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Eliminate wrinkles by applying a ‘second skin’
Design Frontiers
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16 May 16
A new, “second skin” solution to wrinkles could also lead to more medical advancements.
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When life hands you elephant dung, make paper
Design Frontiers
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13 May 16
Kenyan entrepreneurs are protecting their environment by turning elephant dung into paper.
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Pop culture and people inspire Monde Mabaso’s illustrations
Q&A
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13 May 16
Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative, Monde Mabaso is a Johannesburg-based illustrator who finds inspiration through this thriving city.
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Oded Ezer designs the Life/Death t-shirt
Product Spotlight
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13 May 16
Tel Aviv-based graphic design artist Oded Exer designed a t-shirt to help refugees.
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Portable surgical sterilisation suitcase
Design News
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13 May 16
Eniware is a new sterilisation system that aims to have a positive impact on health care in developing countries.
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The Honey: Representations of blackness as power
Design News
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13 May 16
Rendani Nemakhavhani's dynamic photo series "The Honey" turns away from blackness as struggle.
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Budapest-based brand NewFoldr champions cardboard electronics
Design News
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12 May 16
NewFoldr aims to create a recyclable electronics movement to challenge the global e-waste issue
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Artist’s mock machine guns are sculpted from old typewriters
Design News
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12 May 16
Denver-based Ravi Zupa brings gun violence to the fore in “Mightier Than”.
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Snail shell shelter brings user closer to nature
Design News
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12 May 16
Helix is a micro-architecture structure that can shelter one nomadic individual.
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Three innovative solutions to water shortage in South Africa
Design Frontiers
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11 May 16
These three ideas were submitted to Hack4Water, an initiative aimed to help solve some of SAs water challenges.
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Treating mental illness with virtual reality
Design News
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11 May 16
An Oxford University study tested virtual simulation on sufferers of severe paranoia, with positive results.
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Swawou School for Girls finally opens its doors to students in Sierra Leone
Design News
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11 May 16
Orkidstudio unveils its free-education school in eastern Sierra Leone after the Ebola outbreak put the project on hold.
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The FoodShare Truck: Fresh produce at affordable prices
Design News
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11 May 16
The travelling food market offers fresh produce at cheaper prices to locals that otherwise can’t access or afford it.
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Photographer documents the unseen life of Senegal’s talibes
Design News
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11 May 16
Photojournalist Mario Cruz’s photobook explores the harsh lives of Senegal’s modern child slaves.
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Revitalising Detroit by giving homes to writers
Design News
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11 May 16
Write A House is a non-profit that provides vocational training to Detroit locals while trying to stabilise a city in decline.
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Transforming London’s Trafalgar Square into a crazy golf course
Design News
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10 May 16
Designed by the late Zaha Hadid, the undulating course will be futuristic, functional, fun and free for the public.
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Sundial installation 3D-printed with sheets of plastic
Design News
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10 May 16
Contemporary sundial uses solar data to change shape according to the natural trajectory of the sun.
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New African Photography Exhibition hosted in New York
Next Generation
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10 May 16
African artists and photographers are getting some serious attention and exposure overseas. Here's a look at one current exhibition in New York.
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Recent innovations in nanowire technology could lead to self-cooling clothing
Design News
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10 May 16
A more flexible, environmentally sound, safer nanowire array has the potential to revolutionise occupations like fire fighting.
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Tanzanian street kids tell their stories through photography
Design News
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10 May 16
By providing Tanzanian street kids with cameras and training, Club Sanaa has them tell their own stories.
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Ebb: Changing the colour of your clothes using electricity
Design Frontiers
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10 May 16
Researchers have created textiles that are able to slowly change colour, revealing a path to interactive garments.
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Illustrator Ishaarah Arnold on experimentation, creativity and elusive inspiration
Q&A
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9 May 16
"Inspiration is an elusive bastard..." South African illustrator Ishaarah Arnold talks about being creative in art and graphic design.
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Immersive online museum campaigns for social and environmental issues
Design Frontiers
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9 May 16
Using contemporary art, Art Works For Change inspires active engagement around environmental issues.
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Play Sea Hero Quest and help scientists understand dementia
Design News
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9 May 16
Scientists and game developers have teamed up to create a game that contributes to Alzheimer’s research.
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