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Artist Leigh Le Roux looks to Johannesburg for inspiration
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6 Jun 16
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Local graphic design artist Leigh Le Roux visually represents the city and its people.
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An algae-powered city for the world’s newest country
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6 Jun 16
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RAW-NYC wins competition to design an entire city from scratch for the recently founded nation of Liberland.
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MIT Lab’s 3D-printed responsive fur
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3 Jun 16
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MIT researchers explore the numerous ways to use their new hairy textile, Cillia.
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High school students design snap-together homeless shelter
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3 Jun 16
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HUT is a micro-shelter designed as a low-cost, easy-to-assemble solution to homelessness.
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Ending world hunger is a matter of logistics
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3 Jun 16
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Transfernation is an online platform that aims to tackle hunger by redistributing food waste.
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Free Wi-Fi in exchange for keeping the air clean
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2 Jun 16
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Amsterdam-based startup TreeWiFi designs birdhouses that offer free internet when the air quality improves.
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Soofa: NYC’s solar-powered benches
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2 Jun 16
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The Soofa group is spreading technology with their solar-powered benches.
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Photo Series: Documenting “The Other Africa”
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2 Jun 16
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Social documentary photographer Lou Jones has spent the last few years documenting the new Africa, “The Other Africa.”
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BooToo: locally designed educational toys
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2 Jun 16
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South African entrepreneur Daniel Jillings, creates aesthetically pleasing children’s toys.
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How to use consumerism to raise awareness for climate change
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1 Jun 16
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London-based design studio Something & Son ran a pop-up shop selling elegant jewellery made of coal to question mindless consumption at the cost of the earth.
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Graphite: a modular honeycomb-shaped shelving system
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1 Jun 16
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A storage system designed to be sturdy and fully customisable.
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Social enterprise designs Kenyan running shoe
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1 Jun 16
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Enda is a running shoe inspired by Kenya’s legacy of running champions
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Someone Somewhere is about empowerment through fashion
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1 Jun 16
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Someone Somewhere combines traditional handcrafts with contemporary products to empower Mexican artisans.
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Photographer presents a bird’s-eye view of inequality in Cape Town
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31 May 16
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Johnny Miller’s photographic series shows that Apartheid spatial planning is still present in South Africa’s Mother City.
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Photographer Martha Tadesse captures her Ethiopian truth
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30 May 16
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Ethiopian photographer Martha Tadesse hopes to share images of her travels through Addis Ababa with the world.
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Luzinterruptus illuminates social issues using light and photography
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30 May 16
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The anonymous collective Luzinterruptus is creating illuminating installations with light.
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Margrethe Odgaard’s work is full of colour, creativity and compassion
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30 May 16
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Margrethe Odgaard is celebrated for her contributions to Nordic art and design.
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Innovative filter destroys pollutants in the air
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30 May 16
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The Molekule air filter uses nano-technology and light to destroy air pollutants at a molecular level.
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Robotic arms and a bit of lycra can change the way concrete is used in design
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30 May 16
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Designers develop a method of fabric-casting concrete into dynamic architectural forms
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Nigerian photographer's romantic visions of Lagos
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27 May 16
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Photographer re-envisions his hometown using light and photographic installations.
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China's futuristic bus allows cars to pass underneath its carriages
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27 May 16
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The Transit Explore Bus was designed to tackle extreme traffic congestion and pollution in China.
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Gamer gets a high-tech bionic limb
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27 May 16
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Packed with gadgets, James Young’s robotic prosthesis also houses a drone.
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ReGen Village: an under-construction utopia of sustainable living
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27 May 16
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Self-sustaining, off-grid village to be built in the Netherlands offers a look at the future of eco-friendly living.
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Ousmane Mbaye turns discarded metals into sculptural furniture
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26 May 16
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Digging through the landfills of Dakar, Ousmane Mbaye sees design materials where others see trash.
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Kanya Viljoen’s Eurydice makes use of femme narratives in a waterless pool
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Japan’s Kamakura Village pop-up eatery serves traditional fare in icy igloos for one month a year
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Katie Paterson’s Requiem will change the way you think about dust
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