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Interactive installations turn Toronto's beaches into winter destinations

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Toronto’s beach goers are encouraged to hit the seaside throughout the year. >

15 Mar 16
Fashion house Mille Collines celebrates all things Africa

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

The recent Mille Collines show at AFI MBFW Joburg takes an elegant and contemporary look at ubiquitous African curios. >

15 Mar 16
Auto-focus specs adapts lenses to near and farsighted vision

Design News > Product Design

Deep Optics’ omnifocals automatically adjust focus, providing the wearer with improved vision. >

15 Mar 16
Newly discovered enzyme could change the way we recycle plastic

Design News > Design Activism

Kyoto University researchers are able to cultivate an enzyme that can break down plastic into harmless chemicals. >

15 Mar 16
Township: Photographs depicting life after South African apartheid

Design News > Art & Photography

Anne Rearick’s work documents the lives of people faced with economic hardship, poverty and racism. >

15 Mar 16
Tiny surgical tools inspired by origami

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Researchers were able to do away with bulky surgical parts and rely instead on the principles of origami. >

15 Mar 16
Electronic wastelands raise questions about sustainable design

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

Photo exhibition E-waste Tsunami calls on designers to think up better ways to deal with e-waste. >

14 Mar 16
A pictorial narrative explores the estranged lives of adults

Design News > Art & Photography / Information Design

A children’s book for adults, The Well of Being explores life through narrative and illustration. >

14 Mar 16
US digital artist talks representation of minorities in graphic design

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

Jeff Manning’s work is inspired by music and informed by the need to represent minorities in graphic design. >

14 Mar 16
EduKick designs football games that teach slum kids maths

Design News > Creative Economy

Community project gets creative with soccer to increase children’s literacy in India. >

14 Mar 16
Asmara: Unlikely home to Modernist Architecture

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Asmara, a city in Eritrea in North East Africa, is an unlikely treasure trove of standing modernist architecture. >

11 Mar 16
Saving a font from extinction

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Reviving a forgotten font designed by Alvin Lustig, an iconic, contemporary American graphic designer. >

11 Mar 16
31 Bits’ holistic business model empowers Ugandan women

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Jewellery brand creates a sustainable income for Ugandan artisans while teaching them skills to become self-reliant. >

11 Mar 16
A new, sustainable way to make plastic

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

Researchers at Stanford have found a way to create sustainable plastic using inedible plant materials. >

11 Mar 16
Experimental street art inspired by the Cape

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

South African illustrator and street artist Anwar Davids aims to make his work accessible all over the world. >

11 Mar 16
Wi-Fi trashcans encourage festivalgoers to practise responsible rubbish disposal

Design News > Creative Economy

Indian startup ThinkScream develops a trashcan that provides Wi-Fi connection in exchange for trash. >

10 Mar 16
Graffiti as a tool for liberation in Kabul

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Liberation and the fight for women's rights through contemporary art and graffiti in Kabul. >

10 Mar 16
UNICEF bicycle initiative helps Ghanaian schoolgirls get to class safely

Design News > Design Activism

Swedish brand Vélosophy teams up with UNICEF to donate its commuter bikes to girls in Ghana. >

10 Mar 16
Rope made out of plastic bottles

Design Frontiers > Product Design

A really handy tool from a runaway Kickstarter campaign. >

10 Mar 16
Multimedia project remembers the forgotten victims of political imprisonment

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Based in Austria, Christoph Lingg documents the forgotten history of political prisoners all over the world. >

10 Mar 16
Old tennis rackets become colourful works of art

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Cape Town local Danielle Clough has many inventive outlets, but her embroidery has caught the attention of the creative world. >

9 Mar 16
IKEA's next step for sustainability

Design News > Creative Economy

The eco-responsible furniture company is transitioning to biobased packaging made out of mushrooms. >

9 Mar 16
New supermarket in Denmark only stocks food past its sell by date

Design News > Creative Economy

WeFood is reducing food waste in Denmark by selling the food that mainstream supermarkets throw out. >

9 Mar 16
Enter your design to the Green Product Award

Design News > Design Activism

The Green Product Award have extended their deadline exclusively for Design Indaba readers. Submissions are open until Sunday 13 March. >

9 Mar 16

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