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Custodian of secrets Sinomonde Ngwane turns strangers' confessions into art
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We spoke to the South African graphic designer and illustrator Sinomonde Ngwane about her popular #DearDiarySeries and more.
25 May 17
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The Emma Watch
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Product Design
This unique timepiece thwarts the effect of Parkinson’s disorder.
25 May 17
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Can an Elton John song help you understand refugees better?
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Music & Sound Design
Maybe not Elton John's song itself, but this new music video for "Rocket Man" certainly can.
25 May 17
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What would the Black Panthers wear if they were revived today?
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
We spoke to South African streetwear designer Julian Kubel about his latest, panthers-inspired range.
24 May 17
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This Migrant Business
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Film & Animation
This short film by Kenyan artist and animator Ng'endo Mukii looks at the movement of African people to Europe from the point of view of a human trafficker.
23 May 17
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Fearless street culture with graphic designer Richard Horne
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme is all about uncovering rare talent among the youth of South Africa.
23 May 17
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Watch filmmaker Hayley Morris’ surreal stop-motion music video for Explosions in the Sky
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Music & Sound Design
The band’s first official music video imagines the ‘wilderness of the mind’.
23 May 17
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5 examples of great creativity in Cuba
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We take a look at some unique design ventures all the way from the Caribbean.
23 May 17
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Wake up and smell the colours
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Interaction Design
A device that transcends two of our primary senses.
23 May 17
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We caught up with graphic artist Leigh Le Roux
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Graphic Design & Illustration
South African graphic designer uses emotive illustrations to tell the stories of ordinary people.
22 May 17
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New film "Mixed Space" takes on flawed racial categories in South Africa
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Film & Animation
The colonial project mangled the way we see race, changing the way we see ourselves.
22 May 17
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Reducing carbon footprint of the built world with Solidia Technologies
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Design Thinking
Eco-friendliness can be achieved even in the granules with which we construct buildings.
22 May 17
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Love Story: A tale of refugees featuring Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore
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Film & Animation
Forced migration is a recurring theme at this year's Venice Biennale. An installation in the South Africa pavilion interrogates empathy.
19 May 17
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Pop culture through the eyes of Tony Futura
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Humour in art reveals interesting questions about modern society.
19 May 17
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Not here for men
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Music & Sound Design
3 Must-see music videos addressing the abuse of women.
19 May 17
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Pedaling for clean air
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Urban & Landscape Design
A new addition to the Smog Free Project, and it comes in bicycle-form.
19 May 17
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This music video lets rip on the music industry’s so-called ‘Gatekeepers’
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Music & Sound Design
Jessie Reyez takes on industry sexism and misogyny with this short film.
19 May 17
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Rich Mnisi merges film with fashion
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Film & Animation
Check out this cinematic lookbook for Rich Mnisi's latest trans-seaonal collection Xingelengele.
18 May 17
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Three creatives on the power of storytelling in any medium
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Interaction Design
In these interviews, we speak to creatives across the spectrum of storytelling to prove that the worldwide pastime is no longer bound by the medium.
18 May 17
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Engaging a community through street art
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Paint Jamaica initiative brings colour and creativity to the streets of Kingston.
18 May 17
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Boyan Slat’s Ocean CleanUp System promises to rid our oceans of plastic garbage
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Industrial Design
"To catch the plastic, act like plastic.
18 May 17
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A simpler way to purify water
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Design Thinking
Scientists have devised a simple way to separate microscopic pollutants from water.
18 May 17
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Children’s literature goes digital
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Interaction Design
Innovative children’s library provides a fun learning alternative.
17 May 17
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Abandoned spaces in Hong Kong
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Film & Animation
South African artist Faith47 shares the third installment of Aqua Regalia – a video set in the grimy, semi-abandoned spaces of Hong Kong.
17 May 17
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