Fake or altered media is an accepted norm of our daily lives, but not only does it spread misinformation and enable fraud – it has completely eroded public trust in digital media as a whole. Truepic is tackling the problem head-on by using revolutionary technology to ensure we can trust what we see online. This is the last episode of ‘Can Design Save Us?’ for a while. We’re looking to return in the new year with even more incredible design stories.

Beyond soulful dishes to psychedelics, mushrooms and their root systems, known as mycelium, are proving to be critical to our survival. And London-based studio BIOHM is tapping into their true potential. This month, we talk to Director of Design Oksana Bondar about BIOHM’s mission to revolutionise the built world. Writer & Host: Lesley Price. Producer: Sidsel Kaae Nørgaard. Composer: Kristina Lilleskov. Soundbites: Undecided with Matt Ferrell (YouTube), Vox.

More than 922 million women worldwide use contraceptives, yet the area has seen limited innovation. We sit down with Design Manager Marie Lyhne from Cirqle Biomedical, the Danish company behind the world’s first hormone-free contraceptive. OUI is a tiny clear capsule, that works just a few minutes after insertion. Writer & Host: Lesley Price Producer: Sidsel Kaae Nørgaard Composer: Kristina Lilleskov Soundbites: YouTube Channels: EmpowHER, TEDx Talks. News media: CNN.

Our online identities are becoming the most important way we interact with society. So why not get creative with our clothing? We take a deep dive into the endless possibilities of digital fashion with pioneers, The Fabricant. The studio’s Creative Strategist Michaela Larosse explains how they’re already helping big names make supply chains more sustainable and how soon we’ll all be dressed to the nines for the digital universe. Writer & Host: L.Price. Producer: S.K.Nørgaard. Composer:...

This month, we meet Osh Agabi, Founder and CEO of Koniku, the Silicon Valley company using synthetic biology to design and develop an army of 'smelling cyborgs'. But, why? By replicating the world's most exceptional noses, we'll be able to sniff out danger and disease at unprecedented levels, from explosives to COVID-19, thereby revolutionising healthcare and safety. Writer & Host: L.Price, Producer: S.K.Nørgaard, Composer: K.Lilleskov

This month, we sit down with the great minds behind The Uncensored Library, an initiative that tackles censorship through gaming. Tobias Natterer and Nina Martinelli explain how they're using Minecraft, the world's most popular computer game, as an effective publishing loophole to get essential facts and stories into the hands of those who need them most. Writer & Host: L.Price, Producer: S.K.Nørgaard, Composer: K.Lilleskov

This month, we sit down with design icon Yves Béhar to chat about his futuristic underwater habitat PROTEUS, designed with renowned ocean explorer Fabien Cousteau. Béhar shares his sustainability journey, from swimming in a revived Lake Geneva as a child to designing for some of the world's biggest brands and organisations, and how he hopes PROTEUS will activate a new generation passionate about conservation. Writer & Host: L.Price, Producer: S.K.Nørgaard, Composer: K.Lilleskov

This month, we chat with Sean Mihm, Senior Mechanical Engineer at Boston-based tech firm CATALOG. CATALOG is hacking DNA to use it as the next-gen medium for data storage and computing. Mihm explains why DNA is the perfect solution and how their tech can compress whole data centres into the size of a sugar cube. Writer & Host: L.Price, Producer: S.K.Nørgaard, Composer: K.Lilleskov, Soundbites: War Games & Netflix.

Stephen Hawking's robotic voice from the '80s is a universally-recognised trademark. But since, speech synthesis has seen little innovation, meaning millions still speak with a generic computerised voice. This month, Founder of VocaliD, Dr Rupal Patel, shares how her team uses AI to restore this critical piece of personal identity: giving them a voice that's uniquely theirs. Writer & Host: L.Price, Producer: S.K.Nørgaard, Composer: K.Lilleskov

This month, we chat with up-and-coming designer Mitzi Okou, Founder of 'Where are the Black Designers?' Okou candidly shares her experiences as a young designer pushing for systemic change, moving the Black design narrative away from tragedy, and why prioritising diversity in design is the biggest opportunity we have as an industry — both for society and business. Writer & Host: L.Price, Producer: S.K.Nørgaard, Composer: K.Lilleskov, Soundbites: Vanity Fair & TEDx Talks

This month, we meet Ask Løvschall Jensen, COO and Co-Founder of Seaborg Technologies; the company redesigning nuclear power to make it completely safe and sustainable. Jensen shares his journey from growing up in the Danish anti-nuclear movement to becoming a nuclear energy pioneer. We hear how his team is reviving a reactor design from the 60s, combined with masses of computing power, to break the planet’s reliance on fossil fuels. Writer & Host: L.Price, Producer: S.K.Nørgaard,...

From fried chicken to foie gras, meat inevitably comes with cruelty and environmental cost. Yet, the world can’t seem to suppress its appetite. This month, we meet pioneer in cellular agriculture Didier Toubia, CEO and Founder of Aleph Farms. We hear how his team are designing with cells and explore why, in the not so distant future, our meat will be 'reared' in vats rather than factory farms. Writer & Host: L.Price, Producer: S.K.Nørgaard, Composer: K.Lilleskov

This month, we pick the brain of Pasi Vainikka, CEO of Solar Foods behind pioneering product Solein; a superfood “made from thin air”. We discuss why he calls himself a “possibilist” when it comes to fighting global warming, the death of industrialised meat production, and how Solein could offer the biggest disruption to the food industry we’ve ever seen. Writer & Host: L.Price, Producer: S.K.Nørgaard, Composer: K.Lilleskov, Narration soundbite: Skavlan - SVT1 and Netflix’s Our Planet

'Can design save us?' is a series exploring design as a pioneering force for good. We dive into the most pressing problems of our time and meet inspiring people using design to solve them. We explore the good, bad, complex and controversial.

'Can design save us?' is a series exploring design as a pioneering force for good. We dive into the most pressing problems of our time and meet inspiring people using design to solve them. We explore the good, bad, complex and controversial.

We meet AI SpaceFactory Founder and CEO, David Malott, behind Mars habitat MARSHA. Mallot is an architect and self-professed space geek, who after spending years designing some of the world's tallest towers, turned his attention to the extraterrestrial. We chat about designing for the red planet, the possibility of interplanetary living, and why space exploration is critical to achieving quantum leaps in design and tech. Writer & Host: L.Price, Producer: S.K.Nørgaard, Composer: K.Lilleskov

'Can design save us?' is a series exploring design as a pioneering force for good. We dive into the most pressing problems of our time and meet inspiring people using design to solve them. We explore the good, bad, complex and controversial.