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Pengu Buddy Animal Health Tracking System

Yuwei Li Animal Health Tracking System Social Friday, 16 October 2026

Pengu Buddy

Pengu Buddy is an animal health tracking system designed for a penguin habitat. The system combines an underwater robot with a mobile application. The robot serves as a toy for penguins and encourages activity through games that visitors control from the application. During play, the robot collects visual and acoustic data and sends the data to a dashboard used by keepers for health monitoring. The application also offers educational content about penguins and options to support conservation through donations and gifts.

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Beyond Number Social Awareness Web Platform

Lei Ye Social Awareness Web Platform Volunteerism Thursday, 15 October 2026

Beyond Number

Beyond Number is a web based interactive platform for social data storytelling. The platform turns statistics on social justice topics into visual narratives. Visitors explore curated datasets, interact with dynamic visualizations, and select the statistics they find most relevant. These choices are then transformed into a personalized digital poster that can be saved or shared. Built with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript, the platform is responsive on desktop and mobile screens. The aim is to make abstract data tangible and to show the human impact behind numbers.

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Love Letters Calendar

Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou Calendar Social Wednesday, 14 October 2026

Love Letters

Love Letters is a calendar designed to connect daily life with biodiversity awareness. Each of the twelve cards carries a letter from an endangered species, inviting reflection, personal pledges and the marking of important dates. Every card folds into a self standing structure without binding, and can later be placed in its paper envelope for mailing or archiving. The set is offset printed on FSC certified uncoated paper and housed in a drawer style paper box that can be reused as a keepsake or teaching object.

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Dino Stride Adaptive Sneakers

Eric Paskach Adaptive Sneakers Social Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Dino Stride

Dino Stride is an adaptive sneaker designed for young children who wear ankle-foot orthoses. The upper is made of a breathable mesh knit that reduces the heat built up between the foot and the orthosis. A deep sole gives space and support for the orthosis while keeping the usual height of a child's shoe. Side zippers let the front of the shoe fold open, so putting the shoe on and taking it off is quick and simple. Dinosaur details and a camouflage pattern add a playful character. The design supports comfort, fit and confidence during rehabilitation.

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Next Kimono Platform

Takahiro Sato Platform Social Monday, 12 October 2026

Next Kimono

Next Kimono platform is not only product but also has a role as social design to solve 2 social issue: Disappear Japanese traditional kimono culture and Lost high sewing technique for Japanese and Western. For easy to take kimono in daily life, it consists of 3 items. People wear both fullset as kimono and single with their usual outfit as daily clothes. As a trigger to wear it in world's daily life, Next Kimono makes demand for traditional one and jobs at fair wages for sewing factory. Final goal of Kuden is employment of disabled people include CEO's son.

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Command Z Visualising Book Layout

Jiayi Li Visualising Book Layout Social Sunday, 11 October 2026

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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Design Legend of the Day

Design Legend of the DaySpecial CoverageFriday, 9 October 2026

Legendary Designers and Their Award-Winning Works.

Design Legends are extremely famous designers who make our World a better place with their good designs. Discover legendary designers and their innovative product designs, original art works, creative architecture, outstanding fashion designs and design strategies. Enjoy and explore original design works of award-winning designers, artists, architects, innovators and brands worldwide. Get inspired by creative designs.

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