New Program Provides Guaranteed Income For NYC Artists in Need

Open for applications until 25 March, Creatives Rebuild New York is a new initiative that will provide guaranteed income to NYC artists in need through two programs: one offering $1,000 a month for 18 months with no strings attached, and the other providing a two-year job with a community organization or municipality, paying $65,00 per year. 2,400 recipients will be chosen for the former program …

Boeing’s MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker Drone Prototype

From Phantom Works—Boeing’s more-or-less secret design division—comes an entry for the US Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker initiative, which tasked aviation companies with drone development. Boeing’s prototype is functional, though it hasn’t flown yet. There are planned engine test runs—on the ground—and deck handling demonstrations for early 2018. Boeing’s design does have some extraordinary stealth-enabling features, though it wasn’t not designed with that at the …

Design Indaba 2014: The Expo

Africa's emerging and established design talent join together in Cape Town for the yearly exhibition and marketplace

Each year that we attend Cape Town’s brilliant Design Indaba conference, the subsequent Expo seems to infinitely grow and improve—a testament to the design world’s increasing fascination with the opportunities abounding in the vibrant continent. Now a massive marketplace consuming the entirety of the city’s spacious convention center, the Expo is teeming with emerging and established designers from across the design fields. Below is just …