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Feyi Olubodun on what international brands get wrong about the African consumer
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Information Design
"I argue very strongly that sophistication and westernisation don’t mean the same thing. You can be sophisticated and not be westernised."
23 Apr 19
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Kagiso Lediga on storytelling, failure and staying true to who you are
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“You need to be honest when you’re telling your story…it has to be a truth from inside.”
23 Apr 19
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Designer Anne Kiwia upcycles discarded cloths to create high fashion headbands
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
“We have enough clothes. The world is full of it. We need to start protecting our environment and stop being needless consumers.”
22 Apr 19
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On blockchain and art
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Creative Economy
The framework technology could make digital art less vulnerable to fraud and theft.
19 Apr 19
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Tech to empower marginalised communities
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Design Activism
Human rights activist and storyteller Thenmozhi Soundararajan on the power of knowledge creation in the hands of the oppressed.
18 Apr 19
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Harmonia Rosales is creating new narratives around the classic art paintings
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"By creating positive works of art using black women we can begin to deconstruct our power structure."
18 Apr 19
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Olof Schybergson on the influence of design on our society
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Design Thinking
"With the help of technology, with the help of design, we are improving the world".
18 Apr 19
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Meet the cyborg artists who have merged themselves with technology
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Interaction Design
Neil Harbisson has an antenna implanted in his skull that allows him to feel colour, while Moon Ribas has sensors in her feet that allow her to feel earthquakes
17 Apr 19
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Markus Kayser's work enables collaboration between tech and biology
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Product Design
“The promise of design is to inspire industry to follow suit in the quest for better methods to produce using solar energy and abundant resources.”
16 Apr 19
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Subverting the gendered implications of wearable tech
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Product Design
TELEXST aims to turn the gendered nature of wearable tech on its head.
16 Apr 19
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Would you put every life decision in the hands of an algorithm?
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Information Design
Max Hawkins has an interesting way of escaping the Internet's social bubbles.
16 Apr 19
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What is the data behind #MeToo really telling us?
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Design Thinking
In her research, graduate Ellie Frymire looks beyond the tweets to delve further into what people are really saying.
16 Apr 19
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The design flaw in data science
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Information Design
Artificial intelligence will mimic human prejudices unless we change the way we assess machine learning models
15 Apr 19
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Keenan Wyrobek on saving lives with drones
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“Doctors shared with us their torment at losing patients they knew how to save. They knew the treatments. They just didn’t have the supplies.”
15 Apr 19
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Could the heat generated by blockchain be useful for other living beings?
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Design Thinking
With a project called Farm, MIT student Gary Zhang shows that heat generated in the blockchain has many uses.
15 Apr 19
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Baleka is two steps forward for African robotics
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Industrial Design
Developed by a team of researchers at the University of Cape Town, it’s a first for the continent.
12 Apr 19
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SA artist uses cow dung to explore questions on perception and aesthetics
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Design Thinking
Mawande Ka Zenzile explains how his reliance on intuition has made his work a lot more honest over the years.
12 Apr 19
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Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez on tackling the world’s problems with creativity
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Product Design
Gonzalez shares his method to coming up with creative solutions to everyday problems.
12 Apr 19
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(P)residant: Those who don't let go of power
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Art & Photography
"I call them 'les presidents residants' because they never want to leave power once in the seat." – Fabrice Monteiro, photographer, Dakar.
11 Apr 19
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The eco-friendly benefits of a busted smartphone
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Product Design
“This project takes the seemingly catastrophic moment in which the smartphone breaks as an opportunity to redefine the value of the expired object.”
11 Apr 19
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Yuri Suzuki on combining his passion for music and design
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Music & Sound Design
The Japanese sound designer shares how he finds “order in the noise.”
11 Apr 19
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Tin&Ed on work that fosters togetherness and celebrating the unknown
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Music & Sound Design
“The unknown in our practice is the most fertile place, and we love the unknown."
10 Apr 19
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Bringing Afrocentric design to Milan Design Week
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Product Design
Meet the South African designers who will be exhibiting their work for the first time at Milan Design Week.
10 Apr 19
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Designing a way to build bonds between strangers
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Interaction Design
Social designer Manon van Hoeckel creates spaces, art pieces and experiences that confront divides between people.
9 Apr 19
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