
06.06.13 60 finalists for INDEX: Award 2013 revealed! Today, the finalists for the world’s largest design award are presented in Denmark at the official INDEX: Award 2013 Finalists Press Meeting. The chosen finalists provide a unique overview of the dominant trends and the...Read more |
05.06.13 INDEX: Award Jury in Copenhagen to unveil 2013 finalists After spending several months browsing more than a thousand amazing projects, the INDEX: Award Jury have now selected a great mix of truly innovative design solutions - addressing the world's most pressing challenges - as...Read more |
24.05.13 NASA invests in 3D-printed pizza We've heard of 3D printers being used for a vast array of products, but now NASA has announced it is to fund the construction of the world's first 3D food printer. The intention of this 3D food printer is to provide long-distance...Read more |
22.05.13 Money isn't everything - anymore Yesterday, in Danish newspaper Politiken, INDEX: Design to Improve Life® contributed to the paper's chronicle - influential to many - with a piece about how money for a long time has been used to measure progress for nations,...Read more |
17.05.13 Kigge Hvid voted among 100 most influential in design This week, INDEX: Design to Improve Life® CEO Kigge Hvid was voted among the world\'s top100 individuals working at the intersection of design and social change. However, several other friends of ours were also mentioned,...Read more |
15.05.13 Ad with secret anti-abuse message only kids can see A Spanish charity called the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation (or ANAR for short) has created a mind-boggling advert that displays a secret message for children - hidden from adults’ eyes - in order to...Read more |
14.05.13 Charge your electrical devices on any window Designers Kyuho Song and Boa Oh have come up with a clever device that harnesses solar energy to be used as a portable plug socket. The Window Socket can be attached to any window that has access to daylight - including the...Read more |
13.05.13 Do you want to teach collaborative design processes with a high output? Do you want to teach highly structured creative and collaborative process with high output? Do you want to engage your students in solving the challenges of society?Do you want to activate global challenges...Read more |
11.05.13 Now this is a date worth saving! August is going to be an eventful month for INDEX: Design to Improve Life® and for all those attending, so definitely mark your calendar - this is one INDEX: Award you won't want to miss! Read on to find out more about the...Read more |
10.05.13 Kick-off for Design to Improve Life Investment As the Design Society filled with morning sunlight and the smell of freshly brewed coffee, our Strategy team busied themselves with preparing for the Design to Improve Life Investment kick-off event. By noon it was over...Read more |
07.05.13 3D-printed gun strikes up controversy Cody Wilson, a 25-year-old law student, has produced the world's first 3D printed gun and successfully fired it in Texas over the weekend. The gun, made almost entirely from plastic, is receiving attention from law-enforcement...Read more |
06.05.13 Waterless washing machine in the works LG is working on a way to remove one of the essential ingredients needed to do your laundry: water. Unlike the currently available technology, it's rumored that LG is in the process of developing an entirely waterless washing...Read more |
04.05.13 Exciting things happening for INDEX: Award Nominee! Daylighting Ladegårds Å – a project to uncover a famously buried canal in the heart of Copenhagen – has been picked up by the Danish government and put into the governing party the Social Democrats’ new electoral program,...Read more |
03.05.13 Click and Grow - high technology meets simple houseplants Don't have any gardening know-how? No worries! Click & Grow will do the work for you using the same aeroponic methods used by NASA to grow greenery in space. This easy-to-use electronic smartpot grows plants without watering...Read more |
02.05.13 International media breakthrough for Denmark's green brands CNN announces a special programme series profiling the nominees of the international design award – INDEX: Award – run by Danish non-profit INDEX: Design to Improve Life®. The series will comprise a series of 90 seconds...Read more |
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