A new kindergarten and daycare complex was recently completed at the former Wholesale Market in Tel Aviv by Yashar Architects. Inside, the complex spans 3,000 square meters of innovative design, bursts of color, and playful vignettes to get the kids excited about school. Sarit Shani Hay was behind the inspiring design that had to house six kindergartens for kids aged 3-6 years, and three daycares […]

Among other things, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have difficulty initiating and maintaining conversations. That’s why a team of scientists, led by University of Toronto assistant professor Azadeh Kushki, created Holli. It’s an app that presently runs on Google Glass, and it tells ASD kids what they should say next. “We developed software for a wearable system that […]

Need a memorable gift for your girlfriend on upcoming Valentine’s Day? Take a look at the personalized film roll. It should be a nice idea. This is an innovative and customizable film roll designed by TheLeatherMallet, a handicraft studio from Singapore. As shown in the images, the personalized creation is built with a recycled 35mm (135) film roll canister, but […]

Researchers from Shandong University in China, the University of California, Riverside and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently published a study detailing the invention of light-printable, rewritable paper. “The greatest significance of our work is the development of a new class of solid-state photo-reversible color-switching system to produce an ink-free light-printable rewritable paper that has the same feel and appearance as conventional paper, but can be printed […]

Bauhaus design was revolutionary for its day. It turned the way the world looked at design completely on its head. Bauhaus sought to combine the fine arts with crafts by closing the schism between art and industry. Before this school of design and design philosophy came into being, things we term “fine arts”—such as design and architecture—were routinely held in […]

Tell us your stories We’re actively looking for people who are happy to share their stories of loss or bereavement, particularly if it relates to loss of a parent or sibling at a young age. We are building a library of stories which will be available and searchable from within our app, share your story to find out more. We have created […]

  Introducing, Fytó – a kid-friendly way to bring awareness to food waste! Tapping in to kid’s enjoyment of smartphones, this thoughtfully designed composter gives little ones a window into the growth cycle of plants while they simultaneously learn about the value of food. The upper section of the design features an opening where kids can feed their seedlings with […]

This is the mesmerizing desktop decoration that creates the illusion of ever-shifting sand. Handcrafted in Austria, it uses a combination of fine sand, water, and air, to produce a hypnotic motion of elements that create breathtaking patterns and designs. When tilted or flipped its light, dark, and golden sand grains re-adjust as gravity and momentum form delicate sand dunes and […]

Anatomy Next creates award-winning 2D, 3D and augmented reality, web-based software as an anatomical learning and understanding aid for medical education students and medical professionals, which precisely captures every feature and detail of the human body. The Seattle based company consists of a group of internationally certified medical professionals, developers and 3D visualization specialists ready to improve medical education. They […]