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Durban fashion designer Balini Naidoo on creating a range of clothes for the visually impaired

Creative Work • 24 May 18

The Emerging Creative 2018 wants to help visually-impaired people to become more self-reliant and independent when making clothing choices. >
This British Nigerian artist's films celebrate the full spectrum of blackness

Creative Work • 24 May 18

Seye Isikalu’s work thoughtfully captures black bodies on screen. >
Nigerian-Jamaican photographer Nadine Ijewere draws on her heritage for #StellaBy series

Creative Work • 24 May 18

“I wanted to give a feeling of diversity and not sticking to the rules – being different." >
Art and performance-driven maths education in Cape Town

Creative Work • 23 May 18

“It became real when I saw how much the kids were struggling. When you sit there and you go: I’m doing the same thing over and over but it’s not working." >
Graphic designer Felipe Taborda on Latin American graphic design

Creative Work • 23 May 18

He worked with 32 top graphic designers, each one representing one of the 32 countries that will play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. >
Eric Gyamfi’s arresting portraits of women accused of witchcraft in northern Ghana

Creative Work • 23 May 18

“One major decision I took upon speaking to the women, was the fact that I was not going to paint their devastation back to them.” >
This photo series is a 10-year snapshot of African youth and culture

Creative Work • 23 May 18

“Africa is many fascinating and ambiguous things, but it is certainly not a poor continent.” >
NexLoop looks to nature to create a remarkable water generator

Creative Work • 21 May 18

The company’s AquaWeb development is a self-sufficient and adaptable water management system. >
On resisting gentrification, social housing and the removal of statues in Central Park

Creative Work • 21 May 18

Justin Garrett Moore also talks about the delicate job of balancing the varied needs of New York residents. >
A museum where your emotions are the main attraction

Creative Work • 18 May 18

Siphilele Magagula’s conceptual design asks participants to lay their prejudices bare. >
Xhosa culture, heritage, colour inspires Thandazani Nofingxana's designs

Creative Work • 18 May 18

The South African fashion designer exhibited at the Design Indaba Festival 2018 as one of 40 Emerging Creatives. >
3D-printing tech for the marine world could save coral reefs

Creative Work • 17 May 18

Coral reefs are among the most fragile ecosystems on the planet and are essential to marine life. >
Rovik tells the story of Kenyan migrant warrior in a far away galaxy

Creative Work • 17 May 18

“The desire to place [the story] in the Star Wars universe was because we felt there was no African, cultural representation in an apparent galaxy." >
VR tool takes viewers inside Gaza to create empathy for those affected by oppression and war

Creative Work • 16 May 18

"By leveraging breakthrough technologies, such as virtual reality, we can create solidarity with those who are normally excluded" >
Future forms of concrete, plastic could be both sustainable and eco-friendly

Creative Work • 16 May 18

“The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.” >
A Digital Drum is bringing computer skills to the youth in rural Uganda

Creative Work • 15 May 18

Design without Borders has developed a way to bridge the information gap between urban and rural youth of Uganda. >
Rwanda-based photographer Chris Schwagga on photography as language

Point of View • 15 May 18

Burundian photographer Chris Schwagga uses photography as his language – and, just like words, an image can be very ambiguous. >
The WikiCell: Nature-inspired edible packaging

Creative Work • 14 May 18

WikiFoods aims to eliminate the overuse of plastic in food packaging. >
On landscape architecture as the lifeblood of a city

Interviews • Duration: 00:03:36 • 14 May 18

Cees van der Veeken gives us his take on the unscripted nature of landscape design at the inaugural Design Commons. >
Letters from a Birmingham Girl

Creative Work • 11 May 18

A documentary about intersectionality, identity and family. >
Go ahead and take your selfies girl

Creative Work • 11 May 18

Body-positive artist Zola Lovette is the creative behind a series of illustrations celebrating bathroom selfies. >
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga celebrates Congo's Mangbetu culture

Creative Work • 10 May 18

A dying warrior culture is remembered through the modern paintings created by this Congolese artist. >
How will climate change affect our eating habits in 30 years time?

Creative Work • 10 May 18

Researchers and scientists say we'll need to intensify the use of drought-tolerant food sources such as seaweed and more. >
Playgrounds that feed war-torn Syria's kids in more ways than one

Creative Work • 10 May 18

It’s a healthy space where children are taught how to plant, grow and harvest fruits and vegetables. >

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