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Artist turns Ghana's symbol of scarcity into political art

Design News • 21 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

Serge Attukwei Clottey uses Ghana’s ever-present yellow oil gallons to make a political statement about the environment, history and consumption. >
Nigerian artist Dennis Osadebe on isolation, the future and African art

Design News • 21 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

“For art in a whole continent to be limited to just one label – 'African Art' – is a problem.” >
Nadir Bouhmouch is filming the longest protest in Morocco’s history

Design News • 19 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

“The first victims of climate change, of the environmental injustice are poor people.” >
Inspired by the African Dung Beetle, this invention is cleaning up streets and providing value to its community

Design News • 19 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

Made in Africa, the Dung Beetle Project turns single use plastic items into usable fuel. >
Studio Swine on making sustainable design desirable

Design News • 18 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

London-based duo is behind accessories made of human hair, furniture made from ocean waste, among other designs. >
This photo series examines the ways in which black women are forced to comply in society

Design News • 15 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

Emerging Creative 2018 participant Stephanie Kenyaa Mzee also talks about xenophobia and why her work centres black women. >
A sixth sense for visually impaired people with the Sunu wristband

Design News • 14 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

This device is designed to help blind people seamlessly navigate their surroundings with sonar. >
Uninvited Guests is an elderly man’s battle with smart technology

Design News • 14 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

Superflux’s short film Uninvited Guests looks at the frictions that can arise as technology evolves. >
Albus: The photo series challenging established standards of beauty

Design News • 13 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

On #AlbinismAwarenessDay, a look at Justin Dingwall's groundbreaking photo series exploring the aesthetics of albinism. >
Playful enterprise gives new life to old plastic

Design News • 13 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

ecoBirdy’s eco-friendly furniture is about play, function and sustainable design. >
Pay-as-you-go energy provider delivers power to off-the-grid homes

Design News • 12 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

M-KOPA is considered the world’s leading pay-per-use solar power provider in Africa. >
Monitor air pollution with these reactive sweatshirts

Design News • 12 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

Aerochromics drives air pollution awareness with smart textile garments. >
Photographer visually deconstructs the myth that being queer is un-African

Design News • 11 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

Celebratory, bright and vibrantly coloured, Limit(less) pictures what freedom can look like for the black queer body. >
Tropical themed, woven blankets by designer Lilian Martinez

Product Spotlight • 9 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

“Craftsmanship is really important to me because it’s the only way that I can reconcile introducing more things and objects into the world.” >
Look Up is an app designed to stop New Yorkers staring at the mobile phones

Design News • 8 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

Socially-focussed artist, designer and 2017 Design Indaba speaker, Ekene Ijeoma, has found a way to humanise intangible data to trigger empathy and compassion. >
Cleansing the air with clever anti-pollutant roof tiles

Design News • 8 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

It is now possible to reduce the effect of fossil fuel burning with this simple smog-busting building material. >
Could silk be used to weave your donor heart?

Design News • 8 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

Researcher and designer, Veronica Ranner, takes on organ crafting while cautiously questioning its ethics. >
Mosskin is a living textile for burn victims

Design News • 5 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

Mosskin, a textile designed by Eindhoven graduate Tye Tze Yu, is a living textile designed to treat female burn victims. >
The Vietnamese community centre made of thatch and bamboo

Design News • 5 Jun 18 • Sponsored Content

The structures were built using only bamboo pegs and rope and no metal joints. >
Three smart, life-saving designs for kids

Design News • 31 May 18 • Sponsored Content

In observance of National Child Protection Week, we look at advancements in technology that are beefing up child rescue solutions. >
How architecture shapes national identity and helps us understand history

Design News • 30 May 18 • Sponsored Content

“We shape our buildings, and afterwards, our buildings shape us.” >
Glou, a game designed for children on the autism spectrum

Product Spotlight • 30 May 18 • Sponsored Content

“Currently, the psychologist and president of the Isaac Psycho-educational Centre, Maria Lorena Espinoza, [...] is interested in the game going to the market.” >
Project H teaches public school students to build for good

Design News • 30 May 18 • Sponsored Content

Californian non-profit group, Project H is teaching children the value of design and architecture, and how it can make a difference in their communities. >
Get to know Andy Mkosi, the rapper taking charge of her own story

Design News • 29 May 18 • Sponsored Content

The South African artist’s work sits at the intersection of music and photography to create a unique kind of storytelling. >

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Beam me up, skattie

Design News • 13 Mar 22

The Magolide Collective has launched an AR fashion range >
Live art

Design News • 13 Mar 22

The convention-flouting ICA Live Art Festival is back! >
Reimagining Damascus

Design News • 13 Mar 22

Dioramas of Damascus, made from repurposed materials, tell the story of a fractured Syrian city >
Fired up

Q&A • 13 Mar 22

We chat to Julia Duduzile Mohanoe on swopping accountancy for art >