San Francisco studio fuseproject have unveiled the OLPC XO-3, a tablet computer for the next generation of the One Laptop Per Child project to distribute robust, cheap, self-powered computers for education in the developing world. More about OLPC XO-3 by fuseproject
Canadian studio Molo has designed a system of paper partitions that provide privacy at shelters in the wake of a disaster. More about Softshelter by Molo
Shigeru Ban Architects have designed temporary homes for Japanese disaster victims inside a chequerboard of stacked shipping containers. More about Multi-storey Temporary Housing by Shigeru Ban Architects
Industrial designer Yves Béhar of fuseproject has created a range of spectacles that will be distributed free to children in Mexico. More about VerBien by Yves Béhar
Yves Béhar of San Francisco design studio fuseproject has unveiled plans for the third generation of the One Laptop Per Child project. More about XO-3 by fuseproject
American architects Morphosis have completed a floating house for Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans, in collaboration with graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles. More about Float House by Morphosis for Make it Right
Los Angeles architects Atelier Hitoshi Abe have sent images of their duplex home to be built in New Orleans for actor Brad Pitt's charity Make it Right. More about Hot Links Duplex by Atelier Hitoshi Abe for Make it Right
American architects Pugh + Scarpa have sent images of their duplex home design for actor Brad Pitt's Make it Right charity. More about Duplex by Pugh + Scarpa for Make it Right
Frank Gehry is one of 14 architects to have designed duplexes for Make it Right, the charity founded by actor Brad Pitt to develop new housing typologies for a hurricane-devastated district of New Orleans. More about Duplex by Frank Gehry for Make it Right
Designer Yves Béhar has unveiled the successor to the XO laptop for the One Laptop Per Child project - a folding tablet design called XOXO. More about XOXO laptop by Yves Béhar
Design Indaba 08: here's a new set of photos showing progress on the first sand-bag house being built at Freedom Park in Cape Town, South Africa. More about Sand-bag houses by MMA architects 4
Designer Yves Béhar won the Brit Insurance Design of the Year award at a ceremony at the Design Museum in London last night, for the One Laptop Per Child project. More about Yves Béhar wins Design of the Year
Design Indaba 08: IDEO cofounder Bill Moggridge presented this concept tricycle that purifies water as the rider pedals, at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town last month. More about Aquaduct by IDEO
Design Indaba 08: continuing our series of stories about the 10x10 Housing Project in Cape Town, South Africa, here are the latest photos showing progress constructing the first sand-bag house. More about Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects 3
Design Indaba 08: the first sand-bag house designed by Cape Town architects MMA is taking shape (see earlier post). More about Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects 2
Design Indaba 08: Cape Town architects MMA have started work on a pilot project of ten affordable houses built using a sand-bag construction system. More about Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects
Actor Brad Pitt has signed up thirteen architectural practices - including Adjaye Architects (above and below), Morphosis, MVRDV and Shigeru Ban Architects - for the Make It Right housing project in New Orleans. More about Housing for New Orleans by David Adjaye, Morphosis, MVRDV, Shigeru Ban and others
Design Indaba update: international architects and designers including Thomas Heatherwick, Will Alsop, Shigeru Ban and David Adjaye are to design low-cost housing for families living in the shack districts (above) surrounding Cape Town, South Africa. More about Stars to design housing for shack-dwellers