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What will advertising look like 100 years from now?

Inside View > Creative Economy

We chat with former Vice Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of international consulting firm R/GA about carving success in this ever-changing industry.

16 Apr 18
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Ekene Ijeoma deconstructs the US national anthem as a comment on mass imprisonment

Design News > Music & Sound Design

In Deconstructed Anthems, he built a software that removes notes from the US national anthem at the same rate Americans have been imprisoned.

16 Apr 18
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See the novel ways these designers are innovating healthcare practices

Design Frontiers > Product Design

From beautiful colostomy bags to a USB stick that’s also an HIV testing kit, these projects affirm that the future of healthcare is in safe hands.

16 Apr 18
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Sustainable planter helps trees and plants survive in arid environments

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A product developed by Dutch startup Land Life Company increases seedling survival rates up to 95 per cent.

16 Apr 18
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Japanese art of paper cutting inspires the next generation of bandages

Design News > Product Design

These MIT engineers believe a simple method of pattern-cutting holds great benefits in store for wound healing plasters and wearable tech.

16 Apr 18
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The Araba Belle androgynous capes are inspired by Ghana’s coast

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Accra-based fashion brand DoNeal was inspired by the people and landscape of Ghana's Cape Coast.

15 Apr 18
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The world’s first design museum built inside a Mumbai slum

Design News > Design Activism

The artists also aim to question the word “slum” because of the ways in which it ignores the complexity and dynamism of a community.

14 Apr 18
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Can you redevelop a big city like Lagos without displacing the poor?

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Urban planner Lookman Oshodi seems to think it is possible.

13 Apr 18
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Scientists are working on a pill that mimics the effects of exercise

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Scientists are a step closer to developing exercise in a pill to help the chronically lazy, elderly, and those medically unable to exercise.

13 Apr 18
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MaXhosa launches rug collection and appoints new creative director

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Changes are afoot for the acclaimed South African fashion brand.

13 Apr 18
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Six creative crowdfunding projects worth supporting this April

Take Five > Product Design

From a wordless graphic novel to a project to turn an olive farm into a retreat for creatives and even a project turning plastic into homeware.

12 Apr 18
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"We already live in a dystopian world" – Fabrice Monteiro

Design News > Art & Photography

Senegalese photographer Fabrice Monteiro believes we are already living in a dystopian world, on an earth that humans have made sick.

12 Apr 18
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These surreal portraits explore ideas of culture, family, tradition, and gender

Design News > Art & Photography

Ndidi Emefiele’s art addresses societal expectations of women in Nigeria.

12 Apr 18
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Six creative crowdfunding projects worth supporting this April

Take Five > Product Design

From a wordless graphic novel to a project to turn an olive farm into a retreat for creatives and even a project turning plastic into homeware.

12 Apr 18
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5 projects that are looking into the possible future of humans on Mars

Design News > Product Design

To celebrate International Day of Human Space Flight here's a look at some projects that are looking into space exploration.

12 Apr 18
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Industrial design student introduces a refillable, more sustainable mascara

Design News > Product Design

The refillable mascara that can be applied using a 3D printed fingertip, saving an estimated 25 mascara bottles from landfill per person over ten years.

11 Apr 18
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Joshua Kissi on disrupting and diversifying stock photography

Design News > Art & Photography

The photographer and co-founder of TONL tells us why he decided to make images of the unrepresented his priority.

11 Apr 18
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Myles Loftin on the importance of representing black masculinity differently

Video Interviews > Design Activism

The #antenna2017 speaker takes us through the inspiration behind his multimedia project: Hooded.

11 Apr 18
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This film explores the legacy of colonial architecture in the Congo

Design News > Film & Animation

The Tower – A Concrete Utopia explores the social afterlives of colonialist infrastructure in the Congolese city of Kinshasa.

11 Apr 18
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Designer Ying Gao uses fingerprint recognition to identify strangers

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design

These ‘smart’ garments form part of her Possible Tomorrows project.

10 Apr 18
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Salooni creates a judgement-free space at festivals to discuss black hair

Design News > Film & Animation

"We want women who leave the Salooni to feel beautiful and to feel celebrated."

10 Apr 18
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Alexandra Fruhstorfer uses design to find creative solutions for environmental problems

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

She explores the impact of alien species through food as well as how to make clothes more sustainable through a different kind of yarn.

9 Apr 18
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Three unique factors that are important to building a modern city

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Here are three key takeaways from some of our Design Commons speakers.

9 Apr 18
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This centre offers a safe haven for Rwandan women who’ve escaped the unthinkable

Design News > Design Activism

Inspired by Rwandan architecture, the Women’s Opportunity Centre is home to about 300 women.

7 Apr 18

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