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sanitation

  • Majik Water
    Drawing water out of thin air
    Product Spotlight > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Product Design
    How Majik Water tapped a water source that is all around us. >
    29 May 19
  • Warka Water
    Warka Water is finding innovative solutions to water, energy and housing problems
    Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors
    The structure has been shortlisted for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. >
    13 May 19
  • SaniHive
    Developed by a Cape Town lecturer, this self-sustaining toilet turns waste into material of value
    Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design
    The innovative Sanihive took home two major prizes at the recently held UNLEASH event. >
    4 Jul 18
  • Safe Mode Pissing System
    Low-cost urinal system tackles a school’s sanitation issues
    Next Generation > Industrial Design / Product Design
    The modified urinals were developed by five middle school students. >
    11 May 17
  • Waterless toilet
    Improving sanitation with the waterless toilet
    Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design
    An international group of engineers turn their attention to a basic need. >
    7 Feb 17
  • HandyPod floating sanitation
    Wetland plants form natural sanitation system in Cambodia
    Design News > Product Design
    The HandyPod system is helping floating villages improve waste management and reduce water pollution. >
    7 Jun 16
  • Wello Water's WaterWheel
    WaterWheel: A rolling solution in rural India
    Design News > Design Activism / Product Design
    Wello Water’s WaterWheel lifts the physical burden of water collection in rural India. >
    22 Mar 16
  • Sanivation installs toilets in Kenya’s homes and, in exchange for a small monthly fee, picks up the waste and turns it into a clean cooking fuel
    Sanivation turns human waste into a useful fuel in Kenya
    Design News > Design Activism
    Sanivation installs toilets in Kenya’s homes and, in exchange for a small monthly fee, picks up the waste and turns it into a clean cooking fuel. >
    23 Oct 15
  • Senegal waste system
    An Uber-like SMS service is transforming Dakar's unsanitary pit latrine system
    Design News > Creative Economy
    The new and environmentally friendly way of emptying poop from pit latrines is cutting sanitation service costs for locals in Senegal's capital city. >
    23 Oct 15
  • Water is Life, Feni’s first exhibition, was celebrated for the photographer’s perspective on South Africa 20 years after democracy. Images: Masixole Feni/GroundUp
    Masixole Feni's photographs show how dignity and sanitation are inextricably linked
    Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism
    Activist photographer Masixole Feni has won the Ernst Cole award for his images, which show that inadequate sanitation robs people of their dignity. >
    3 Sep 15
  • ATMs in Kenya dispense water to the people living in slums who need it. Image:Daniel Irungu
    ATMs in Kenya dispense water to the people living in slums who need it
    Design News > African Design / Design Thinking
    These water dispensing ATMs are transforming the water and sanitation landscape in Nairobi’s slums by increasing access to clean, affordable water. >
    2 Sep 15
  • The architects behind Studio [D] Tale propose a set of innovative designs to improve life for informal traders in African cities.
    A cross-continental architecture studio with solutions for Harare’s informal traders
    African Report > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism
    The architects behind Studio [D] Tale propose a set of innovative designs to improve life for informal traders in African cities. >
    4 Jun 15
  • Ravi Naidoo
    Africa today is a place of "renewal, regeneration & growth".
    Video Interviews > Creative Economy / African Design
    In the first instalment of the MINI World Tour, Ravi Naidoo takes Dezeen on a tour of Cape Town and explains why he founded the Design Indaba conference. >
    9 Apr 13
  • Design and urbanisation exhibition
    Design News > Urban & Landscape Design
    Design with the Other 90%: Cities looks at how design can help to manage the complex issues arising from rapid urbanisation in the global south. >
    13 Oct 11
  • The Litte Book of Shocking Global Facts.
    Bigger than big
    Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Did you know that Niger has the highest birth rate or that 848 million people are malnourished? Jonathan Barnbrook puts it in context. >
    26 Jul 10
  • Index: Design to Improve Life logo.
    Design challenge for mass education solutions
    Design News > Design Thinking
    A global competition is calling on design and business students to develop solutions for the world's massive education crisis. >
    24 Jun 10
  • A house for Mrs Jonkers
    Do Tank News > Design Thinking
    Portuguese design journalist Frederico Duarte visited the 10x10 Housing Project in Freedom Park during Design Indaba 2008. >
    1 May 08
  • Rural renewal
    Opinion > Craft / Urban & Landscape Design
    One way of halting urban expansion and migration from rural to urban areas, argues Carl Harrison, is through sustainable rural design. >
    1 Aug 06
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