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No Waste Challenge winner, R creates sustainable conversations in Japan
Creative Work
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27 Sep 21
R approaches sustainability holistically with its multiple sub-projects
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#DI Emerging Creative Boitumelo Thindiza on how fashion influences her work
Interviews
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22 Sep 21
The photographer shares her no-rules approach to creating
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No Waste Challenge winner, Packing Up PFAS creates clean bricks from polluted clay
Creative Work
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21 Sep 21
This sustainable project responds to The Netherlands’ construction crisis
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We interview climate-conscious Riccardo Cenedella on upcycling carpet waste
Creative Work
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20 Sep 21
The sustainable young designer shows new possibilities for waste materials
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#DI takes London Design Festival 2021
Creative Work
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19 Sep 21
This year’s festival features former #DI Speakers and an array of sustainable projects
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#DI Emerging Creative Tebogo Lethuba chats with us about his artistic transition and a new comic book
Interviews
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15 Sep 21
This young designer illustrates a promising future
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Exclusive: Nerea Amorós Elorduy on creating more liveable environments in Refugee Camps
Creative Work
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14 Sep 21
Elorduy embodies a better world through creativity
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Here’s what you missed at Milan Design Week 2021
Creative Work
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13 Sep 21
How the new Supersalone shaped up
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No Waste Challenge winner, OmiFlo makes a splash in the sustainable design industry
Creative Work
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10 Sep 21
The climate-conscious company turns polluted water pure
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We say yay! Former #DI Emerging Creative, Russell Abrahams aka Yay Abe on his Adidas collabs
Interviews
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8 Sep 21
Illustration sensation Yay Abe chats about his growth since the programme and landing his dream collaboration
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With a 2021 Red Dot award in hand, former #DI Emerging Creative, George Gibbens showcases in Milan
Interviews
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7 Sep 21
George Gibbens exhibits his Slank Occasional Chair at Milan Design Week from 5-10 September 2021
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No Waste Challenge 2021 winner, Loop, produces the world’s first Living Coffin
Creative Work
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6 Sep 21
Six feet under never felt more sustainable
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#DI Alumni Yuri Suzuki and Harry Pearce create anti-discrimination campaign ID for #WeThe15
Creative Work
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3 Sep 21
#WeThe15 highlights how 15% of the global population lives with disability
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We’re now inviting entries for Design Indaba Emerging Creatives 2022
Creative Work
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1 Sep 21
The search for SA’s next design mavens is on!
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Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas
Interviews
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1 Sep 21
Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas
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ODA reinvents New York City
Creative Work
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31 Aug 21
Beyond the Streets sees New York’s citizens and economy flourishing
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No Waste Challenge winner, Leafylife, creates diesel from dirty diapers
Creative Work
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30 Aug 21
Leafylife’s fuel production lowers carbon dioxide emissions by 76%
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The evolution will be televised
Creative Work
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27 Aug 21
New this week!
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#DI Emerging Creative Caleb Pillay chats to us about meaningful design and social media’s influence
Interviews
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25 Aug 21
Caleb Pillay’s dream brand collaboration is out of this world.
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Exclusive: Former #DI Emerging Creative Sifiso Kunene shares his new Resort ‘21 collection
Creative Work
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24 Aug 21
We get resort-ready with fashion designer Sifiso Kunene
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No Waste Challenge Winner, Radial makes radical change
Creative Work
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23 Aug 21
Materials for mitigating plastic pollution
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#DI Alumni unite: Selly Rabe Kane tackles pollution in a short film for Little Sun
Creative Work
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20 Aug 21
Little Sun starts a new climate conversation
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No Waste Challenge winner, Clothing Loop swaps Fast Fashion for sustainability
Creative Work
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16 Aug 21
“I haven’t bought any new clothes in over 13 years and that’s going fine.”
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Sruli Recht’s sci-fi footwear for a post-traumatic future
Creative Work
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16 Aug 21
The climate-conscious collection, Damage, solves for a dystopic future
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