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Allan Amato explores the naked form in SLIP: Naked In Your Own Words

Design News > Art & Photography

The nude form inspires awe, lust, empathy, envy, anger says photographer Allan Amato.

20 Apr 16
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Material girls: We look at two local textile designers

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Megan Smith and Luhandra Vorstman live on opposite sides of South Africa but share a similar approach to textile design and production.

19 Apr 16
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Thai architects develop a building typology for disaster-resistant schools

Design News > Design Activism

Vin Varavarn Architects, a Bangkok-based firm, developed a new architectural typology for earthquake resistant schools.

19 Apr 16
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Illustrator Carla Latsky doesn't like to pigeonhole her craft

Design News > Art & Photography

South African illustrator Carla Latsky is addicted to the details. Her work, which is infused with nostalgia, is created in a variety of mediums.

19 Apr 16
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Artist’s small studio is a canvas for her surreal worlds

Design News > Craft

JeeYoung Lee taps into her dreams and memories to create enchanting worlds in her studio.

19 Apr 16
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Seminas Hadera: Designing a positive identity for Ethiopia

Video Interviews > Creative Economy

Addis Ababa-based creative agency uses visual communication to shape an image of Ethiopia that is true to its culture.

18 Apr 16
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Microbots absorb pollutants from industrial wastewater

Design News > Industrial Design

New nanotechnology innovation addresses heavy metal contamination of natural water sources.

18 Apr 16
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Sleepwear doesn't have to look like something you'd only wear to bed

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Alexia Hechter, one of our Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creatives, creates high-end sleepwear out of wool.

18 Apr 16
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Off-grid library encourages education in remote Tanzania

Design News > Design Activism

Humanitarian architect Patricia Erimescu designed an off-grid library built with recycled and locally sourced materials.

18 Apr 16
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Art as a tool for integration in India

Design News > Design Activism

The Aravani Art Project’s painted murals work to integrate India’s transgender community.

18 Apr 16
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Sorry to the other metropoles, but London is the design capital of the world

Q&A > Design Thinking

Future London Academy bring together design enthusiasts, students and professionals from everywhere in the world to learn from their design-immersive courses.

15 Apr 16
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Rosine Urujeni: Empowering women in Rwanda

Video Interviews > Craft

Indego Africa supports women in Africa through economic empowerment and education.

15 Apr 16
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NeuroLife: A chip that gives movement back to the paralysed

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Researchers have created a prototype for a medical device that allows a paralysed person to perform basic tasks.

15 Apr 16
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Electric fork simulates salty taste in food

Design News > Product Design

Japanese researcher develops a fork that adds a salty taste to sodium-free food.

15 Apr 16
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Artificially intelligent furniture of the future

Design News > Product Design

Carlo Ratti Associati unveils a digitally transformable sofa that morphs into different forms.

15 Apr 16
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Jean Paul Uzabakiriho: Inspiring a new generation of Rwandan architects

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

Working in the Rwandan office of MASS Design Group, JP Uzabakiriho explains how the MASS philosophy is to encourage people to think differently about buildings.

14 Apr 16
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Illustrations show the twists and turns of modern society

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Polish illustrator Igor Morski uses mixed media and photo manipulation to explore the ills of the world.

14 Apr 16
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PIXO changes the way we use our tablets

Design News > Product Design

Oscar Diaz designs a solution for an everyday tech-related problem we didn’t even know we had.

14 Apr 16
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Innovative origami material paves the way for shape-shifting architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Foldable material designed by Harvard engineers can change its shape, size, and volume.

14 Apr 16
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Moeketsi Lebakeng’s minimal illustrations pay tribute to Africa’s women

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Moeketsi Lebakeng uses illustration to celebrate his everyday heroes – African women.

13 Apr 16
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Lessons in design from Michael Wolff

Inside View > Design Thinking

A designer’s strength lies in their potential to bring noticing, observation and imagination to the world, according to branding legend Michael Wolff.

13 Apr 16
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Standing wheelchair developed to improve the reach and mobility of a paraplegic person

Design News > Product Design

Rehabilitation team designs an adjustable wheelchair to help paraplegic people be more productive in daily activities.

13 Apr 16
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Water, energy, and internet all in one system

Design News > Design Activism

The Watly system aims to bring the necessities to the developing world using one device.

13 Apr 16
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Korean artist explores “hysteria” in mixed media paintings

Design News > Art & Photography

Confronted with something terrifying, the characters in Yeom Ji-Hee’s work must face their fears.

13 Apr 16

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Design News • 21 Jun 22

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Q&A • 21 Jun 22

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Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 22

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Design News • 21 Jun 22

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