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A satirical look at life through the eyes of Al Margen

Creative Work • 22 Jun 17

This artist holds a mirror up to society to reveal the dark side of our habits. >
Students create furniture for people living with Alzheimer’s

Creative Work • 22 Jun 17

The collection, Design for the Mind, was created with help from medical and social experts. >
40 South African designers exhibit their goods in Paris

Creative Work • 21 Jun 17

The Le BHV/ Marais department store is located in an area which attracts around 60 000 visitors daily. >
This futuristic cultural centre is inspired by the sea

Creative Work • 21 Jun 17

Vincent Callebaut Architects’ latest conceptual project draws inspiration from the manta ray to make a floating cultural hub in Seoul. >
Peru seaside home in the running for leading architectural prize

Creative Work • 21 Jun 17

Ancon House is located on a rocky-mountainside and is built to blend in with the landscape >
A look inside Bright Creative Space in Cape Town

Creative Work • 20 Jun 17

This collaborative studio plays host to weekly drawing sessions and freelance artists from around the globe. >
Indie band, The XX, take you behind the scenes with new limited-edition photo book

Creative Work • 20 Jun 17

Shot by photographer Alasdair McLellan, the photo book will only have one print run of 1000 copies. >
Reimagining public spaces in Monwabisi Park

Creative Work • Duration: 00:03:51 • 19 Jun 17

The Reclaiming the Night project is about getting residents involved in creating their own solutions >
Introducing MobyMart, the autonomous grocery store on wheels

Creative Work • 19 Jun 17

“It is the store that comes to you, instead of you coming to the store.” >
Is this the world’s cheapest solar lamp?

Creative Work • 16 Jun 17

UK firm designs cheap solar lamp for clean, reliable lighting. >
On making theatre specifically for kids below the age of 2

Interviews • Duration: 00:03:33 • 16 Jun 17

Children at such an early age can still decide to stop paying attention, which is the harshest criticism of all >
Dutch designers use human waste to make electricity

Creative Work • 15 Jun 17

The Compost Kliko Toilet could lead to people getting away from flushing potential down the toilet >
15 Southern African artists tell us what it's like to be Young Now

Creative Work • 15 Jun 17

Johannesburg’s Hazard Gallery is hosting a number of prolific, young African artists in their latest exhibition. >
Self-financing modular homes for the rural poor

Creative Work • 14 Jun 17

Globally, access to adequate housing remains a huge problem that governments battle to solve, billionBricks provides a self-financing solution >
Pichulik looks to Japan for inspiration behind her latest range

Creative Work • 14 Jun 17

Flower arrangements created in the Japanese art of Ikebana make striking combo next to her latest range >
An art invention to encourage more silence in our cities

Creative Work • 13 Jun 17

The Silent Room invites people to come in, for up to 30 minutes and “not perform or achieve anything, but just to be”. >
Photographer Imraan Christian teams up with Faith XLVII

Creative Work • 12 Jun 17

South African artists Imraan Christian and Faith XLVII deconstruct a pivotal moment in the country’s 2015 student uprising. >
From harvesting fungi from the body to hormone infused cocktails, are these the products of the future?

Creative Work • 12 Jun 17

Beirut Design Week's Speculative Needs exhibition is not as far-fetched as one might think. >
Anti-Trump patrons put their money where their politics are

Creative Work • 9 Jun 17

This New York bar donates 100 per cent of their profit to causes that are fighting Trump >
This web-series tackles social justice through the eyes of a 9-year old girl

Creative Work • 9 Jun 17

Little Apple takes on racism, sexism and gentrification in this sci-fi drama. >
Wacom Creatives: A look into the experimental digital art of Miss Led

Creative Work • Duration: 04:22 • 9 Jun 17

“If you want something really badly, then you don’t feel like you’re making sacrifices.” >
LocoL provides community support through food

Creative Work • 8 Jun 17

Roy Choi’s revolutionary fast food joint is changing what it means to be a great restaurant. >
Make Care products give teens with butterfly skin back their independence

Creative Work • 8 Jun 17

The project won Best of the Best at the Chile Design, 2017 Design Biennial. >
A look inside the new island museum in Abu Dhabi

Creative Work • 6 Jun 17

Louvre Abu Dhabi combines breathtaking architecture that is at once futuristic yet informed by ancient Arabian practices. >

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