Residual streams are often disposed of and many skincare products are not all-natural: two things sisters Angela and Cathy Ursem were determined to change. They have since launched their own skincare line made from plant-based ingredients, such as tomato leftovers,…
Housing built with leftover materials from saw offcuts, artificial wombs and a product that improves air quality by filtering microparticles out of the air. These are just some of the innovations you can check out at the Dutch Design Week…
Member states of the European Union have reached agreement on stricter energy standards for buildings. New rules will apply to both new and existing commercial and residential buildings. The target, as set out in the EU’s climate plans, is for…
Sonny Schepers is considered the (now proud) founding father of the E-boiler project at the Industrial Park van Chemelot. He works at USG Industrial Utilities, which handles the procurement, production, distribution and sale of electricity, steam, natural gas, nitrogen, compressed…
Drones are being talked about as the means of transportation of the future. They could reduce inner-city traffic congestion, and also help people in disaster regions. This was the motivation for a group of students in the Aerospace Engineering master’s…
The start-up Arkai, founded by a few Commercial Science students from the University of Hasselt (UHasselt) in Belgium have developed a bra made of recycled materials that adjust to your body as you grow older. By doing this, the students…
November is drawing near now. That means that this summer heat island series is almost over. In this second-to-last episode, the Dutch city of Leeuwarden is playing the starring role. Why specifically this city? Because a very innovative art project…
There is almost no product left in this world that has not been designed in 3D. These 3D files are sent to a factory and that tends to be the end of them. Whereas basically they could last the whole…
The Flevo Hospital is the first in the Netherlands to have the latest generation of this medical dummy: the SimMan 3G Plus. The lifelike patient simulator is highly dependable and could signify a major advance in the quality of care,…
Language belongs to all of us. We are all entitled to use it and also to design it. Particularly the latter is special for a collective cultural resource. Most collective resources (such as legislation or art) concern us or we…