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Students harness the sun to purify water
This device could aid households that only have access to contaminated water.
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The Shadow Self
Young Algerian designer touches on complex psychology with minimal artworks.
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Meet the Emerging Creatives Extended Class of 2017
The cities of Durban and Johannesburg have creative talent and then some.
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Unfolding the Saree
How much do we really know about this storied garment?
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Capturing tranquility in chaos
This designer draws geometric inspiration from unusual places.
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Let’s Beegin
This young designer aims to improve the lives of bees with innovative ideas for upstart beekeepers.
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Tentative: Pop-up housing for disaster-stricken communities
This Turkish design firm created an off-the-grid shelter for any climate.
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How can photography help us understand depression?
A photographer who portrays his relationship with mental illness in an honest, yet dreamlike way.
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Using stomach acid to power sensory tech-tablets
This tiny monitor is designed to rest in your digestive system and sustain itself with it.
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The intricate illustrations of Mario Nobrega
This Emerging Creative discovered his artistic passion quite recently, but his lack of experience is no obstacle.
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The Minimed device brings easy living to Diabetics
This device helps to manage insulin healthily, leaving you to do more amusing things.
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Revealing hidden humanity through photography
This artist uses visual trickery to depict the otherwise concealed inner self.
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The dismantled artworks of Raphaël Vicenzi
Inflexibility in art can be the downfall of the artist.
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Eclipse: Experience time in a new way
A clock design that reveals and hides different notions of time.
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Improving sanitation with the waterless toilet
An international group of engineers turn their attention to a basic need.
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How deeply should an artist’s identity be tied to their work?
Emerging Creatives alumna Kobie Nieuwoudt tells us about her artistic impetus – and it’s something we all have access to within ourselves.
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The expressionist splashes of Patryk Hardziej
This graphic designer draws from many schools of creativity to inform each new artwork.
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40 rising stars join the creative constellation
Meet the 2017 Emerging Creatives, the next wave of South Africa’s buzzing design scene.
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Cesar Biojo: Exploring the relationship of creation & destruction
Damage can also be an important part of creativity.
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The emotive illustrations of Luca Boni
This designer used art as a means to escape the drudgery of every-day life. Now it’s his profession.
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The Hawker’s Rocking Chair: A cross-pollination of ideas, styles and materials
Arye Kellman tells us why he nominated this furniture design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017.
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Beauty is a quality inherent in anything, says Caroline Vieira
Roger Ballen tells us why he nominated this ceramic design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017.
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Kariba: The mythology of the Zambezi river
Artwell Nwaila tells us why he nominated this film trailer for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017.
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Gqama Ntyatyambo: Capturing the dynamics of the modern woman
Alinah Seloane tells us why she nominated this artwork for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017.
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