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DIY-fridge uses dirty water to keep things cool
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Product Design
Emily Cummins released her design for a sustainable fridge in townships across southern Africa.
26 Oct 15
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Artist Dan Cretu’s quirky creations are made entirely out of food
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Design Thinking
Food designer, photographer, and eco-artist Dan Cretu creates zany sculptures using fruit and veg.
26 Oct 15
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Are dogs the future of frail care?
Next Generation
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Design Thinking
Design Academy Eindhoven student Archibald Godts considers the future of frail care where dogs become helpers to those too frail to care for themselves.
26 Oct 15
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New Ethiopian superfood creates employment for enterprising locals
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Creative Economy
Supermom and Likie is a superfood and distribution model up-skilling communities to fight malnutrition in Ethiopia.
26 Oct 15
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Illustrator Lungile Mbokane uses earthy tones and inspiration from newsprint
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Johannesburg based illustrator Lungile Mbokane creates images inspired by newsprint, earthy tones and broad, slashing brushstrokes
26 Oct 15
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A high tech buoy to help monitor SA's oceans
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South African Dirk Muller designed a prototype buoy that could help scientists track the condition of the country's coastal waters.
26 Oct 15
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Sanivation turns human waste into a useful fuel in Kenya
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Design Activism
Sanivation installs toilets in Kenya’s homes and, in exchange for a small monthly fee, picks up the waste and turns it into a clean cooking fuel.
23 Oct 15
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A wearable translates sign language into English
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Product Design
Researchers are working on a high-tech wearable to bridge the gap between the deaf and those who don’t understand sign language.
23 Oct 15
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An Uber-like SMS service is transforming Dakar's unsanitary pit latrine system
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Creative Economy
The new and environmentally friendly way of emptying poop from pit latrines is cutting sanitation service costs for locals in Senegal's capital city.
23 Oct 15
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Sight Sound Soul encourages meditation in living spaces
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Product Design
Thailand-based designers have designed an object that encourages meditation with sight and sound.
23 Oct 15
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Fashion brand The IOU Project restores the livelihood of artisans in India
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Online store pairs Indian handloomers with European designers in an attempt to change the way we make and buy clothes.
23 Oct 15
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Retro book covers get modern in this hypnotic animation
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Graphic Design & Illustration
German designer and animator Henning Max Lederer took 55 vintage books and set the cover graphics in motion to achieve psychedelic results.
23 Oct 15
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Cube, the Netherlands' first design museum, opens this weekend
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Design Thinking
The Netherlands' first design museum opens this weekend with two internationally focused exhibitions: "Designing the World" and "Design Identities".
23 Oct 15
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Photos from the frontline of South Africa's student protests
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Art & Photography
Photographer Imraan Christian documents the day a student protest over unaffordable university fees turned violent.
22 Oct 15
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Master of the craft: Surfboard shaper
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Art & Photography
In a photo series focusing on master artisans, we look at the hands of the makers. Today we look at a master surfboard shaper.
22 Oct 15
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The ReMotion Knee is a low-cost prosthetic for developing countries
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Design Activism
D-Rev, a company focusing on providing quality healthcare to low-income populations, is launching the ReMotion Knee.
22 Oct 15
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India's Kothi community defies gender roles despite persecution
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Art & Photography
A Woman In My Heart by Candace Feit captures a community of men who struggle to find a way to express their feminine identities.
22 Oct 15
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Six questions for Frida Escobedo - the architect who doesn't ascribe to architectural trends
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Architecture & Interiors
We talk to the Mexican architect about the blurry definition of architecture, building for social impact, and not subscribing to labels.
22 Oct 15
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TextielMuseum presents Fiber Futures | Art from Japan
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Art & Photography
The Netherlands-based textile museum showcases 30 Japanese artists pushing boundaries in the practice of fibre art.
22 Oct 15
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Tino Schaedler: Journey from the physical to the virtual
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Interaction Design
With a background in architecture and set design, Tino Schaedler is now taking on the world of virtual reality.
22 Oct 15
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Children from Kenya’s slums tell their own story in a DIY zine
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Design Thinking
Zinester, a social initiative, is giving children from Kenya’s biggest slum a chance to write and photograph their own narrative in a DIY zine.
22 Oct 15
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Smart baby tech gives parents a jump on their kids’ education
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Product Design
The Starling is a smart-wearable for babies designed to early language skill development.
22 Oct 15
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Ariane Spanier: The evolution of FUKT magazine
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Design director Ariane Spanier talks digital versus print and the evolution of FUKT magazine.
21 Oct 15
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NubianVR's "Pandora" is a first for African virtual reality
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Film & Animation
Techno-progressive virtual reality studio NubianVR has created a 360-degree film called "Pandora", set in a dreamlike, virtual version of Accra.
21 Oct 15
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