Mathilde Wittock Soundbounce tennis balls

Game, Set, Reuse! Giving Tennis Balls a Second Life

What happens to a tennis ball after its final serve? Belgian artist and material researcher Mathilde Wittock has a winning answer: transform sporting waste into beautiful furniture and sound-absorbing designs. From the Tennis Court to the Drawing Board Millions of tennis balls are made to bounce but their useful lives on the court can be […]

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Design for Persons with Disabilities

A World Designed with Everyone in Mind

Celebrating Accessibility on International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3 marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a global reminder of our shared responsibility to create societies where everyone can participate fully. As the World Health Organization (WHO) explains, this day is about promoting the rights and well-being of the 1.3 billion people with disabilities […]

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Lifting Millions of People Out of Poverty

KickStart image Have you heard of the social enterprise KickStart? It develops affordable technologies for small African businesses. It states its accomplishments in this way: “Since 1991, 160,000 successful new businesses have been started in Africa using our tools. Today more than 800 new businesses are being created each month. Since each of these enterprises supports […]

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