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Norway announces plans for a sustainable, smart city near the country’s major airport

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

The ‘energy positive’ Oslo Airport City will be the first of its kind.

29 Mar 18
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Tony Brook on his recent collaboration with BBC Creative

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

“At its best, graphic design can be thought provoking, beautiful, memorable and leave a lasting impression."

29 Mar 18
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The Beecosystem brings the art and science of beekeeping straight into your home

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Its size means that it is ideal for use in the home, the classroom and other important educational spaces.

29 Mar 18
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The Unmasked Women project tackles mental health among black women

Design News > Creative Economy

The creative project is prioritising the work of young black women artists.

28 Mar 18
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A new preservative-free way to protect food from spoiling

Design News > Food Design

This plant-based food design can extend the freshness of fruits and vegetables up to four times.

28 Mar 18
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Using textile design to track the history of nutmeg

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Marta Velasco Valesco on what inspired her #Antenna2017 project, Pulau Banda.

27 Mar 18
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Spaces designed not for cars, but for people

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

Is an underground, automated road tunnel the answer to the nightmare that is traffic congestion?

27 Mar 18
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Feather sculpture honours bond between Ireland and a Native American nation

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Towering 20 feet into the Irish sky, Kindred Spirits recognises the Choctaw Nation for their generosity during Ireland's Great Famine.

27 Mar 18
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Jacque Njeri’s vibrant graphic art reimagines the Maasai people in outer space

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Kenyan artist’s MaaSci series is a vivid example of Afrofuturism.

27 Mar 18
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Nairobi’s GoDown Art Centre gets a redesign from Sweden’s White Arkitekter

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Scandinavia's largest architecture firm reimagines Kenya’s leading centre for arts and culture.

27 Mar 18
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This design duo is exploring ‘stardust’ as an alternative raw matter

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

As Above, So Below uses micrometeorites to communicate an important message.

26 Mar 18
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Three innovative buildings that show the way forward in architecture

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Take a look at the cutting-edge solutions designers have used to solve modern problems of the built world on three different continents.

26 Mar 18
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On creating unique ceramics out of sand collected from all over the world

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Lonny van Ryswyck talks about using sand from the depleted Theewaterskloof Dam to make the Design Indaba 2018 speakers gift, her process and more.

26 Mar 18
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UK agency launches playful Anti-Brexit Campaign

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

"The idea of ordering a burger and not receiving what was expected is a feeling that everyone can relate to.”

26 Mar 18
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IBM wants to use the world’s smallest computer to stop fraud

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy

Smaller than a grain of salt, the tiny computer is part of a family of cryptographic anchors which includes edible ink dots and mobile sensors.

23 Mar 18
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Morag Myerscough's design converted at Cape Town primary school to inspire kids

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

This project extends the life of ‘Embrace the Unknown’, the structure that was erected at Design Indaba Festival 2018.

23 Mar 18
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Could wastewater biorefinery help in the Cape Town water crisis?

Design News > Design Activism

As we observe World Water Day, Cape Town's management of a severe drought is an example of what's to come.

22 Mar 18
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Blinky Bill on why he does not want to be restricted to a particular music genre

Design News > Music & Sound Design

“I want to make genreless sound – but if you absolutely have to place it, it is a mix of hip-hop, afrobeat and jazz.”

22 Mar 18
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Hayoung Kim’s lamps draw inspiration from handheld fans

Design Frontiers > Product Design

As a user moves them, much in the same way one would fold and unfold a handheld fan, the light dims.

22 Mar 18
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Could these be the fast food favourites of the future?

Design Frontiers > Food Design

Food lab Space10 reinvents 5 classic dishes using alternative, sustainable ingredients.

22 Mar 18
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Cape Town entrepreneur is designing a new language around menstruation

Design News > Product Design

Entrepreneur Zizipho Ntobongwana challenges everything from the packaging to ads to sustainability.

22 Mar 18
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The Calmingstone counters panic attacks and stress

Product Spotlight > Product Design

This hand-held design emits soothing signals that target anxiety, bringing you back to a state of zen.

21 Mar 18
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14 graphic designers to watch

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

These up and coming visual artist showed us a sneak peak into the future of graphic design in South Africa.

21 Mar 18
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Mozambican photographer Mario Macilau on documenting the lives of society's most vulnerable

Design News > Film & Animation

"My work is also a personal documentary. I prefer long-term projects that require commitment and trust."

20 Mar 18

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