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Scientists get innovative in the fight against glacier melt
Design Frontiers
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Urban & Landscape Design
Halting the effects of global warming with artificial ice and massive blankets.
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13 Jul 17
A floating public pool designed to revive Melbourne’s Yarra River
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
London-based architects Studio Octopi proposed a floating pool to activate community interest around the cleanup of the Yarra River.
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13 Jul 17
Poor Billionaires photo series satirises the deep social void of Brazil
Design News
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Art & Photography
This Kolor Art Collective project uses glamour and absurdity to criticise profound income inequality.
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13 Jul 17
Johannesburg designer brings boomboxes back into the future
Design News
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African Design
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Music & Sound Design
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Product Design
His unconventional portable boomboxes make it simple for those who are nostalgic for boomboxes but also appreciate slick design.
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12 Jul 17
Studio Lani's versatile Talking Tables win at the NYC WantedDesign Launch Pad
Design News
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African Design
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Product Design
"Hand-welded steel, hand-turned wood and woven leather unite to form the sculptural and versatile nature of these pieces."
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11 Jul 17
Filmmaker Jessie Zinn on telling truthful and sincere stories
Design Frontiers
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Film & Animation
The director is one of a growing list of young female Cape Town filmmakers making their mark in the industry.
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10 Jul 17
Beautiful Boy by Lissa Rivera explores the visual language of gender
Design News
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Art & Photography
Celebrating gender identity as a repertoire, not a classification.
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7 Jul 17
Living canopy changes its appearance throughout the day
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
This responsive design merges biology, architecture and maths to form a canopy that responds to light.
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5 Jul 17
The surreal body art of South Korean artist Dain Yoon
Design News
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Art & Photography
This artist uses her face as the canvas for unique optical illusion artworks.
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5 Jul 17
Weird Box is an innovative short film driven by the participation of Instagram followers
Design News
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Film & Animation
Software developer Noah Levenson’s latest design integrates users’ Instagram posts into a short film.
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4 Jul 17
Swiss-born Rafael Kouto wants to dewesternise fashion
Design Frontiers
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Creative Economy
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Design Activism
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
"The next big thing in fashion is open source and engagement of the consumer in the creative process."
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4 Jul 17
On breaking down plastic waste for the benefit of nature
Design News
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Design Thinking
A look at different approaches that challenge the ‘non-biodegradable’ barrier.
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4 Jul 17
ULTRACONTEMPORARY Exhibition explores political art and its function in society
Design News
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Art & Photography
This collection of “emergency” art pieces is based on the fast pace at which our world changes.
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3 Jul 17
Lucy Feng’s work plays with African mysticism and modern Afropunk culture
Design Frontiers
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Art & Photography
Called ‘The Strangelings’, the images moodily blend the surreal and the regal.
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3 Jul 17
This music festival has the perfect solve for flat batteries
Design News
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
Students at Australia’s UniSA designed a bespoke solar phone charging stand for the WOMADelaide Festival.
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3 Jul 17
Cape Town feminist clothing brand on moving beyond t-shirts
Product Spotlight
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Creative Economy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The founders of C(l)it on unlearning their white privilege and next steps
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30 Jun 17
Artist Ai Weiwei turns salvaged refugee lifejackets into a large-scale installation
Design News
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Design Activism
The artist and activist collected about 3 500 life jackets to highlight the disturbing conditions refugees are subjected to
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30 Jun 17
Gabon-born photographer tells the story of the Central African country’s youth
Design News
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African Design
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Art & Photography
An artist in the diaspora, Yannis Davy Guibinga connects with his heritage through photography.
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29 Jun 17
These teen girls built a solar powered tent for LA's homeless people
Design News
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
DIY Girls is empowering teen girls to pursue the fields of technology and engineering.
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29 Jun 17
Add Colour teaches design thinking to South Africa’s youth
Design News
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Design Activism
A pilot project by Sk8 for Gr8 aims to uplift through creativity in some of South Africa’s historically disadvantaged areas.
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28 Jun 17
French astronaut shares captivating images of Earth
Design News
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Art & Photography
While they might look like fungi under a microscope, these photographs are actually of mountain ranges and cityscapes.
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27 Jun 17
Design Commons is a new kind of bespoke, global, portable conference
Design News
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Creative Economy
The deconstructed conference where design is the tool with which to face the challenges in our cities.
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27 Jun 17
Bare Technology uses E-waste to make accessible computers for the elderly
Design News
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
The award-winning product was designed by two students with no design background
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26 Jun 17
Dough Universe: the children’s toy range inspiring future inventors
Design Frontiers
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Craft
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Product Design
Technology Will Save Us launches three new Electro Dough inspired activities.
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26 Jun 17
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