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Discarded glass beer bottles were transformed into wearables and homeware. >

No Waste winners, parks that halt climate change, & fashion that empowers… >

Design Indaba’s Do Tank plans 2021 action, while its Think Tank takes a post-jubilee sabbatical >

Green. It has physical, spiritual and metaphysical associations. >

INCLUSIVITY - NOT A BUZZWORD, AN IMPERATIVE! >

Responsive. Resilient. Restorative. Design's 3 R'S are as active as ever... >

SnapTravel is an App-less way to book your next vay-cay and it all happens via Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp. >

Is design having a Duct Tape moment? We think so. This week’s newsletter looks at design projects that apply a creative band-aid to everyday problems. >

Today’s designers are augmenting traditional forms by giving them an entire second skin. >

This week, we look at predictive and progressive realities for the human condition. >

This week, we optimistically seek enlightenment by focusing on bright ideas and inventive solutions that light the way to a better world. >

The film explores the Japanese concept of the space between all things. >

Crossing the borders between biology and code to create digital art. >

Here are a few ways in which the world’s most fluid minds are responding to issues of water preservation and sustainability. >

Meet the bright young creatives who have surfaced through our three longstanding youth programmes: Emerging Creatives, Global Graduates and antenna. >

This week, we’re exploring unconventional collaborations and combinations that show how diverse partnerships can present new opportunities. >

“Ecocapsule is your design way to independent living. It can become a pop-up hotel, caravan, mobile office, research station or anything you want it to." >

“Our goal is to merge and power our electronic functionalities with existing biological functions of living plants.” >

This project explores interaction and collaboration between high-tech cultivation and peoples' everyday lives. >

Olafur Eliasson has teamed up with Kumi Naidoo to create artwork that highlights the collaboration between press freedom and its reader. >

In the wake of #blackouttuesday we look to the everyday work needed to right the social wrongs. >

Taking a leaf out of hack’s own book, we’re finding ways to thrive by seeking out design solutions from around the world. >

We look to a wealth of African thinkers who are improving the world through creativity. >

New distancing norms in life after lockdown demand that we reinvent the way we socialize, especially as this mode may remain in place indefinitely. >

With the pandemic throwing wasteful ways into sharp relief, we’ve all had to step back and recalibrate. >