2017 Archive

Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | August 2017

Focus On • 4 Aug 17

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >
Katy Pyle’s Ballez is the inclusive dance studio you’ve been waiting for

Design News • 7 Aug 17

The New York City-based studio reimagines what ballet can be. >
Holograms from Syria reveals the horrors of war to the average American

Design News • 8 Aug 17

Asad J. Malik’s augmented reality project communicates the real-life experience of the Syrian Civil War to Western audiences. >
The Big Trash Animals project of Bordalo II

Design News • 8 Aug 17

This Portuguese installation artist creates animal sculptures in urban spaces from the very materials that cause their destruction in nature. >
Crystal Kung on bringing warm feelings to life through her illustrations

Design News • 8 Aug 17

The Taipei-based illustrator “I don’t think my drawing skills comes from talent. They come from hard work”. >
This new exhibition calls on feminism to be diverse

Design News • 9 Aug 17

Feminisms x The Arab and Muslim Diaspora to open at London’s Protein Studios. >
An affordable, open-source home

Design News • 9 Aug 17

As part of the push toward sustainable design, Studiolada released plans for the Open Source House. >
Desktop bioengineering by Amino Labs

Design News • 10 Aug 17

The small-scale kits empower the scientists and innovators of tomorrow. >
The deformed realities of graphic artist Anxo Viscaíno

Design News • 10 Aug 17

"I would rather focus more efforts on developing art and culture than spending too much time protecting my copyright," he says. >
Dutch artist Thirza Schaap reveals the delicate beauty that can be found in garbage

Design News • 11 Aug 17

Instead of a bombastic crusade, this project raises awareness of marine pollution in a gentle, considered style. >
A 30 foot warship made from plastic debris is hoping to draw attention to ocean pollution

Design Frontiers • 14 Aug 17

The Surfers Against Sewage initiative is highlighting the world’s largest ocean garbage site. >
Diversifying media imagery to include more ethnicities with TONL

Design News • 15 Aug 17

This agency works to arm advertisers and designers with the tools to represent all races in their campaigns, not just one. >
SaveArtSpace turns billboards into public art canvasses

Design Frontiers • 17 Aug 17

The initiative aims to empower artists from all walks of life and inspire a new generation of young creatives. >
Exhibiting photography at roadhouses to celebrate this fading social culture

Design Frontiers • 18 Aug 17

Night By Roadhouse brings local and international photography to a wide, non gallery-going audience in Johannesburg. >
Testing the bounds of modular home design with DD16

Design News • 21 Aug 17

This architecture prototype caters for intrepid voyagers and nomadic fishermen with utmost economy in its design. >
Meet Carolyn Davidson, the woman behind the iconic Nike Swoosh

Design Frontiers • 21 Aug 17

The retired graphic designer created the logo while she was still a student at Portland State University. The job earned her $35 back then. >
From outmoded storage cylinder to innovative knowledge hub

Design News • 22 Aug 17

This storehouse will be transformed into a dynamic information centre on sustainable energy for the city of Heidelberg. >
Kolor Art Collective’s latest work questions what it means to be ‘normal’

Design Frontiers • 23 Aug 17

Photographed by Pol Kurucz, the brazenly avant-garde series defies conventionalities. >
See these custom tributes to the iconic Prince

Design News • 23 Aug 17

The icon’s passing was a shock to many, but at least we’ll be able to replicate his purple hue. >
Should you be putting your website to bed?

Design News • 24 Aug 17

Sleep debt facts say yes. >
On Nathan Reddy, one of the leading design specialists in the ad industry

Design News • 24 Aug 17

The founder of GRID Worldwide Branding and Design, was inducted into the Loeries Creative Hall of Fame. >
The Maitland Institute is changing perspectives on how audiences engage with art

Design News • 25 Aug 17

This Cape Town space is departing from the clinical, one-way-communication aspect of the modern art gallery. >
Convenient household composting with Taihi

Next Generation • 28 Aug 17

If it’s good enough for your body, it’s certainly good enough for your garden. >
Sir David Adjaye and Tiffany Chu among the nine speakers at the inaugural Design Commons

Design News • 28 Aug 17

The deconstructed conference puts global heavyweights in design at the same table as the audience. >

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