilight with only one source of light. >
Network of Parisian shopkeepers welcomes homeless people

Le Carillon is an initiative that encourages social harmony between residents, traders and the homeless. >
Vegan leather inspires new sneaker collection

A leather made from pineapple leaves inspires Parisian fashion brand’s new shoe line >
Y&R Paris' 3D printed animals challenge the way life is reproduced

Life can’t be reproduced. Y&R Paris' series of images shows the fragile circumstances of wildlife. >
A squid bacteria lighting solution

The nocturnal Hawaiian bobtail squid uses bacteria to help it see in the dark and so can we. >
The "A" speaker: A solution to noise pollution

The "A" speaker is like listening to headphones without the headphones. >
Agriculture meets architecture in France's urban farm tower

Built like a staircase, ABF-lab's urban farming structure aims to raise awareness and encourage better living and social responsibility. >
Greening Madrid to reduce the impact of climate change

Sustainable design firm Arup devises a plan to regulate the greening of infrastructure and buildings in Spain’s capital city. >
New affordable houses in Paris leech onto existing buildings

Stephane Malka Architects’ modular city home will sell at 40 per cent below the market price. >
Nendo’s distinctive chocolates are a journey into shape, taste and texture

Nendo, the Japanese design firm, took on something that a number of people consider perfect in its design: chocolate. >
Qivivo smart thermostats builds temperature profile for it's users

Paris-based 5.5 designstudio have designed a minimal-looking thermostat that learns about its user's behaviours and optimises home energy usage. >
Relax and recharge under Mathieu Lehanneur's Clover street lights

French industrial designer Mathieu Lehanneur creates an urban furniture and lighting collection for COP21’s climate conference. >
This thoroughly modern French school is located in protected woodland

The Bartelottes school complex designed by Paris-based Nomade architects is grounded in the surrounding natural environment. >
Thermal sponge table designed to save energy

A French design studio has revamped the humble table, turning it into a device to control the temperature in a living space. >
One Heart One Tree plants a virtual forest on the Eiffel Tower

Artist Naziha Mestaoui is planning to grow a virtual forest on the Eiffel Tower that will be matched by a real one in the soil. >
Pierre de Vallombreuse photographs societies where the women are in charge

French photographer Pierre de Vallombreuse's images of matriarchal and egalitarian cultures presents another side of gender equality discourse. >
An encounter between space travel and grief in this 3D animation

French filmmaking collective BRVTVS, create a hi-tech, futuristic music video set in deep space that captures the raw human emotion of grief. >

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