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The Heat Rescue stove provides practical survival tools for those in need

Creative Work • 6 Sep 17

Following a natural disaster, this kit can help a group of people keep themselves warm and fed until emergency response arrives. >
Cutting-edge graphene paint takes ecological architecture to a new level

Creative Work • 6 Sep 17

This lime-based coating is quickly becoming an industry standard with its thermal & eco-friendly qualities. >
Thomas Chapman on the creation of the Arch for Arch project

Creative Work • 5 Sep 17

The architect and urban designer talks about this momentous project to honor Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu. >
Elodie Lascar’s beautiful illustrations re-imagine the female form

Creative Work • 5 Sep 17

The French artist’s work provides a nuanced interpretation of womanhood. >
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | September 2017

RoundUp • 5 Sep 17

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >
The global addressing system, what3words continues to garner international attention

Creative Work • 4 Sep 17

What3words ensures that basic services can reach even the most remote places. >
Isis Schiffer’s EcoHelmet might get even more people interested in bike sharing

Interviews • 1 Sep 17

The Pratt Institute design graduate spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2017. >
From dreaming up stories to starting a movement with Buhle Ngaba

Creative Work • 1 Sep 17

We catch up with the woman taking stories to where they're needed most. >
This electricity generating yarn could change the face of wearable tech

Creative Work • 31 Aug 17

The carbon nanotube yarn generates electricity with just a tug. >
The 2017 Beazley Design of the Year finalists include Kanye West, IKEA and architect Sir David Adjaye

Creative Work • 29 Aug 17

The nominees feature more than 60 projects that span six categories – architecture, digital, fashion, graphics, product and transport. >
The inflatable garden that could sustain life on Mars and beyond

Creative Work • 29 Aug 17

This NASA project would see astronauts on a self-sustaining vegetarian diet for longer trips across the cosmos. >
Sir David Adjaye and Tiffany Chu among the nine speakers at the inaugural Design Commons

Creative Work • 28 Aug 17

The deconstructed conference puts global heavyweights in design at the same table as the audience. >
Convenient household composting with Taihi

Creative Work • 28 Aug 17

If it’s good enough for your body, it’s certainly good enough for your garden. >
The Maitland Institute is changing perspectives on how audiences engage with art

Creative Work • 25 Aug 17

This Cape Town space is departing from the clinical, one-way-communication aspect of the modern art gallery. >
Empathy and fact in Ekene Ijeoma’s emotive projects

Interviews • Duration: 00:02:55 • 25 Aug 17

The US-based interdisciplinary designer’s Refugee Map looks outside the frames of a global crisis. >
On Nathan Reddy, one of the leading design specialists in the ad industry

Creative Work • 24 Aug 17

The founder of GRID Worldwide Branding and Design, was inducted into the Loeries Creative Hall of Fame. >
Should you be putting your website to bed?

Creative Work • 24 Aug 17

Sleep debt facts say yes. >
Blinky Bill talks socially conscious music and breaking free of genre constraints

Interviews • Duration: 00:03:13 • 23 Aug 17

The former Just a Band frontman gets in depth about the power of music. >
See these custom tributes to the iconic Prince

Creative Work • 23 Aug 17

The icon’s passing was a shock to many, but at least we’ll be able to replicate his purple hue. >
A return to our primordial roots with Stanislaw Trzebinski

Creative Work • Duration: 00:02:48 • 23 Aug 17

“In spite of our total reliance on the natural world, we have become almost blind to it,” says the artist. >
Kolor Art Collective’s latest work questions what it means to be ‘normal’

Creative Work • 23 Aug 17

Photographed by Pol Kurucz, the brazenly avant-garde series defies conventionalities. >
From outmoded storage cylinder to innovative knowledge hub

Creative Work • 22 Aug 17

This storehouse will be transformed into a dynamic information centre on sustainable energy for the city of Heidelberg. >
Wacom Creatives: Benjamin Von Wong on his brand of visual engineering

Creative Work • Duration: 4:32 • 22 Aug 17

"If social media didn't exist I probably wouldn't be doing photography," says the photographer. >
Meet Carolyn Davidson, the woman behind the iconic Nike Swoosh

Creative Work • 21 Aug 17

The retired graphic designer created the logo while she was still a student at Portland State University. The job earned her $35 back then. >

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