June 2017 Archive

Cape Town feminist clothing brand on moving beyond t-shirts

Product Spotlight • 30 Jun 17

The founders of C(l)it on unlearning their white privilege and next steps >
Artist Ai Weiwei turns salvaged refugee lifejackets into a large-scale installation

Design News • 30 Jun 17

The artist and activist collected about 3 500 life jackets to highlight the disturbing conditions refugees are subjected to >
FAKA on penetrating art spaces and designing a new sound

Profiling • 30 Jun 17

Through their art, the duo is interrupting global performance and art spaces one event at a time. >
Gabon-born photographer tells the story of the Central African country’s youth

Design News • 29 Jun 17

An artist in the diaspora, Yannis Davy Guibinga connects with his heritage through photography. >
These teen girls built a solar powered tent for LA's homeless people

Design News • 29 Jun 17

DIY Girls is empowering teen girls to pursue the fields of technology and engineering. >
Add Colour teaches design thinking to South Africa’s youth

Design News • 28 Jun 17

A pilot project by Sk8 for Gr8 aims to uplift through creativity in some of South Africa’s historically disadvantaged areas. >
French astronaut shares captivating images of Earth

Design News • 27 Jun 17

While they might look like fungi under a microscope, these photographs are actually of mountain ranges and cityscapes. >
Design Commons is a new kind of bespoke, global, portable conference

Design News • 27 Jun 17

The deconstructed conference where design is the tool with which to face the challenges in our cities. >
Kenyan photographer behind renegade grannies series chats Afrofuturism

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:06 • 26 Jun 17

For Osborne Macharia, Afrofuturism is about recreating a different Africa based on fantasy, fiction and history. >
Bare Technology uses E-waste to make accessible computers for the elderly

Design News • 26 Jun 17

The award-winning product was designed by two students with no design background >
Dough Universe: the children’s toy range inspiring future inventors

Design Frontiers • 26 Jun 17

Technology Will Save Us launches three new Electro Dough inspired activities. >
Ilya Kalimulin's Unexpected Products are a quirky jab at brands we love

Design News • 23 Jun 17

What would an air horn made by Pampers look like? How about bullet casings made by M&M? >
The way you draw a circle depends on where you’re from

Design News • 23 Jun 17

This study analysed 100 000 circles to determine what their creators have in common. >
Inside designer Margot Molyneux’s mixed use boutique

Design News • 23 Jun 17

The art-deco inspired store is where you can buy clothes, attend a clothing workshop as well as go for a gin tasting. >
A satirical look at life through the eyes of Al Margen

Design News • 22 Jun 17

This artist holds a mirror up to society to reveal the dark side of our habits. >
Students create furniture for people living with Alzheimer’s

Next Generation • 22 Jun 17

The collection, Design for the Mind, was created with help from medical and social experts. >
40 South African designers exhibit their goods in Paris

Design News • 21 Jun 17

The Le BHV/ Marais department store is located in an area which attracts around 60 000 visitors daily. >
This futuristic cultural centre is inspired by the sea

Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 17

Vincent Callebaut Architects’ latest conceptual project draws inspiration from the manta ray to make a floating cultural hub in Seoul. >
Peru seaside home in the running for leading architectural prize

Design News • 21 Jun 17

Ancon House is located on a rocky-mountainside and is built to blend in with the landscape >
A look inside Bright Creative Space in Cape Town

Design News • 20 Jun 17

This collaborative studio plays host to weekly drawing sessions and freelance artists from around the globe. >
Indie band, The XX, take you behind the scenes with new limited-edition photo book

Design News • 20 Jun 17

Shot by photographer Alasdair McLellan, the photo book will only have one print run of 1000 copies. >
Reimagining public spaces in Monwabisi Park

Design News • Duration: 00:03:51 • 19 Jun 17

The Reclaiming the Night project is about getting residents involved in creating their own solutions >
Introducing MobyMart, the autonomous grocery store on wheels

Design Frontiers • 19 Jun 17

“It is the store that comes to you, instead of you coming to the store.” >
Is this the world’s cheapest solar lamp?

Design News • 16 Jun 17

UK firm designs cheap solar lamp for clean, reliable lighting. >

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