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Sand: Overmined and underecognised
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Design Activism
Sand, a resource usually taken for granted, is being drastically overmined, resulting in the destruction of major ecosystems worldwide.
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10 Jun 19
Turning refugee bunkers into privacy pods using minimalist design
Next Generation
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Design Activism
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Product Design
“I tried to create a kind of privacy pod around the only space the individual has: their beds.”
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7 Jun 19
Doctor turned designer Kgahlego Kewana talks us through her unlikely path
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The Emerging Creative exhibited her work at the Design Indaba Festival 2019 among 49 up-and-coming South African talents.
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6 Jun 19
Gabrielle Goliath honours victims of sexual-based violence through sound and art
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Art & Photography
The winner of this year's Standard Bank Young Artist Award talks about her latest project called This Song is For...
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5 Jun 19
DJ Steloo's latest work looks to the ocean for inspiration
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Creative Economy
Called Stitches From The Ocean, the Accra-based creative says he wanted to let the audience into the other side of his creative process.
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5 Jun 19
Lucia Bakulumpagi-Wamala on new ways to tackle electricity shortage in Uganda
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African Design
The CEO of Bakulu Power takes us through their work in Buvuma, one of the only districts without electricity in the country.
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4 Jun 19
Celine Semaan wants to solve fashion's sustainability problem
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
The culture and climate thought leader is working with everyone from the UN to students to tackle fashion's sustainability problem.
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4 Jun 19
The African projects harnessing alternative energy
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African Design
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Design Activism
“We must be more ambitious in harnessing the power of renewable energy to meet sustainable development and climate goals”
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3 Jun 19
Marjan van Aubel uses intelligent design to solve energy and food production problems
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Product Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
In her work she looks at our current relationship with solar technology and how it can be used to enhance and future-proof city living.
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3 Jun 19
Faith XLVII talks about the importance of staging Aurum in South Africa
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Creative Economy
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Film & Animation
The artist and her collaborators, Pure and Inka Kendzia, talk to us about the interactive performance piece.
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31 May 19
Sculptors set to create the world’s largest gender equality art project
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Craft
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Design Activism
Australian sculptors and married couple Gillie and Marc are creating 10 life sized sculptures celebrating the lives of monumental women.
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31 May 19
OurArtworks is a creative haven for Mississippi's disabled community
Design News
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Art & Photography
“Anyone who has a disability has the ability to create art.”
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30 May 19
Jordanian studio Turbo on resisting design trends
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Art & Photography
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Creative Economy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We chat to Saeed Abu-Jabar and Mothanna Hussein about how they’re contributing to the desert city’s flourishing design scene.
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29 May 19
Drawing water out of thin air
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African Design
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
How Majik Water tapped a water source that is all around us.
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29 May 19
Siddhant Shah is bridging the gap between disability and cultural heritage
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Design Activism
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Interaction Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
“Designers and architects live with the misconception that accessibility is only restricted to the physical aspect of a space... that's a fallacy."
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28 May 19
Mileha Soneji designs low-tech tools for Parkinson’s patients
Design News
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Product Design
The product designer has created two products to cater to people suffering from Parkinson's.
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28 May 19
Roy Allela invents tech that translates sign language into audio
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African Design
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
The Kenyan inventor was inspired by his deaf niece to create Sign-IO, a glove that interprets sign language into speech.
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27 May 19
Kenyan jeweller uses natural minerals to tell her story
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African Design
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Ami Doshi Shah’s sculptural jewellery pieces tell the story both of Kenya’s intricate past and the country's captivating natural beauty.
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27 May 19
More than a catcall
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Interaction Design
Sophie Sandberg tackles everyday harassment by taking it back to the streets.
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24 May 19
Funfere Koroye on product design for the West African consumer
Design News
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African Design
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Industrial Design
Nigerian product designer has designed a range of products that take into account the uniqueness of a West African consumer.
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23 May 19
The industrialisation of the natural world
Design News
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
Speculations on the future of biodiversity after the sixth mass extinction.
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22 May 19
Kutti Collective is taking on the lack of Desi representation in the art world
Design Frontiers
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Art & Photography
“It’s about creating and dialoguing about things that affect us in a way that isn't Orientalist, or beholden to the erasures and violence..."
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22 May 19
Blair Imani is writing Herstory
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Design Thinking
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Film & Animation
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Information Design
Imani’s book is shining a light both on modern feminists and on marginalised people who are making a difference in the world.
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21 May 19
Jomo Tariku on changing perceptions around what constitutes modern furniture
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African Design
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Craft
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Creative Economy
“The modern furniture industry treats African furniture as something of a novelty,” says the Ethiopian-American furniture designer.
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20 May 19
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