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South Africa’s first medical thriller hits at the heart of illegal organ donation

Creative Work • 24 Apr 17

Enlisting somewhat unusual and controversial tactics to promote the film, the subject of illegal organ trade has everybody sitting up and taking notes. >
3D printing with Martian dust

Creative Work • 24 Apr 17

A technique to aid in the development of the first Mars colony. >
Alexa Pollmann: Design, migration and a future form of statehood

Interviews • Duration: 00:05:12 • 21 Apr 17

Alexa Pollmann’s project Indivicracy presents a future statehood, where governments are no longer territorial and citizens are followed by a social network. >
This graphic novel is educating Chicago’s youth about their civic responsibility

Creative Work • 21 Apr 17

From Chicago Architecture Foundation, No Small Plans is designed to provide civic education. >
This Ain't A Eulogy: A Ritual for Re-membering

Creative Work • 21 Apr 17

Taja Lindley captures her emotive performance art piece on film. >
Not for art’s sake

Interviews • Duration: 00:02:31 • 21 Apr 17

Senegalese digital artist Papi on the tools that give abstract art a tangible form >
Research project produces first map of Nairobi’s informal transport system

Creative Work • 21 Apr 17

Researchers are crowdsourcing data to create a transport system map for the accurate location of matatu routes – Nairobi’s informal transit system. >
A device and mobile app that lets you grow pesticide-free, fresh food 365 days a year

Creative Work • 20 Apr 17

No sunshine required to grow your own healthy food. Grow and monitor yours in your home at the click of a button. >
IKEA unveils plan to provide employment for thousands

Creative Work • 20 Apr 17

The Swedish company continues to make strides with their humanitarian efforts. >
“Welcome to Resistance School. Our first class is now in session.”

Creative Work • 20 Apr 17

Designed by Harvard University students, this program teaches anyone how to be an effective activist. >
Celebrating traditional Nigerian style

Interviews • 20 Apr 17

Tunde Owolabi creates Afrocentric sneakers, bags and more by reviving an almost extinct African fabric. >
Classic: Minedumps and Tokoloshes

Interviews • 19 Apr 17

In a 2015 interview, South African comics artists Ray Whitcher and Moray Rhoda talk about bringing the genre closer to home. >
Bomma: Form, philosophy and phenomena

Creative Work • 19 Apr 17

Bomma creates exquisite light installations from handblown glass. >
WhereIsMyTransport mapped the entire public transport network of Cape Town

Creative Work • 19 Apr 17

WhereIsMyTransport has added Gauteng province, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Kigali to the network of cities it covers. >
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea

Creative Work • 19 Apr 17

Directed by Dash Shaw, the film’s lo-fi quality goes against the trend of current animation. >
Digital tool tracks innovative water projects in the US

Creative Work • 19 Apr 17

The US is battling against ageing infrastructure. This Living Map highlights its wins so far. >
Artwork for equity

Creative Work • 19 Apr 17

These original postcards promote inclusion, equity, liberation, and justice for all races. >
Telling positive African stories through photography

Interviews • Duration: 00:03:18 • 18 Apr 17

An interview with Senegalese photographer Abdoulaye Ndao. >
The Mashambas Skyscraper

Creative Work • 18 Apr 17

A skyscraper conceived as an educational centre and marketplace for new agricultural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. >
Scientists discover a way to harvest fresh water from air

Creative Work • 18 Apr 17

This device also works in arid regions >
Farmerline uses SMSes to empower small-scale farmers in Ghana

Creative Work • 18 Apr 17

Ghanaian tech provider, Farmerline offers innovative mobile communication and farming information services to literate and illiterate rural farmers >
Mateusz Urbanowicz’s Tokyo Storefront series

Creative Work • 18 Apr 17

These delightful illustrations document the changing face of the Japanese capital. >
Eddie Opara: Always a work in progress

Interviews • 17 Apr 17

A brief jaunt through design, part three. Today we share a short interview with innovative graphic designer Eddie Opara. >
DuoSkin: Tattoos that work as on-skin interfaces

Creative Work • 14 Apr 17

MIT have developed DuoSkin, a metallic tattoo that enables you to use your skin as an interface to control devices, receive data and communicate. >

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