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This futuristic cultural centre is inspired by the sea
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Architecture & Interiors
Vincent Callebaut Architects’ latest conceptual project draws inspiration from the manta ray to make a floating cultural hub in Seoul.
21 Jun 17
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Peru seaside home in the running for leading architectural prize
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Ancon House is located on a rocky-mountainside and is built to blend in with the landscape
21 Jun 17
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A look inside Bright Creative Space in Cape Town
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Art & Photography
This collaborative studio plays host to weekly drawing sessions and freelance artists from around the globe.
20 Jun 17
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Indie band, The XX, take you behind the scenes with new limited-edition photo book
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Music & Sound Design
Shot by photographer Alasdair McLellan, the photo book will only have one print run of 1000 copies.
20 Jun 17
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Reimagining public spaces in Monwabisi Park
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Design Activism
The Reclaiming the Night project is about getting residents involved in creating their own solutions
19 Jun 17
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Introducing MobyMart, the autonomous grocery store on wheels
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Interaction Design
“It is the store that comes to you, instead of you coming to the store.”
19 Jun 17
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Is this the world’s cheapest solar lamp?
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Product Design
UK firm designs cheap solar lamp for clean, reliable lighting.
16 Jun 17
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On making theatre specifically for kids below the age of 2
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Film & Animation
Children at such an early age can still decide to stop paying attention, which is the harshest criticism of all
16 Jun 17
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Dutch designers use human waste to make electricity
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Product Design
The Compost Kliko Toilet could lead to people getting away from flushing potential down the toilet
15 Jun 17
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15 Southern African artists tell us what it's like to be Young Now
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African Design
Johannesburg’s Hazard Gallery is hosting a number of prolific, young African artists in their latest exhibition.
15 Jun 17
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Self-financing modular homes for the rural poor
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Architecture & Interiors
Globally, access to adequate housing remains a huge problem that governments battle to solve, billionBricks provides a self-financing solution
14 Jun 17
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Pichulik looks to Japan for inspiration behind her latest range
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Flower arrangements created in the Japanese art of Ikebana make striking combo next to her latest range
14 Jun 17
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An art invention to encourage more silence in our cities
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Design Activism
The Silent Room invites people to come in, for up to 30 minutes and “not perform or achieve anything, but just to be”.
13 Jun 17
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Photographer Imraan Christian teams up with Faith XLVII
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Design Activism
South African artists Imraan Christian and Faith XLVII deconstruct a pivotal moment in the country’s 2015 student uprising.
12 Jun 17
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From harvesting fungi from the body to hormone infused cocktails, are these the products of the future?
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Product Design
Beirut Design Week's Speculative Needs exhibition is not as far-fetched as one might think.
12 Jun 17
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Anti-Trump patrons put their money where their politics are
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Architecture & Interiors
This New York bar donates 100 per cent of their profit to causes that are fighting Trump
9 Jun 17
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This web-series tackles social justice through the eyes of a 9-year old girl
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Film & Animation
Little Apple takes on racism, sexism and gentrification in this sci-fi drama.
9 Jun 17
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Wacom Creatives: A look into the experimental digital art of Miss Led
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“If you want something really badly, then you don’t feel like you’re making sacrifices.”
9 Jun 17
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LocoL provides community support through food
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Food Design
Roy Choi’s revolutionary fast food joint is changing what it means to be a great restaurant.
8 Jun 17
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Make Care products give teens with butterfly skin back their independence
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Product Design
The project won Best of the Best at the Chile Design, 2017 Design Biennial.
8 Jun 17
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A look inside the new island museum in Abu Dhabi
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Architecture & Interiors
Louvre Abu Dhabi combines breathtaking architecture that is at once futuristic yet informed by ancient Arabian practices.
6 Jun 17
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Haunting black and white images capture forced removals in Johannesburg
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Art & Photography
Behind urban renewal is often the untold stories of poor families who are put out with nowhere else to go.
6 Jun 17
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Atang Tshikare collaborated with Lesotho weavers to revive an old tradition
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Craft
Multidisciplinary artist and designer Atang Tshikare has gone from murals to furniture to exploring African mythology through weaving
6 Jun 17
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Is wearing jeans bad for the environment?
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
According to researchers, the answer is a bit more complicated than that
5 Jun 17
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