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How human connection inspires Neo Mahlangu’s work
Creative Work
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27 Aug 19
We met up with visual artist Neo Mahlangu as she exhibited her work at 100 % Design in Johannesburg.
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Three fashionable items designed for the differently abled
Creative Work
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23 Aug 19
Grace Jun and her team at the Open Style Lab are creating functional and stylish clothing that considers everyone.
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Sifiso Shange honours women with his ‘Afri Modern’ designs
Creative Work
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21 Aug 19
As the founder and director of Afri Modern, Sifiso Shange is making waves with his culturally influenced designs.
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5 quirky buildings that show architecture with a twist
Creative Work
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16 Aug 19
From a smog eating building in Poland to a cultural centre in Senegal that cools itself and more.
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Ensamble Studio is at the forefront of architecture, art and academic research
Creative Work
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14 Aug 19
The award-winning Spanish architects, Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, spoke at the Design Indaba Conference 2018.
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Merging architecture, entrepreneurship and digital fabrication in Cameroon
Creative Work
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13 Aug 19
"Ours is the first digital manufacturing laboratory for architecture and design in Africa," African Fabbers School founder Paolo Cascone.
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Conserving Cairo's architectural heritage
Point of View
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13 Aug 19
Meet ARCHiNOS, an architecture firm that is helping to restore Cairo's mediaeval and Ottoman-era buildings.
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The Trap is an exploration of the female form merged with nature
Creative Work
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9 Aug 19
Ali Aschman explores her conflicting feelings on the ways in which women have been associated with nature through the ages.
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The Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback project is a blueprint for de-extinction
Creative Work
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7 Aug 19
The speculative designer behind human leather, Tina Gorjanc explores the ethics and implications of de-extinction
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Natsai Audrey Chieza on working with nature to help solve fashion's waste problem
Creative Work
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6 Aug 19
She talks about projects that include dyeing clothes using bacteria, developing a residency programme and her love for Solange, Mafikizolo and Bjork.
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How 3D printing is helping to make music more accessible
Creative Work
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6 Aug 19
By printing 3D instruments, designers are able to custom-fit the instrument to each musician, foregoing the usual barriers.
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Street artist Nardstar is painting women of colour in public spaces
Creative Work
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2 Aug 19
Nardstar's murals can be found in New York, Paris and her hometown, Cape Town
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Illustrating vernacular South African terms
Creative Work
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1 Aug 19
Kobie Niewoudt explores “Tsotsitaal” (the slang language among Cape Town's youth) with her illustrations and quirky gifs.
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Designer Siyanda Mbele on fusing functionality, aesthetics and culture
Creative Work
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1 Aug 19
By creating practical, locally made art and furniture, Mbele hopes to inspire younger South African designers to learn and teach.
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Could flies be used to treat rare diseases?
Creative Work
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1 Aug 19
Experimental designer Frank Kolkman puts the treatment of rare conditions into the hands of those afflicted.
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Rebuilding Somalia’s ruined cities
Creative Work
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30 Jul 19
The civil war in Somalia has not only destroyed the lives of countless people – it also left behind many ruined cities.
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How digital technologies can help Africa’s smallholder farmers
Creative Work
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30 Jul 19
The various applications of digital tech in agriculture could produce unprecedented results on the continent.
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bioMason grows bricks without using any heat
Creative Work
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29 Jul 19
This method mimics a naturally occurring material called biological cement, much like the process that occurs when coral is formed.
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Primrose Chimhanda on nature as inspiration for her textile designs
Creative Work
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29 Jul 19
“Each design is inspired by a form of nature which represents an expression of the most powerful lessons I’ve learnt.”
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Biology is the new technology with Silvio Tinello’s grown objects
Creative Work
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29 Jul 19
“Designers are beginning to realise that they can grow a better future."
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London street gets the Yinka Ilori happy treatment
Creative Work
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29 Jul 19
Happy Streets is the product designer's first public project.
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Michelle Mlati's afrofuturist approach to spatial planning
Creative Work
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26 Jul 19
“It is about spatially rewriting the city to not only mitigate apartheid spatial legacies...but one that transforms with evolving black culture.”
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A robot-made habitat for Mars could bring sustainable building down to Earth
Creative Work
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25 Jul 19
How a speculative project for another planet is uncovering solutions for better building practices.
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Combining fungi and willow to create functional furniture
Creative Work
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25 Jul 19
Sebastian Cox and Ninela Ivanova’s collaboration investigates the potential of mushrooms as a raw material.
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