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Buddibox: A community-driven courier network in South Africa

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

This organisation tackles local unemployment by facilitating small-scale courier services. >

20 Mar 17
Love Imvelo: Art on the walls of Durban

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Durban creative Wesley van Eeden takes his illustrative craft outside. >

3 Nov 16
Khanya Njalo brings solar lighting to rural communities

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

The project, initiated in rural KwaZulu-Natal, provides solar powered lighting solutions to rural communities. >

3 May 16
A movement to clean-up and beautify the city of Bhopal

Design News > Design Activism

Bhopal I-Clean Team is a spot-fixing programme started by a group of locals who are determined to tidy up their city. >

17 Mar 16
Designers in Amsterdam reward community members for getting Wasted

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Wasted is a community laboratory in Amsterdam Noord, where plastic waste is turned into building blocks and rubbish becomes a valuable currency. >

18 Aug 15
Simply AmaZink

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Graphic Design & Illustration

Vibrant, colourful, funky and with subtle Cuban influences in the heart of a South African township… Welcome to AmaZink Eatery. >

3 Nov 10
Shooting in Jo'burg

Design News >

"I Was Shot in Joburg" is an edgy creative experiment that's enriching the lives of street kids and generating an income. >

29 Oct 10
Wall wide open

Opinion > Craft / Architecture & Interiors

In the north-west of SA, a wall is being built, an open-ended celebration of the skills and artistry of the people, writes Neil Stemmet. >

10 Feb 10
Power beading

Design News > Craft

Design Indaba Expo 2010: Since 2000, the non-profit income-generating bead project Monkeybiz has empowered more than 450 bead artists. >

10 Feb 10
Signature San prints

Design News > Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: The vibrant Kalk Bay Modern gallery specialise in contemporary San art from lino prints to oil paintings. >

10 Feb 10
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27 Nov 09
Creative activism takes to the road

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A group of five artists participated in the recent Write on Africa roadtrip through the Transkei. >

24 Nov 09
Soil soul

Profiling > Urban & Landscape Design

Multiple award-winning designer David Davidson believes gardening is as good for our minds as it is for the planet. >

1 Nov 09

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