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How African cities can harness green technologies for growth and jobs
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4 Jan 19
The value of green technologies and systems is that they are largely decentralised or semi-decentralised.
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As climate change and natural disasters intensify, it’s time to build back better
Design Frontiers
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25 Jan 19
Now is the time to to commit to sustainable-design practices that will rebuild the world’s infrastructure with climate resilience at the forefront.
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Tanzanian photographer dispels menstruation taboos
Design Frontiers
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29 Jan 19
Elizabeth Mwambulukutu uses visual arts to tackle underlying perceptions in her country.
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The Golden Age of 3D Printing: Innovations Changing the Industry
Design Frontiers
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1 Feb 19
3D printing itself is no longer a new technology, but that hasn’t stopped researchers and innovators around the world from coming up with new applications.
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Wearables that extend the function of the human body
Design Frontiers
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4 Feb 19
Machina creates wearable tech in the garments that can make music and enhance your safety at the touch of a button.
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Canva is championing authentic images of women around the world
Design Frontiers
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13 Feb 19
The Natural Women Collection calls on photographers to portray women just as they are.
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Manufactured Cities: A Case Study of the First Smart City in Brazil
Design Frontiers
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15 Feb 19
In 2017, ArchDaily Brazil reported that Smart City Laguna would become the first “smart city” in Brazil.
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The curious case of the cyborg artists
Design Frontiers
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20 Feb 19
The duo are set to bring their next generation experimental art to the Design Indaba Conference in Cape Town in just seven days.
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GoGirlsICT is preparing the next generation of coders in South Sudan
Design Frontiers
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20 Feb 19
The initiative was founded to help fight stereotypes among the youth, especially girls and women using ICT.
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Keenan Wyrobek presents his revolutionary drone system at Design Indaba Festival 2019
Design Frontiers
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27 Feb 19
The world's only drone delivery service gets life-saving medical supplies and blood to the most remote and difficult to reach places on Earth.
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Wanuri Kahiu talks Rafiki and being a reluctant activist
Design Frontiers
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1 Mar 19
"I am truly a creative. I start from a creative space and not from an activist space. I am like the most reluctant activist you will ever meet."
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Neo African artist Dennis Osadebe’s new work is begging us to Stand for Something
Design Frontiers
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5 Mar 19
“I ask myself again and again. What is African art? Who gets to define it? What are its limits? And where is it going?”
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Could a synthetic brain make manufacturing automation accessible for all?
Design Frontiers
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6 Mar 19
Imagine a future in which anyone with a dream can easily turn it into a physical product.
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Dezeen Awards 2019 are encouraging African designers to enter
Design Frontiers
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11 Mar 19
Dezeen Awards is the benchmark for international design excellence and the ultimate accolade for architects and designers everywhere.
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Adebayo Oke-Lawal on using fashion as a tool for social change
Design Frontiers
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12 Mar 19
"I feel like fashion will be such a huge part of the way Africa shapes its future and the way Africa progresses as a people."
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Ify Ojo tells the stories we never hear through textile design
Design Frontiers
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12 Mar 19
The Nigerian, Canada-based designer pays tribute to the women of Africa with Stèlà Textile.
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The coveted items that make up the IKEA Överallt collection
Design Frontiers
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13 Mar 19
“This is how design makes the world smaller and brings people from different cultures closer together,” Bibi Seck.
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Jalila Essaïdi’s project turns cow dung into textiles
Design Frontiers
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14 Mar 19
Designer and entrepreneur Jalila Essaïdi says we have an untapped natural resource in manure.
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Tumelo Lerata wins most promising award in international housing competition
Design Frontiers
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19 Mar 19
The "r.i.s.e in the city" design competition is aimed at bridging the gap between entrepreneurship and architecture.
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Meet the landscape architect determined to save Bangkok from drowning
Design Frontiers
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20 Mar 19
“The health of the city is directly related to the health of the people. Right now the city is sick so we are all sick,” Kotchakorn Voraakhom.
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Mariam Kamara unveils a new collaboration with Design Indaba in Niger
Design Frontiers
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20 Mar 19
The Artisan Valley is a whimsical promenade with spaces for local artisans to show off their traditional fabrication processes.
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The bizarre and confounding influence of Dubai on Africa’s emerging cities
Design Frontiers
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22 Mar 19
Design researcher and built environment designer Mathias Agbo, Jr speaks to Nigerian, UAE-based architect Safiya Yahaya on this phenomenon
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SPACE10 creates SolarVille prototype for a cleaner future
Design Frontiers
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22 Mar 19
"We can actively choose to take major steps to reduce global warming and stabilise our climate.”
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This device could simplify and reduce the costs of TB treatment
Design Frontiers
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26 Mar 19
An MIT research team conceived a device that would release a month’s supply of antibiotics within the body
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