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Child’s Cup Full: Toys and accessories handmade by refugees
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2 May 16
Non-profit social enterprise Child’s Cup Full encourages women in the West Bank to be makers.
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EVOLVE: Egypt’s local artists interpret Phobia
Design News
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2 May 16
Cairo-based art project, EVOLVE calls local artists together to contemplate and share their digital interpretations of phobia.
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Conceptual fashion by Bokang Lehabe
Design Frontiers
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2 May 16
Bokang Lehabe, one of Design Indaba Emerging Creative 2016, creates award winning, conceptual fashion.
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Backpacks made from blankets
Product Spotlight
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2 May 16
Sibusiso Mokhachane makes backpacks from blankets to celebrate his heritage and help the world unlearn African stereotypes.
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Humanoid robot recovers sunken treasure
Design Frontiers
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3 May 16
OceanOne is Stanford’s mermaid-like robot that can stand in for a human driver.
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Green Product: Citycropps virtually helps create a functional garden
Design News
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3 May 16
Citycropps is an urban agricultural project that virtually assists app users as they cultivate their own organic gardens.
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Green Product: Harvest Cart is a solution to backyard farming
Design News
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3 May 16
The small-scale harvesting cart makes collecting produce easier.
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Khanya Njalo brings solar lighting to rural communities
Design Frontiers
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3 May 16
The project, initiated in rural KwaZulu-Natal, provides solar powered lighting solutions to rural communities.
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Slut-shaming: Changing minds through photography
Design News
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3 May 16
Local photographer’s campaign to stop slut-shaming looks at the pain of the victim.
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All Love Is Equal takes a fairytale approach to LGBTIQ relationships
Design News
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3 May 16
All love is iconic and all love should be viewed as a fairytale, says LGBTIQ photographer Braden Summers.
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The Muko furniture series is designed with kids in mind
Product Spotlight
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4 May 16
Today’s kids spend more and more time seated. These chairs are designed to ensure their comfort.
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Earthquake-resistant orphanage in Haiti is the start of a greater social initiative
Design News
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4 May 16
Ti Kay Là was built to house, support and educate street children in Haiti who are living in extreme poverty and without shelter.
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Bicycle system designed for heavy duty, urban cargo delivery
Design News
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4 May 16
Carla Cargo is a zero-emission and more agile alternative to the traditional delivery van.
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Green Product: Breathing Skins adapts to the environment
Design Frontiers
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4 May 16
A showroom in Germany allows users to experience technology that adapts internal conditions to its external environment.
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Cricket Shelter: A modular way to farm food
Design News
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5 May 16
Terreform ONE’s latest contribution to hybrid architecture is a modular urban insect farm that promises to be a sustainable food hub.
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Six documentaries that seek to drive change
Design News
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5 May 16
Six documentary films will seek to make their mark at Good Pitch, an initiative that brings social change through cinematic arts.
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Traffic lights designed for distracted walkers
Design News
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5 May 16
The German city of Augsburg installs pavement lights to ensure the safety of pedestrians distracted by their phones.
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A self-healing biomaterial is the closest yet to mimicking human muscle
Design News
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5 May 16
New biomaterial possesses extreme stretchability, self-healing and endurance properties; all revolutionary in the development of artificial skin and muscle.
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Chimera IoT: a Kenyan startup designing smart homes
Design News
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5 May 16
The recently established company adapts Western technology to African specific conditions.
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New York rec centre combines gaming and exercise
Design News
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6 May 16
Interactive and high-intensity, this circuit-based gym changes the experience of exercise.
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A parachute that turns into a shelter for refugees or disaster victims
Design News
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6 May 16
Portugal-based STUDIOMUDA design a prefabricated shelter that can be easily deployed out of an airplane.
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Manmade plant creates oxygen in space
Design Frontiers
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6 May 16
The Silk Leaf needs only water and light to create oxygen in the harshest of environments.
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The world’s first 3D-printed wheelchair that can be customised on an app
Design News
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6 May 16
Layer is soon to launch its new 3D-printed wheelchair, made to fit each individual’s body and disability.
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Green Product: Wirework takes a contemporary twist on traditional crafts
Design News
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6 May 16
The South African self-help project uses recycled materials to create functional art.
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