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Musana Carts: providing clean energy to Kampala’s micro-businesses

Design News > Design Activism

A US-based company empowers Kampala’s street vendors through their solar powered micro-business cart.

25 May 16
00:04:09

Christian Benimana: Architects don’t have to be local to think local

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

Rwandan architect Christian Benimana believes that the built environment should catalyse positive systemic change.

24 May 16
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Vegan leather inspires new sneaker collection

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

A leather made from pineapple leaves inspires Parisian fashion brand’s new shoe line

24 May 16
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Street art and energy inform Kronk’s Zakifo redesign

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Zakifo Musik Festival comes to Durban, South Africa with a look inspired by culture, street art and energy.

24 May 16
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AbsorbPlate cuts calories by reducing grease on your plate

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The dinner plate’s design has perforations in its surface to trap excess grease.

24 May 16
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Affordable water filter inspired by puff pastry

Design Frontiers > Product Design

A simple layered paper, inspired by French puff pastry, could improve the quality of life for millions of people by removing resistant viruses from water.

24 May 16
00:21:57

Studio [D] Tale on design activism and innovation within existing systems

Talks > Urban & Landscape Design

Social impact designers Studio [D] Tale talk about innovating within informal economies and interventions in existing, sometimes backward, systems.

23 May 16
00:04:19

Twins Cartoon: Comics in Egypt will keep evolving

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

Identical twin brothers Mohamed and Haitham El-seht draw inspiration from the characters found in the streets of Egypt.

23 May 16
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Tea shirts: clothing made from tea

Design News > Product Design

A tea by-product could be a more sustainable material for clothing manufacture.

23 May 16
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BaseLantern: a new project by BioLite

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The BaseLantern portable lantern is designed for off-grid usage.

23 May 16
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Cliff face shelter designed to provide safe passage for refugees

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Slice Refugee Hospitality Centre proposes an architectural solution to welcoming and hosting migrants that cross seas to seek asylum.

23 May 16
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Edible six-pack rings could save marine life

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Millions of seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles die every year from getting trapped in six-pack rings. One brewery has come up with an edible solution.

20 May 16
00:23:32

Twins Cartoon on comics as power, beauty and expression

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

Identical twin brothers Mohamed and Haitham El-seht are at the heart of Egypt’s creative scene.

20 May 16
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When world-famous chef Elena Arzak visits South African forager Kobus van der Merwe

Design News > Food Design

While award-winning chef Elena Arzak was in SA to present at the Design Indaba Conference, she visited the Paternoster-based forager chef Kobus van de Merwe.

20 May 16
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Mover Kit: Make-it-yourself technology

Design News > Product Design

This toy introduces kids to coding and the technology behind their gadgets.

20 May 16
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Spherical garden rolls around looking for sunlight and water

Design News > Interaction Design

Interactive Architecture Lab creates a mobile garden that thinks for itself.

20 May 16
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Parallel: Si MacLennan and Ross Symons collaborate on a new project

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The two artists have incorporated their unique styles into a colourful creation.

20 May 16
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SkinTrack: the next step in wearable technology

Design News > Product Design

The new device uses your arm’s surface as a touch-screen, extending the interface of the smartwatch.

19 May 16
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Plastic recycling initiative supports waste pickers in developing countries

Design News > Creative Economy

Amsterdam-based group Reflow drive a socially responsible 3D printing community

19 May 16
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John Radcliffe Studios documents the regular lives of refugees

Design News > Product Design

Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–16, is a photography series that hopes to portray a less sensationalist account of the refugee crisis.

19 May 16
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Y&R Paris' 3D printed animals challenge the way life is reproduced

Design News > Design Thinking

Life can’t be reproduced. Y&R Paris' series of images shows the fragile circumstances of wildlife.

19 May 16
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Photographer documents the last nomadic people of Nepal

Design News > Art & Photography

The Raute are Nepal’s last nomadic people nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas. This photo series captures their resistance to the modern word.

19 May 16
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Pentagram’s typographic installation draws attention to animal and plant conservation

Design News > Interaction Design

Designed in response to a call by artists Ackroyd & Harvey, Pentagram’s typographic installation lets viewers highlight endangered species.

18 May 16
00:08:23

Tony Gum on nourishing and celebrating your personal art

Talks > Art & Photography

Still an undergraduate, Tony Gum calls herself an “artist in learning” and talks about how she is still learning to celebrate and understand her art.

18 May 16

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