Design Release

Design Release

Design Release featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Command Z

Command Z is a book that visualises the memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease. The book is divided into early, middle and late sections, matching the stages of the disease. A different design approach is used in each section. Fragile tracing paper in the early section reflects the vulnerability of patients. Temperature sensitive ink is used in the middle section, so the text appears when a hand is placed on the page. In the late section, the book is combined with fire, and the burned paper cannot be repaired, like lost memory.

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Gatorade x Go Rigo

Gatorade x Go Rigo is a limited edition collection of clothing and sports accessories created for cyclists. The collection was developed through a collaboration between Gatorade and Go Rigo Go, and proceeds from the sales supported the Los Yarumos Cycling School in the northern area of the Department of Antioquia in Colombia. The designs are inspired by Colombian landscapes. Mountain and valley motifs appear across the garments and the accessories. The motifs represent the effort and dedication of cyclists on every kilometre ridden.

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Mind Without Borders

Mind without Borders is a mobile application designed to support the health and care of children during the spread of an epidemic. The application allows children or care providers to report health information regularly, so that volunteers and psychotherapists can offer help in time. Anonymous and secure messaging connects children in different countries as pen pals through text, voice and video. Contact with family and friends is also included. The aim is to reduce anxiety and to ease the burden on health care workers.

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Pandaid

Pandaid is a website dedicated to protecting lives from pandemics. It is co-edited by volunteers, including doctors, editors, and more. The editorial emphasis goes towards providing scientific facts in ways that are easy to understand and to implement. As part of the project, there're other developments, a face shield to prevent splashes, signage to protect social distance humorously, and posters to communicate its importance.

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Burning Life

Burning Life is a series of public welfare posters about the protection of the ecological environment. The posters show polar bears and penguins on paper that is burning and turning into ash. The image refers to global warming, which slowly reduces the living space of these animals. The message is that the loss of such animals may be followed by serious risks for people. The main graphics were made by photographing self-made ash materials, which were then composed with image editing software. Each poster is printed with high quality technology and shows detailed illustration.

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Ensenas

Ensenas is a digital tool created to improve communication between people with hearing disabilities and hearing people in Mexico. Ensenas uses a machine learning model that reads Mexican Sign Language in real time and translates words into written Spanish. The model was trained with a data set of 400 videos of common signs, labeled and analyzed frame by frame through pose estimation. A responsive website presents the project and offers the research, the model and the data set for free download. The aim is to reduce the communication gap.

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