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No Waste Challenge winner, Packing Up PFAS creates clean bricks from polluted clay

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This sustainable project responds to The Netherlands’ construction crisis

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We interview climate-conscious Riccardo Cenedella on upcycling carpet waste

Design News > Product Design

The sustainable young designer shows new possibilities for waste materials

20 Sep 21
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#DI takes London Design Festival 2021

Design News > Product Design

This year’s festival features former #DI Speakers and an array of sustainable projects

19 Sep 21
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#DI Emerging Creative Tebogo Lethuba chats with us about his artistic transition and a new comic book

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

This young designer illustrates a promising future

15 Sep 21
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Exclusive: Nerea Amorós Elorduy on creating more liveable environments in Refugee Camps

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Elorduy embodies a better world through creativity

14 Sep 21
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Here’s what you missed at Milan Design Week 2021

Design News > Product Design

How the new Supersalone shaped up

13 Sep 21
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No Waste Challenge winner, OmiFlo makes a splash in the sustainable design industry

Design News > Product Design

The climate-conscious company turns polluted water pure

10 Sep 21
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We say yay! Former #DI Emerging Creative, Russell Abrahams aka Yay Abe on his Adidas collabs

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

Illustration sensation Yay Abe chats about his growth since the programme and landing his dream collaboration

8 Sep 21
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With a 2021 Red Dot award in hand, former #DI Emerging Creative, George Gibbens showcases in Milan

Q&A > Industrial Design

George Gibbens exhibits his Slank Occasional Chair at Milan Design Week from 5-10 September 2021

7 Sep 21
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No Waste Challenge 2021 winner, Loop, produces the world’s first Living Coffin

Design News > Product Design

Six feet under never felt more sustainable

6 Sep 21
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#DI Alumni Yuri Suzuki and Harry Pearce create anti-discrimination campaign ID for #WeThe15

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#WeThe15 highlights how 15% of the global population lives with disability

3 Sep 21
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We’re now inviting entries for Design Indaba Emerging Creatives 2022

Design News > Product Design

The search for SA’s next design mavens is on!

1 Sep 21
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Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas

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Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas

1 Sep 21
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ODA reinvents New York City

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Beyond the Streets sees New York’s citizens and economy flourishing

31 Aug 21
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No Waste Challenge winner, Leafylife, creates diesel from dirty diapers

Design News > Product Design

Leafylife’s fuel production lowers carbon dioxide emissions by 76%

30 Aug 21
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The evolution will be televised

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

New this week!

27 Aug 21
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#DI Emerging Creative Caleb Pillay chats to us about meaningful design and social media’s influence

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

Caleb Pillay’s dream brand collaboration is out of this world.

25 Aug 21
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Exclusive: Former #DI Emerging Creative Sifiso Kunene shares his new Resort ‘21 collection

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

We get resort-ready with fashion designer Sifiso Kunene

24 Aug 21
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No Waste Challenge Winner, Radial makes radical change

Design News > Product Design

Materials for mitigating plastic pollution

23 Aug 21
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#DI Alumni unite: Selly Rabe Kane tackles pollution in a short film for Little Sun

Design News > Film & Animation

Little Sun starts a new climate conversation

20 Aug 21
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No Waste Challenge winner, Clothing Loop swaps Fast Fashion for sustainability

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

“I haven’t bought any new clothes in over 13 years and that’s going fine.”

16 Aug 21
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Sruli Recht’s sci-fi footwear for a post-traumatic future

Design News > Product Design

The climate-conscious collection, Damage, solves for a dystopic future

16 Aug 21
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#DI Emerging Creative Buhle Qabaka chats to us about music icons, popular culture, and old-school cartoons

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

Bold illustrations and breaking boundaries

16 Aug 21
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A-E-I-O-U - Gisèle Human’s new Waif film by Frankie Nassimbeni - addresses mental health

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Former #DI Emerging Creative Gisèle Human creates a safe space for healing, softness, and peace

16 Aug 21

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