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Mema Designs: Design should inspire
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The co-founders of mema designs believe that a thoughtful design process is behind every design that inspires.
20 Jul 15
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Pack your GPS away and use marbles instead
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Design graduate Sara Vrbinc has developed brAInfu.cc, a wayfinding system to rival the GPS.
20 Jul 15
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This flower takes its own selfies
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Interaction Design
The Selfie Plant, a project by CIID students, takes photographs of itself and shares them on social media.
20 Jul 15
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Eduvator is a new crowd-funding platform for educational needs
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African Design
A new crowd-funding platform is hoping to help a little school in the township of Philippi realise the big dreams of its principal and her pupils.
20 Jul 15
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Check into the robot-run Weird Hotel
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Information Design
The Henn na Hotel – or Weird Hotel – just opened in Japan. There’s a dinosaur at reception and robots that will carry your bags.
17 Jul 15
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Kingii is a water-wearable that can save you from drowning
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Kingii, a new type of water-safety device for your wrist, doesn't need an app to save your life – it will inflate when you're at risk of drowning.
17 Jul 15
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A lamp powered by salt water
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This salt-water lamp is an alternative source of lighting for communities in the Philippines with no access to electricity.
17 Jul 15
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Akiko Shinzato’s art of identity theft
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Using bits of brass, laser engraved leather, reflective plastic and design acumen; Akiko Shinzato’s jewellery can give you someone else’s identity.
17 Jul 15
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Sowetan art curator Zanele Mashumi gets down to business
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Soweto-based curator Zanele Mashumi makes art accessible by bridging the gap between emerging artists and inexperienced art buyers.
17 Jul 15
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Elliot Schultz’s animation involves strobe lights and a turntable
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Elliot Schultz flashes a strobe light on embroidered discs to create an animated sequence that can be played on a standard turntable.
17 Jul 15
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