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Crystal Birch invites us into her hat wonderland
Design News
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27 Jun 19
The hat designer, stylist and milliner takes us behind the scenes of how she comes up with her playful designs.
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Durban students initiate a space to foster more campus interaction
Design News
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25 Jun 19
The Level Six project is the first student-led project guided by professionals to come out of Durban University of Technology.
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Meet Hayden Williams, the fashion illustrator to Hollywood stars
Design News
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20 Jun 19
The 27-year-old talks to us about how he harnessed his 1,2 million Instagram followers to build a global brand.
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Mzukisi Mbane’s imprint on African fashion
Design News
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18 Jun 19
The Design Indaba Emerging Creative on building a global brand that pays homage to his identity and celebrates femininity.
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Ghanaian photographer Lawrence Agyei on the power of photography
Design News
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14 Jun 19
“To me, a great photograph is like poetry. It captures and expresses a situation or emotion that transcends everyday life.”
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Graphic designer Rofhiwa Mudau is using famous faces to inspire the youth
Design News
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14 Jun 19
“This acts as inspiration to influence a positive work flow to the career or the job of your dreams.”
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Babusi Nyoni is making AI more accessible and relevant
Design News
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12 Jun 19
The Zimbabwean developer made a gqom and vosho app and also worked with UNHCR to predict the movements of displaced people.
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Art for the soul and your lungs
Design News
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12 Jun 19
Spanish art collective Boa Mistura have created a 35m-tall mural that purifies the air.
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An alternative to disposable plastic made with potatoes
Design News
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12 Jun 19
“This material is made from something that comes from the earth, and later on it can end up back in the soil, while posing no risk to nature.”
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The world’s first bio-brick made from human urine
Design News
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11 Jun 19
Its developer wants us to rethink the way we are utilising the Earth's precious resources.
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Avoid projecting: Kot Bonkers is neither a political nor a feminist artist
Design News
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11 Jun 19
Kot Bonkers is a brazen illustrator who fiercely defends her right to draw for the sake of it and identify with no political groups, despite audience opinion.
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This town in Mali is built almost completely out of mud
Design News
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11 Jun 19
The Great Mosque of Djenne survives through the dedication of local builders who help to re-plaster it each year.
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A collective of artists are preserving Mexico's linguistic diversity
Design News
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10 Jun 19
“No one can love what he does not know.”
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Doctor turned designer Kgahlego Kewana talks us through her unlikely path
Design News
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6 Jun 19
The Emerging Creative exhibited her work at the Design Indaba Festival 2019 among 49 up-and-coming South African talents.
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Gabrielle Goliath honours victims of sexual-based violence through sound and art
Design News
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5 Jun 19
The winner of this year's Standard Bank Young Artist Award talks about her latest project called This Song is For...
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Lucia Bakulumpagi-Wamala on new ways to tackle electricity shortage in Uganda
Design News
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4 Jun 19
The CEO of Bakulu Power takes us through their work in Buvuma, one of the only districts without electricity in the country.
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The African projects harnessing alternative energy
Design News
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3 Jun 19
“We must be more ambitious in harnessing the power of renewable energy to meet sustainable development and climate goals”
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Marjan van Aubel uses intelligent design to solve energy and food production problems
Design News
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3 Jun 19
In her work she looks at our current relationship with solar technology and how it can be used to enhance and future-proof city living.
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