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Project Florence: Opening communication with plant life
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
Helene Steiner works to expand communication with plants. The resulting dialogue is bizarre and intriguing.
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18 Aug 16
The creative collective disrupting SA's National Arts Festival
Design News
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Design Activism
The 10 Day Men are shaking things up in Grahamstown.
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18 Aug 16
Students create seaweed-based yarn to tackle fashion industry pollution
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
BioEsters is a bio-based material that presents a sustainable yarn alternative for designers.
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18 Aug 16
Blubel: The intelligent bicycle bell
Product Spotlight
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Information Design
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Product Design
Blubel Tech’s new device for cyclists offers far more than the chime of a bell.
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17 Aug 16
Photographer Ofoe Amegavie captures the beauty of Ghana’s iconic festivals
Design News
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Photographer Ofoe Amegavie tells the vivid stories of Ghana’s traditional festivals in an ongoing series.
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17 Aug 16
Intuitive wardrobe donates unworn clothes to charities
Design News
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Design Activism
The Internet of Clothes is a creative concept that tackles the over consumption of fashion.
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17 Aug 16
Capturing the "Gully Queens" of Jamaica
Design News
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Art & Photography
Pieter Hugo’s collaboration with Hood by Air is a celebration of the vilified gay community of Kingston.
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17 Aug 16
Concrete creative: Entries to South Africa’s biggest art and design prize are still open
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Architecture & Interiors
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Film & Animation
PPC Imaginarium Awards are open for entries for their 2016/2017 competitions until the end of September 2016.
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17 Aug 16
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Wintergatan Marble Machine: Making music with marbles
Product Spotlight
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Music & Sound Design
This arcade-style music box features a range of programmable instruments.
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17 Aug 16
Jewellery made from everyday items
Design News
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Johannesburg-based alternative jeweller Belinda Phofu uncovers the untapped potential of everyday items.
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16 Aug 16
In the pipeline: The new underwater motorways of Norway
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
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Urban & Landscape Design
These submerged floating tubes may be the first step into trans-Atlantic road connections.
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16 Aug 16
Sustaining the memory of the ‘Black Mamba’
Design Frontiers
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Cryus Kabiru’s roadster fixation leads to imaginative and nostalgic sculptures.
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16 Aug 16
DuoSkin: Tattoo-like devices print tech on skin
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
Using gold leaf metal, MIT researchers are placing customised, tattoo-like interfaces directly onto the skin of the user.
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16 Aug 16
Photographer documents the struggles of Jatra’s former actors
Design News
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Art & Photography
Soumya Sankar Bose photographs the folk-theatre actors who have left the stage behind to make a living.
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15 Aug 16
Osborne Macharia’s little Kenyan battle squad
Design News
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Art & Photography
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Design Activism
The man who set the internet ablaze with his astonishing images of eccentric Kenyans has turned his attention to another group of characters: little people.
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15 Aug 16
A stitched strategy for Zika prevention
Design News
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Design Activism
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Virtual marketplace Maternova tackles the Zika emergency using stylish apparel.
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15 Aug 16
Ceiling lamp made from its own packaging
Design News
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Product Design
Dutch design studio creates waste-free lamp from cardboard tubing.
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15 Aug 16
Design Centre mimics human anatomy
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Solar-powered and inspired by skin and bone, the Xinhee Design Centre defies every office building norm.
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12 Aug 16
Meet the girls of Malaville
Design Frontiers
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African Design
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Model and businesswoman Mala Bryan’s debut doll collection is black girl magic.
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12 Aug 16
Living armchair makes a comeback
Design News
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Product Design
Italian design studio relaunches its well-known grass furniture piece.
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12 Aug 16
Gangster-turned-writer John Fredericks survived prison by telling stories
Design News
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African Design
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Film & Animation
The film Noem My Skollie (Call me thief) has been chosen as South Africa’s official selection for the 89th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars).
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11 Aug 16
Interactive dynamic video is a game changer for Pokémon Go, VR and more
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
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Film & Animation
Pokémon Go combines augmented reality and the real world, but this tech could take it a step further.
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11 Aug 16
Stop Sign Art Gallery: Art that moves
Design News
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Art & Photography
Zama Phakathi champions the rising artists of Maboneng.
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11 Aug 16
Wearable sunscreen device encourages necessary sun protection behaviour
Design News
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Product Design
SunZee is a wristband that simplifies sunscreen reapplication during outdoor activities.
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11 Aug 16
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