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Was it Made in China or Designed in China?
Design News
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
The Chinese manufacturing industry is well known for its knockoffs. But what does that mean for the Chinese designer?
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17 Nov 16
Biolux: Speculating on the future of indoor lighting
Next Generation
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Growing glowing architecture.
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17 Nov 16
This USB stick doubles as an HIV testing kit
Design Frontiers
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Scientists based in the UK have developed a USB device that can quickly and accurately determine one's HIV status.
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17 Nov 16
Wire Glasses: Sustainable eyewear made in London and Harare
Product Spotlight
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African Design
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Product Design
These John Lennon-style Wire Glasses are made from a single wire in Harare, Zimbabwe on frames that are 3d printed in London.
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16 Nov 16
Turning the tables with the Internet of Things
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
We use technology to experiment, test and customise our experiences. But what if it was the other way around?
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16 Nov 16
Plastic Bottle Village
Design News
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Design Activism
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Industrial Design
Take a look at the life of Robert Bezeau, the "plastic bottle architect".
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16 Nov 16
Athi-Patra Ruga debuts new performance piece at Performa 17 Biennale in New York
Design Frontiers
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Art & Photography
Dismantling the myth of the ‘Rainbow Nation’ through performance art.
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16 Nov 16
A conversation with Jabu Nadia Newman: filmmaker, photographer and feminist
Next Generation
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Film & Animation
We chat to the woman behind the explosive webseries The Foxy Five. Jabu and her cast will be speaking at Design Indaba 2017.
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16 Nov 16
Smart streetlights powered by pedestrian footsteps
Design Frontiers
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Industrial Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
Clean-tech startup EnGoPlanet harnesses kinetic energy to potentially power cities around the world.
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15 Nov 16
Photographer Loes Heerink captures the beauty of Vietnam’s street trade
Design Frontiers
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Art & Photography
‘Vendors From Above’ - a collection of aerial shots of the vivid hawkers of Hanoi.
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15 Nov 16
Turning the violent side of nature into an energy source
Design News
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
Japanese engineers turn their attention to the power of typhoons.
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15 Nov 16
A delicious way to die
Design News
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Art & Photography
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Food Design
This surreal cookbook details the most heavenly ways to enter the afterlife.
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14 Nov 16
RoboBees and the future of pollination
Design News
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
Are scientists about to replace bees?
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14 Nov 16
‘Girl, girl, girl’ by Aki Inomata
Design News
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Art & Photography
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
These insect-built homes are a colourful commentary on a pervasive gender dynamic.
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14 Nov 16
The untapped light & utility of plants
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
Turning plants into sources of energy and light.
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14 Nov 16
Standing Rock: A documentary of resistance in the US
Design News
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Film & Animation
A fracked oil pipeline sparks the Standing Rock Sioux Nation to lead the biggest indigenous protest in 100 years.
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11 Nov 16
Jonas Staal’s alternative parliament in Rojava
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Ushering in the new democracy with politics and art.
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11 Nov 16
Photo book explores the fallout after Hurricane Sandy
Design News
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Art & Photography
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Design Activism
A New York based photographer will soon release a photo book that explores a family’s journey to recovery after Hurricane Sandy.
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11 Nov 16
What if your teeth could heal themselves?
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
These biosynthetic tooth fillings could mean the end of root canals.
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11 Nov 16
Poisoned Pasts: Shedding light on SA's dubious history
Design News
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Art & Photography
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Design Thinking
New exhibition lifts the lid on apartheid government’s most dangerous programme.
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11 Nov 16
Sedeo: A stool designed for mindfulness
Design News
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Product Design
The collapsable Sedeo stool by Danish studio Fundament Design is crafted by local artisans and has been created to help with meditation and mindfulness.
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10 Nov 16
Politics in black and white: The rise of Donald Trump in pictures
Design News
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Art & Photography
Photojournalist Mark Peterson’s Instagram is a live feed of the American political circus.
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10 Nov 16
Using old leather in new ways
Design News
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Craft
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Product Design
A product designer based in Netherlands has discovered a way to recycle leather scraps that would otherwise contribute to pollution.
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10 Nov 16
Sunflare develops the world’s first stick-on solar paneling
Design Frontiers
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Industrial Design
The new ultra-thin solar wallpaper can be applied to just about anything.
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10 Nov 16
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