Design Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Thu, 23 May 2024 15:18:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Design Archives - Positive News 32 32 Transforming the world: by design https://www.positive.news/society/transforming-the-world-by-design/ Thu, 23 May 2024 11:35:59 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=481008 The founders of What Design Can Do on the inspiration behind their latest creative call: radically redesigning everything

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]]> The waste-busters: six European companies on a mission to design out waste https://www.positive.news/economics/six-companies-on-a-mission-to-design-out-waste/ Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:56:20 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=477833 Some ingenious ideas are vying for the Green Alley Award this year

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]]> The style guru taking charity shop fashion to the next level https://www.positive.news/society/style-self-expression-wayne-hemingway/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:00:13 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=477566 Designer Wayne Hemingway talks David Bowie, ‘pension chic’ and his latest venture to scale up preloved fashion

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]]> Young, gifted and green. The ‘green grads’ designing the future https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/the-green-grads-designing-the-future/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:11:25 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=465599 A project is giving a timely boost to talented, eco-minded design graduates

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]]> The buildings that heal https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/wellbeing/the-buildings-that-heal/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:18:55 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=457572 A new architectural movement is using design to aid the post-traumatic growth of the most vulnerable in society

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]]> Revealed: the UK’s ‘best’ new buildings https://www.positive.news/society/revealed-the-uks-best-buildings/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:26:19 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=453962 A dementia-friendly retirement home has been named the UK’s best new building. The shortlist was a triumph of purpose-led design

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]]> Amsterdam’s floating eco-community is a model for modern living https://www.positive.news/society/amsterdam-floating-eco-community/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 15:34:26 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=435886 The Dutch are no strangers to living on the water, but a new eco-community in Amsterdam is taking things to another level

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]]> The eye-popping new school designed by its pupils https://www.positive.news/society/education/the-eye-popping-new-school-designed-by-its-pupils/ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:00:43 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=430856 What happens when you let children design their school? For clues look to Madrid, where this fantastical property has opened

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]]> ‘Asphalt art’ is making roads safer – and could be coming to a city near you https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/arts/asphalt-art-is-making-roads-safer/ Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:00:07 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=407044 Crashes involving pedestrians were found to have halved at junctions painted with murals. Now, more are being planned

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]]> Growing green cities: the Dutch expo that shows you how (plus five highlights) https://www.positive.news/society/growing-green-cities-the-dutch-expo-that-shows-you-how/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:15:34 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=400578 A once-in-a-decade horticulture expo has opened in the Netherlands to show the world how to make greener, cleaner, more liveable cities

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