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Twenty Journey’s "The Journeymen" opens in Durban
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16 Jun 16
Made from the footage of their 24 000 kilometre adventure, the film promises to be both heart-breaking and beautiful.
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Fleet of buses set to double up as mobile exercise studios
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16 Jun 16
London gym will transform commuter buses into spinning studios so that commuters can squeeze in a morning workout.
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Indian engineer designs a more intuitive walking aid
Design News
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16 Jun 16
Sensor device helps the visually impaired navigate their environments with greater ease.
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Network of Parisian shopkeepers welcomes homeless people
Design News
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16 Jun 16
Le Carillon is an initiative that encourages social harmony between residents, traders and the homeless.
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Fashion student designs utilitarian garments for refugees
Design News
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16 Jun 16
Parsons Fashion Design senior Angela Luna creates a collection of transformative clothing for refugees.
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For the love of GIFs
Design News
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15 Jun 16
Collective exhibit.gif puts out a call for a creative distillation of real life into the humble form of a GIF.
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8 innovative ways drones are being used today
Design News
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15 Jun 16
From fighting fires, to spotting criminals and collecting whale “snot”, here are some futuristic ways we are using drones.
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Emergency art is created and shown in no more than a day
Design News
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15 Jun 16
The art featured at MOAD’s latest exhibition is not older than 24 hours old and tackles the immediate issues of our time.
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The exhibit that turns audience into art
Design News
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15 Jun 16
Zoom Pavilion taps into our fear of ‘big brother’ when creating its pieces.
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Beating Heart: An archive of African sounds is remixed for a new album
Design News
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14 Jun 16
Several famous musicians have contributed remixes to the new Beating Hearts album, using sounds from a vast and previously private audio archive.
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Growing Warriors uses farming to help American Veterans
Design News
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14 Jun 16
Veteran soldiers make up to one million of the Americans dependant on food-stamps and this organisation is trying to help.
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Chinese start-up Origins works to purify the air
Product Spotlight
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14 Jun 16
Founded in one of the smoggiest cities in the world, Origins’ machines don’t only detect the toxins in the air, they try to remove them as well.
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Willy-Wonka style elevators proposed for London
Design Frontiers
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14 Jun 16
Elevators that transport Londoners out of the subway up to their office blocks using upward, downward and sideways movement.
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Refugee Challenge: Community, innovation and information
Design News
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14 Jun 16
In the second installment of our look at the Refugee Challenge, we look at what design can do to solve their problems.
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We talk to the co-creator of the Bureo recycled fishing net skateboards
Design News
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13 Jun 16
The Ahi skateboard is made of recycled fishing nets and its creators at Bureo Inc. are working hard to protect our oceans.
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Sierra Leone Ebola survivors pictured in new photo book
Design News
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13 Jun 16
The Kenema Book features a series of photos that document a community’s resilience despite the impact of Ebola.
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Loving Vincent: A feature film of 56 800 hand painted frames
Design Frontiers
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13 Jun 16
This animated biopic is about the mysterious life and death of world-renowned artist Vincent Van Gogh and was made of over 50 000 hand painted images.
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We Design Conference Durban calls for a national spatial revolution
Design News
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10 Jun 16
The first We Design Conference in Durban, South Africa calls for radical transformation of South Africa's cities, towns and villages.
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A simple software solution for solid infrastructure
Design News
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10 Jun 16
Plate Package, which assesses the structural integrity of architectural drawings, gets nominated for the Innovation Prize for Africa.
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Exatype: Changing the face of ARV treatments
Design News
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10 Jun 16
The Exatype software offers tailored treatments for HIV/AIDS.
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Robots built with nervous systems to feel pain
Design News
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10 Jun 16
German researchers develop a bio-based, artificial sensory system to create more intuitive robots.
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101Hero: Affordable 3D printing at home
Design News
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10 Jun 16
The affordable 101Hero 3D printer lets anyone use the sought-after technology at home.
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WeCount: Connecting communities and helping the homeless
Design News
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9 Jun 16
Online peer-to-peer network WeCount is trying to unite communities and end inequality.
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Bringing wooden skateboards back to the future
Design News
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9 Jun 16
Imagine skateboarding through the streets of a bustling metropolis on boards made from 100 per cent recyclable bio-composite wood.
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