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A new source of water?
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Product Design
A new sponge-like nanomaterial, designed to be used in existing dehumidifiers, could offer a new source of aqua.
3 Jul 20
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Sustainable bricks made from recycled sand and plastic waste
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Industrial Design
Tackling the massive waste and pollution issue in India.
3 Jul 20
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This non-profit is combating climate change with underwater farming
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Urban & Landscape Design
Regenerative ocean farmers, GreenWave have developed a model of sustainable underwater vertical farming
3 Jul 20
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A floating farm that is designed to reduce wasteful emissions
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Urban & Landscape Design
“Technologies that minimize the ecological footprint and are based on circular principles are aimed for on all levels of the farm."
3 Jul 20
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The design squadron of the future
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Urban & Landscape Design
Meet the bright young creatives who have surfaced through our three longstanding youth programmes: Emerging Creatives, Global Graduates and antenna.
25 Jun 20
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Kathryn Larsen on why seaweed is the building material of the future
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Urban & Landscape Design
Larsen looked to an ancient method from the Middle Ages used to thatch roofs out of seaweed and brought it back to the present.
19 Jun 20
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Meet the Emerging Creatives who exhibited at Design Indaba 2020
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Emerging Creatives programme is a product of creative inclusion created by Design Indaba and supported by the Department of Arts and Culture.
19 Jun 20
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Designers Leta and Wade on living and working together successfully
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The couple talked about honesty, creativity, their project Complements and the universal strangeness of love.
19 Jun 20
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The new face of collaboration #BetterTogether
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Urban & Landscape Design
This week, we’re exploring unconventional collaborations and combinations that show how diverse partnerships can present new opportunities.
17 Jun 20
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The drum machine by Nicolás Kisic Aguirre
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Interaction Design
The Peruvian designer’s open-source projects are a combination of sound, architecture and the mind.
12 Jun 20
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Taking online learning into the physical realm
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Design Thinking
China’s most successful online learning platform, Qkids is taking learning into the physical realm with newly designed space.
12 Jun 20
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Kathryn Larsen on using kelp to create sustainable furniture and fashion
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Industrial Design
“Using the final processed material, I am creating a puzzle lampshade series inspired by the classic IQ Light and aim to create other forms."
12 Jun 20
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This luxury sustainable micro unit utilizes solar and wind energy
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Urban & Landscape Design
“Ecocapsule is your design way to independent living. It can become a pop-up hotel, caravan, mobile office, research station or anything you want it to."
11 Jun 20
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MIT Media Lab presents Cyborg Botany
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Urban & Landscape Design
“Our goal is to merge and power our electronic functionalities with existing biological functions of living plants.”
11 Jun 20
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BioBombola: An algae garden made for inside your home
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Urban & Landscape Design
This project explores interaction and collaboration between high-tech cultivation and peoples' everyday lives.
11 Jun 20
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Artist Olafur Eliasson tackles freedom of press with new artwork
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Urban & Landscape Design
Olafur Eliasson has teamed up with Kumi Naidoo to create artwork that highlights the collaboration between press freedom and its reader.
11 Jun 20
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Expressing solidarity through design
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Urban & Landscape Design
In the wake of #blackouttuesday we look to the everyday work needed to right the social wrongs.
9 Jun 20
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Design hacks for the new normal
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Urban & Landscape Design
Taking a leaf out of hack’s own book, we’re finding ways to thrive by seeking out design solutions from around the world.
2 Jun 20
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Africa Day 2020
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Urban & Landscape Design
We look to a wealth of African thinkers who are improving the world through creativity.
24 May 20
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Are you socially acceptable?
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Urban & Landscape Design
New distancing norms in life after lockdown demand that we reinvent the way we socialize, especially as this mode may remain in place indefinitely.
19 May 20
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Why we should recalibrate the future
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Urban & Landscape Design
With the pandemic throwing wasteful ways into sharp relief, we’ve all had to step back and recalibrate.
12 May 20
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Hope heroes from across the globe
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Urban & Landscape Design
DON'T WORRY (TOO MUCH), BE HAPPY.
5 May 20
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Can design solve for a pandemic?
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Urban & Landscape Design
The design community has rallied behind the cause, delivering a volley of rapid-fire solutions to help combat COVID-19.
28 Apr 20
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The future may be virtual, but will it be good?
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Urban & Landscape Design
Join us as we highlight innovation and impact driven by virtuality and digital tech.
21 Apr 20
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