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Buyers find Christmas gifts at annual SARCDA Retail Trade Exhibition
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Product Design
Every year the SARCDA Christmas Edition attracts thousands of trade buyers to fill their shelves with South African gifts, toys, décor and design.
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13 Jul 15
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Advertorial
A field of wheat in the shadows of skyscrapers
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Urban & Landscape Design
After recreating Agnes Denes’ famous Wheatfield earthwork in Milan, locals are invited to reap what they sowed.
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13 Jul 15
Where Love Is Illegal: Stories from persecuted LGBTI communities
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Design Activism
Award-winning photographer Robin Hammond launches a platform for LGBTI communities to share stories of discrimination and courage.
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13 Jul 15
Tales of the Dark Continent
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
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Art & Photography
Maxwell Mutanda illustrates surreal scenes of Africa in a series he titled “Postcards”, which he describes to us here in his own words.
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10 Jul 15
Mr Bingo's Hate Mail Kickstarter offers first class artistic abuse
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Film & Animation
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Warning: This article contains offensive content. At your request, Mr Bingo will create a unique insulting message and send it to you in the mail.
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10 Jul 15
Historical landmarks digitally narrate their own stories
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Interaction Design
European research team meSch is collecting historical data to add clever multimedia installations to cultural sites and spaces.
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10 Jul 15
The new shoe from Adidas is rubbish
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Adidas have joined the global ocean cleanup drive with their new running shoe made almost entirely from ocean waste.
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9 Jul 15
Solar technology will be used to create the world’s first underground park
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Design Thinking
The Lowline, the world’s first underground park, have raised enough money in a crowdfunding campaign to build their Lowline Lab.
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9 Jul 15
Eleanor Lakelin’s raw wooden sculptures
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Craft
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Product Design
The London-based carpenter unearths nature’s wild beauty in her wooden bowls.
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9 Jul 15
The first 3D-printed car for consumers
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
Forget vases, jewellery and trinkets. The first street-ready 3D-printed car is imminent.
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9 Jul 15
Founder of Design Indaba receives the prestigious Sir Misha Black Medal for services to design education
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Design Activism
Founder of Design Indaba Ravi Naidoo receives the 2015 Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education in South Africa.
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8 Jul 15
Young Africans show off their continent using #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou
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African Design
The hashtag #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou has gone viral on Twitter as Africans share inspiring images of their continent.
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8 Jul 15
A novel way to listen to music by Gemma Roper
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Music & Sound Design
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Product Design
Product designer Gemma Roper has designed a satisfyingly simple device that allows you to select music according to tempo or beats per minute.
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8 Jul 15
Light Echoes installation arrives at the Barbican Curve Gallery
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Interaction Design
Aaron Koblin and Ben Tricklebank’s artwork “Light Echoes” envelopes the Barbican Curve Gallery in an immersive light experience.
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7 Jul 15
Ripe Near Me takes the local organic food market online
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Food Design
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Interaction Design
Get fresh fruit and veg from the neighbours via an app that encourages homegrown food sharing.
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6 Jul 15
Ninjabreadboy confronts the dark drinking culture of the Winelands
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"Late Harvest" confronts the problem of alcohol dependency within the farming communities juxtaposed against the beautiful Cape Winelands.
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3 Jul 15
Lady Skollie’s latest exhibition is a manifestation of her desires
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African Design
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Design Thinking
“Ask for What You Want” is a provocative exploration of the nature of human sexual desire by Cape Town-based artist Lady Skollie.
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2 Jul 15
Pink Intruder builds a cardboard pavilion in Valencia’s town square
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Architecture & Interiors
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Interaction Design
The Ekklesia pavilion was assembled in the centre of a crossroads in the Spanish city of Valencia to coincide with the annual Falla festival.
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2 Jul 15
Celebrating fifteen years of Serpentine Pavilions
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Graphic Design & Illustration
To celebrate 15 years of the Summer Pavilion, the Serpentine Galleries have teamed up with Pentagram to launch a digital platform and campaign.
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30 Jun 15
Sci-fi psychedelic cover art for Nozinja’s debut album
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Music & Sound Design
Los Angeles-based design duo Oval-X channels the spirit of South African townships and “Shangaan electro” to create covert art for Nozinja’s debut album.
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30 Jun 15
Disaster Playground premieres in London on World Asteroid Day
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Film & Animation
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Interaction Design
The premiere of the film Disaster Playground by Nelly Ben Hayoun opened today at the BMI in London. Not coincidentally it's also World Asteroid Day.
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30 Jun 15
Whose fish is this? The Cannes Lion 2015 controversy
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Design Activism
A little iron fish added to a pot of food stirred up controversy at the Cannes Lion Awards Festival this year.
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29 Jun 15
A rap music video rendered in watercolours
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Art & Photography
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Film & Animation
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Music & Sound Design
There are an amazing 24 watercolour paintings per second in this animation by Youth Experimental Studio for Kool A.D.
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29 Jun 15
5.5 designstudio’s eco-conscious nightlight
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Product Design
The French studio teams up with Energizer to create the battery-powered AA lamp.
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29 Jun 15
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