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This design festival is stitching together India's design community
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30 Apr 18
"It was one of its kind in the Indian design history. I’m not aware of any other festivals organised on such a massive scale."
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Learn how these wearables serve the hearing impaired
Design Frontiers
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3 May 18
"How can the deaf and hearing-impaired community experience music, without actually hearing it?"
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Will AI be our new co-dependent relationship?
Design Frontiers
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7 May 18
Nicole Pérez’s annoying robots ponder the future of automated intimacy.
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A Digital Drum is bringing computer skills to the youth in rural Uganda
Design Frontiers
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15 May 18
Design without Borders has developed a way to bridge the information gap between urban and rural youth of Uganda.
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Future forms of concrete, plastic could be both sustainable and eco-friendly
Design Frontiers
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16 May 18
“The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.”
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This British Nigerian artist's films celebrate the full spectrum of blackness
Design Frontiers
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24 May 18
Seye Isikalu’s work thoughtfully captures black bodies on screen.
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LifeArk off-grid housing is focused on sustainable community transformation
Design Frontiers
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29 May 18
The affordable, emergency housing system is aimed at disaster prone areas and displaced peoples.
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The Unusual Football Field challenges the boundaries of existing areas
Design Frontiers
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31 May 18
As the world gears up for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, we take a look at this curious soccer pitch designed for space-starved urban areas.
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Making the music video great again
Design Frontiers
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5 Jun 18
As musicians continue to push the boundaries visually, we examine the evolution of their relationship with film.
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To teach graphic design is to learn to adapt with the field says Lucille Tenazas
Design Frontiers
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11 Jun 18
“For us, as educators, we are constantly aware that our profession is sort of a moving target.”
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Aso Oke fabric travels from head to toe
Design Frontiers
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12 Jun 18
A Nigerian designer is translating his passion for traditional Nigerian fabric into an unusual design application.
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5 African Internet start-ups redefining agriculture
Design Frontiers
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18 Jun 18
It's Sustainable Gastronomy Day, a day that reaffirms that all cultures and civilisations are contributors and crucial enablers of sustainable development.
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Mexican students design a carpet for growing crops in refugee camps
Design Frontiers
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20 Jun 18
Rise, which was designed by three Mexican industrial design students, addresses one of the world's most pressing issues.
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We speak to an emoji activist on why diverse emojis matter
Design Frontiers
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22 Jun 18
Jennifer 8 Lee says the Emojination wants to make the approval of emoji a more inclusive and representative process.
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SenSprout is helping farmers better understand their crops while saving water
Design Frontiers
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26 Jun 18
SenSprout’s aim is to grant farmers a better understanding of how their crops consume water without using expensive technology.
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These images are a vivid and electrifying depiction of isolation
Design Frontiers
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3 Jul 18
Step into Andrea Koporova’s haunting Ghost Town.
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Developed by a Cape Town lecturer, this self-sustaining toilet turns waste into material of value
Design Frontiers
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4 Jul 18
The innovative Sanihive took home two major prizes at the recently held UNLEASH event.
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The Connected Supper Club on dinner tables as spaces for positive change
Design Frontiers
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4 Jul 18
“London is a big city and I don’t find it surprising that people are attracted to small events centred around dinner tables."
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Zambian fashion entrepreneur on prints, nostalgia and the importance of finding synergy
Design Frontiers
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5 Jul 18
Lucy Mulima started Aya Goods after years spent working in fashion, PR and media.
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World’s largest 3D printed structure unveiled at Venice Biennale
Design Frontiers
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6 Jul 18
The Cloud Pergola was envisioned as a paradigm for what architecture should stand for in the 21st century. It will be on show until 25 November.
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How drones are helping in the fight against malaria
Design Frontiers
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10 Jul 18
“Where do mosquitoes go in the dry season?”
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How can we adjust our world to accommodate an ever-expanding global population?
Design Frontiers
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11 Jul 18
These interventions could help relieve the enormous pressures felt by cities in a crowded world.
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Eliminating the enormous energy cost of mining cryptocurrencies
Design Frontiers
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13 Jul 18
Estonian company Nordcoin is changing the game and making crypto-farms mobile
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Faith XLVII unveils new mural and Peace Manifesto in San Fransisco
Design Frontiers
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16 Jul 18
"We formulated our own Manifesto, keeping the perspective as inclusive as possible. For me, the main objective is empathy. "
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