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Reclaiming a feminine masculinity
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Art & Photography
Butch Is Not A Dirty Word: the publication celebrating butch identity and culture.
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26 Oct 16
Living in a landfill
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Art & Photography
This photo series documents a community surrounded by mountains of trash.
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26 Oct 16
South African designer Thabo Makhetha’s new concept store celebrates Africa
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Thabo Makhetha has garnered numerous awards and accolades. Her concept store promises to honour everything Africa.
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25 Oct 16
Transforming your dirty nappies into valuable, recycled material
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Just because they’re disposable doesn’t mean they’re useless.
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25 Oct 16
Mind-controlled robotic arm allows man to feel again
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
Scientists are working to restore lost sensation with advanced haptic tech.
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25 Oct 16
Student designed device to investigate the Arctic’s underwater environment
Design Frontiers
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Industrial Design
The DeepFreezeROV promises to expand our understanding of a world we can’t see.
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25 Oct 16
These superhero illustrations appeal to children from every walk of life
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Art & Photography
In the second iteration of his Super Shadows series, Ratliff encourages every child to be a hero.
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24 Oct 16
South African artists Kwesta and Ross “Dabone” McDonald capture the sound of Jozi
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African Design
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Music & Sound Design
In a world-first, these South African creatives teamed up to create a song and music video in the new Volkswagen Polo Beats.
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24 Oct 16
The ‘dirty’ way Toyota is creating cleaner fuel
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
Would you drive a car powered by poo?
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24 Oct 16
Decorative discouragement: The dirty tricks in architecture
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
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Urban & Landscape Design
Take a look at a few sly design choices that benefit some & prohibit others.
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24 Oct 16
A non-mechanical water device designed for rural South Africa
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Design Activism
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Product Design
This 2016 design graduate designed a non-mechanical solution to hand washing in rural South Africa and is exhibiting it as part of the Dubai Global Grad Show.
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21 Oct 16
New clothes using old materials
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Creative Economy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Discarded clothes should occupy your wardrobe instead of a landfill.
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21 Oct 16
Disrupting expensive city housing with Big World Homes
Design Frontiers
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Affordable, flat-packed homes that rethink the way people live.
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21 Oct 16
Speeding up physiotherapy with soft robotics
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
A Swiss lab develops robotic exoskeleton tech for good.
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21 Oct 16
The ‘glow-in-the-dark’, energy-efficient cycle lane
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Design Thinking
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Urban & Landscape Design
This unique solar-powered bicycle path is guiding Poland’s nighttime cyclists.
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20 Oct 16
Digitise your water supply
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African Design
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Creative Economy
Tanzania’s WaterTek aims to provide transparency and efficiency in rural areas.
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20 Oct 16
Student invents ambulance drone for speedy medical assistance
Next Generation
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
This engineering graduate is using drone tech as a force for good.
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20 Oct 16
Open source wheelchair for developing countries
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African Design
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Product Design
The SafariSeat by Kenya-based design team Uji is an open-source wheelchair specially tailored to the needs of people living in rural communities.
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19 Oct 16
Burkina Faso’s new parliamentary building celebrates the revolution
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Design Indaba alumnus Francis Kéré unveils the design for Burkina Faso’s new National Assembly.
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19 Oct 16
3D-bioprinted breast duct could minimise breast-cancer treatment
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
Modern 3D-printing tech allows scientists to reconsider how they treat cancer.
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19 Oct 16
WaterSeer: Turning air into drinkable water
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
This device claims to accelerate the production of pure drinking water.
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19 Oct 16
The stories clothes can tell
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Shwe – The Wearable Library makes it their mission to bring to life the invisible stories behind the garments we wear.
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19 Oct 16
Intimate Strangers: Izinja zempilo
Next Generation
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African Design
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Art & Photography
The third part of Intimate Strangers by South African Puleng Mogale is about brotherhood and friendship. Ride or die, friends to the end.
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18 Oct 16
Black Black Metal: The new wave of South African rock music
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African Design
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Music & Sound Design
This is South Africa’s burgeoning punk and metal scene in the heart of Soweto.
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18 Oct 16
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