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Rich Mnisi: Fashion forward and business savvy

Video Interviews > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Just out of varsity and fashion school, designer Rich Mnisi has already launched his own critically-acclaimed fashion brand.

9 Sep 15
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Three innovative ways to combat toxic air

Design News > Product Design

Three student designers have proposed interactive, health conscious ways to deal with air pollution.

8 Sep 15
00:00:48

Trailer: Tia Blassingame on the texture of racism in the United States

Trailers > Product Design

Recent graduate Tia Blassingame explores the relationships between race, history and perception in her work.

8 Sep 15
00:08:44

The texture of racism & slavery in the United States – a talk by Tia Blassingame

Talks > Product Design

"I made a headscarf that talks about the accumulation of wealth through slavery, as the black body as gold but also seeming worthless."

8 Sep 15
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Htein Lin immortalises 1000 of Myanmar's political prisoners

Design News > Design Activism

Myanmese artist and former political prisoner Htein Lin aims to cast the hands of 1000 political prisoners in plaster of Paris as a reminder of Myanmar's past.

8 Sep 15
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Koe Koe, Myanmar's first health app, is going to revolutionise healthcare in the country

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Koe Koe Tech founder Michael Lwin says he is going to fix Myanmar's healthcare with this comprehensive mobile app.

8 Sep 15
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Self-sustaining kitchen teaches kids about healthy living

Design News > Food Design

Interactive, self-sustaining kitchen teaches kids how to grow and cook food.

8 Sep 15
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Step into Erik Spiekermann's world

Profiling > Graphic Design & Illustration

Find out what makes prolific typographer and graphic designer Erik Spiekermann tick as Freunde von Freunden take us into his home and studio in Berlin.

8 Sep 15
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Three housing solutions that tackle hyper-urbanisation in Africa

Design News > Design Thinking

Ethiopian and Bauhaus students collaborate on experimental urban housing prototypes to accommodate the massive growth of Africa's urban population.

8 Sep 15
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Panzagar campaign battles hate speech online in Myanmar

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

In April 2014 a Myanmar blogger and activist started the Panzagar ("Flower Speech") campaign to battle the online hate speech that led to offline violence.

7 Sep 15
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Myanmar: Battling poverty with human-centred design

Design News > Product Design

Proximity Design’s creations help people in Myanmar survive in extreme poverty.

7 Sep 15
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A fleet of bicycles are cleaning up the densely populated and polluted city of Lagos

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Wecyclers, a fleet of low-cost tricycles, offers a convenient recycling service to densely populated, low-income Lagosian neighbourhoods.

7 Sep 15
00:02:49

Bentley van Wyk: Mastering the art of pottery

Video Interviews > Craft

Ceramic designer Bentley van Wyk masters traditional techniques in his contemporary ceramic designs.

7 Sep 15
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Yangon Bakehouse upskills Myanmese women to start their own businesses

Design News > Creative Economy

A coffee shop in Yangon empowers disadvantaged women in Myanmar with its food and beverage training programme.

7 Sep 15
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A preview of Ghanaian artist Ofoe Amegavie's untitled exhibition

Design News > Art & Photography

Ghanaian photographer Ofoe Amegavie's pain speaks through his latest work.

7 Sep 15
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Nigerian students build zero-emission car

Next Generation > Design Thinking

A team of Mechanical Engineering students of the University of Lagos have designed and built an electric and eco-friendly car.

7 Sep 15
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Refugees Welcome is becoming known as the Airbnb for refugees

Design News > Design Activism

Refugees Welcome is a Berlin-based non profit that connects displaced refugees to citizens with spare rooms in European cities.

4 Sep 15
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The CimaVax vaccine is Cuba's most recent gift to cancer treatment

Design Frontiers > Product Design

The Centre of Molecular Immunology in Cuba is making great strides in cancer research with a new vaccine.

4 Sep 15
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La Marca – Cuba's first legal tattoo parlour

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

La Marca's innovative tattooists attempt to capture Cuba on the skin of their customers.

4 Sep 15
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Could Wale Williams be Nigeria's new superhero?

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Lagos-born digital animator Roye Okupe releases his afrofuturistic graphic novel based entirely on African characters.

4 Sep 15
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From junk to jewellery: Mariana Acosta challenges the meaning of preciousness

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

One man's junk is another man's contemporary jewellery, proves designer Mariana Acosta.

4 Sep 15
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Kwamie Liv's animated video is dark, eerie and beautiful at the same time

FilmFestFriday > Music & Sound Design

Danish artist Baby Duka is a multi-talented – he created the beats for Kwamie Liv's low-burning track, "Pleasure This Pain" and animated the music video.

4 Sep 15
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The Bhulk 3D-printed bike frame is made from plants

Design News > Industrial Design

Italian design studio Eurocompositi are attempting to change the way we make bicycles.

4 Sep 15
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The rise of tech and innovation in Africa

African Report > Information Design

The tech and startup scene in Africa is burgeoning. Now innovation is being taught in schools, with the help of the LEGO Education Innovation Studios.

3 Sep 15

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