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Women who shape design
From large-scale tech innovations to body positive art, these women know how to smash the glass ceiling.
Wura-Natasha Ogunji on reclaiming the female voice through public performance and protest
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African Design
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Art & Photography
The performance artist’s work explores the tense relationship between women, society, space and politics in Lagos.
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1 Jun 18
An ostomy bag for health, beauty and function
Design News
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
We look back at some impactful design from a UK graduate who sought to combat stigma in health care.
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2 May 18
Thandiwe Msebenzi uses photography to expose the consequences of misogyny
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African Design
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Art & Photography
"I am harassed at least five times a day, 35 times per week...Now imagine what that must do to one psychologically.”
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5 Apr 18
Can you spot the women in these chaotic, illustrated ads?
Design News
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Art & Photography
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Design Activism
This ad campaign highlights the lack of women in the Egyptian workforce.
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8 Mar 17
Emulating female power through fashion
Next Generation
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Thebe Magugu pays homage to the important people in his life with original couture.
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8 Mar 17
Kamila Iżykowicz’s RITU range reflects the different stages in a woman’s cycle
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
This global grad’s jewellery collection emits soothing scents when you engage with it.
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3 Mar 17
Things we learnt from Kate Moross
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
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Graphic Design & Illustration
It’s better to have a hole in your team than an asshole.
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2 Mar 17
Lost Indian Goddesses
Design News
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Art & Photography
This powerful photo series takes a critical look at the treatment of women.
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24 Feb 17
The bold illustrations of Camilla Perkins
Design News
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Art & Photography
The artist’s vivid depictions of African life are bursting with energy.
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23 Feb 17
Can I Please go to the Bathroom?
Design News
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Design Activism
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Film & Animation
This short film is a measured and emotive look at the need for affordable sanitary products.
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21 Feb 17
Feminine hygiene for rural schoolgirls
Design News
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
Happy with a Purpose distributes menstrual cups to rural schoolgirls in South Africa.
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20 Feb 17
Women in design: Five questions with three interior designers from Emerging Creatives 2017
Q&A
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
A QnA with three female interior designers about their designs and the industry.
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16 Feb 17
Kate Moross: How to make mess look good
Design News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
London-based art director Kate Moross and her studio create explosive work, often for music artists or events with a certain chaotic (messy) energy.
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19 Dec 16
Pill Talk – the creative campaign working to transform the way we perceive birth control
Design News
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Design Activism
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Information Design
Overcoming contraceptive stigmas with US graphic designer Erica Benamy.
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10 Oct 16
Youth, Drugs and Nightlife: Megan Doherty captures a jaded subculture
Design News
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Art & Photography
Based in Derry, Northern Ireland, photographer Megan Doherty uses her friends as inspiration.
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2 Aug 16
Combatting drought with orange peels
Design Frontiers
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African Design
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
Kiara Nirghin won the Google Science Fair Community Impact Award for her innovative creation of a super absorbent biodegradable polymer made from orange peels.
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29 Jul 16
New device reduces the risk of HIV
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Design Activism
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Product Design
This vaginal ring could dramatically reduce the risk of HIV in women.
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25 Jul 16
Wakami's ethically crafted accessories empower over 500 Guatemalan women
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Working with women in rural Guatemala, Wakami is a design-driven organisation that sells over $1-million in products to over 20 countries.
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22 Jul 16
This award-winning photo captures the muffled side of relationships
Design News
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Egyptian photographer Nourhan Refaat Maayouf has won the 2016 Barclays L’Atelier prize for an image which shows a masked and muted couple.
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19 Jul 16
The Honey: Representations of blackness as power
Design News
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Rendani Nemakhavhani's dynamic photo series "The Honey" turns away from blackness as struggle.
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13 May 16
Photographer looks at history through a feminist lens
Design News
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Art & Photography
Bristol-based photographer Chloe Massey’s representations of women focus on their heroic contributions to history.
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8 Feb 16
Ng'endo Mukii on the re-animation of indigenous people
Talks
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African Design
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Film & Animation
Animator Ng’endo Mukii talks about her use of animation and movement to challenge deep-seated perspectives.
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19 Nov 15
Emily Oberman: All good design has a level of wit
Video Interviews
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The designer of numerous “Saturday Night Live” identities talks about the role of humour in her work.
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2 Apr 15
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