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Fezokuhle Dimba

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12 Dec 19
Designer Anne Kiwia upcycles discarded cloths to create high fashion headbands

Design News > African Design / 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
From scrap to robot: This unlikely creation is one man's livelihood

Design News > African Design / Craft

I’ve always been good with my hands, says South Africa's “Robot Man”. >

12 Dec 18
Playful enterprise gives new life to old plastic

Design News > Product Design

ecoBirdy’s eco-friendly furniture is about play, function and sustainable design. >

13 Jun 18
Dina Amin on stop animation, upcycling in Cairo and her inspiration

Design News > African Design / Product Design

“I kept thinking, questioning whether we actually need all the things that we produce..." >

16 Mar 18
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | January 2018

Take Five > Craft / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >

31 Jan 18
The Trashpresso transforms plastic bottles into stunning architectural tiles

Design News > Design Activism / Industrial Design

This remarkable upcycling process turns discarded waste into something beautiful. >

9 Oct 17
Pearl Recycling is turning Nigeria’s discarded waste into stunning furniture and home décor

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

The waste upcycling company is creatively solving one of Nigeria’s most pressing issues – waste management. >

22 Sep 17
Egyptian upcycling startup creates fashionable accessories from trash

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

We spoke to UpFuse, the company turning Cairo’s trash into wardrobe treasures, about what it's like to open a business in Egypt. >

13 Sep 17
The plastic bottle artworks of Veronika Richterová

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Thinking

This Czech artist demonstrates the potential to find beauty in garbage. >

9 Dec 16
Eat Me: Transforming detritus into delectables

Design News > Craft / Food Design

Parisian street artist Lor-K surprises passersby with huge sculptural food-inspired artworks. >

5 Oct 16
Challenging our understanding of waste

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Landfills could be a source of usable materials. >

29 Sep 16
Panama’s waste is now a village of plastic bottles

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Isla Colón in Bocas Del Toro, Panama will be home to an entire village constructed out of recycled plastic bottles. >

25 Apr 16
Dave Hakkens’ DIY plastic recycling machines

Design News > Industrial Design

Industrial designer shares blueprints for recycling machines so that anyone can make plastic products at home. >

6 Apr 16
3D-printed vase collection upcycles plastic bottles

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

DesignLibero’s 3D-printed vase collection brings beauty to the practice of upcycling. >

28 Mar 16
Bel & Bel are the leaders in supra-cycling

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Spanish design studio Bel&Bel save objects from falling into disuse by redesigning their purpose. >

23 Mar 16
Maria Mayanja: Upcycling and Kigali’s co-working spaces

Video Interviews > African Design / Design Activism

Co-working spaces are a breeding ground for collaboration and new ideas, says Impact Hub Kigali’s managing director. >

18 Mar 16
Teledisko: The 60s nightlife experience in a phone booth

Design News > Design Thinking

Teledisko is a phone booth upcycled into the world’s smallest nightclub. >

3 Mar 16
Artist creates sculptural furniture from discarded tyres

Product Spotlight > African Design

This Senegalese artist finds scrap tyres to turn into functional pieces of furniture. >

10 Feb 16
E-waste jewellery that looks like marble

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

An upcycled jewellery collection fashioned from discarded cables and wires. >

4 Feb 16
Ecoalf turns trash into high style fashion

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Spanish brand Ecoalf recycles coffee, plastic, ocean waste and tyres to create its clothing lines. >

25 Jan 16
MBOISA: Bottles become building material thanks to their modular design

Video Interviews > African Design / Design Activism

Bottle2Build Schools is a South African initiative that upcycles modular bottles to address the shortage of classrooms in the country. >

5 Jan 16
A production-ready stool made out of industrial paper waste and a bit of glue

Design News > Product Design

New York-based Nikolas Gregory Studio turns office personnel into furniture makers with its Scrap Stool. >

10 Dec 15
A clothing line made of seafood waste

Design News > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Tidal Visions eco-friendly clothing line is made of seafood waste, but it’s not as gross as it sounds. >

8 Dec 15

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