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Jordanian studio Turbo on resisting design trends
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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
The industrialisation of the natural world
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Speculations on the future of biodiversity after the sixth mass extinction.
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22 May 19
Blair Imani is writing Herstory
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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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“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
Faith XLVII on the power of collaboration
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"Entering into collaborations with key people in my life has helped me rediscover my root inspiration."
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17 May 19
Bug burgers and micro-algae buns: the cookbook of the future
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Food Design
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Product Design
SPACE10 has been cooking up a storm in their Test Kitchen to bring you an unorthodox assortment of meals from the future.
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17 May 19
Building a more sustainable future
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Urban & Landscape Design
The architectural and engineering industries need to come up with new, gentler ways to construct future projects.
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14 May 19
Carolien Niebling is creating the sausage of the future
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Product designer Carolien Niebling believes that people can make a difference if they just take a moment to look at things a little differently.
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14 May 19
How Hannah Barry is revolutionising the London art scene
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Urban & Landscape Design
She may not call herself an art curator but Hannah Barry explains how she revived an art scene via an abandoned car park.
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13 May 19
Blockchain in Africa, the leapfrog continent
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African Design
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Africa’s embrace of the technology could put it in a position to take a developmental detour.
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6 May 19
Lucas De Man on being a creator and following your gut
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“Designing shows that there’s so many possibilities because there is no one truth. There is power in not knowing.”
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26 Apr 19
Kagiso Lediga on storytelling, failure and staying true to who you are
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Interaction Design
“You need to be honest when you’re telling your story…it has to be a truth from inside.”
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23 Apr 19
On blockchain and art
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Creative Economy
The framework technology could make digital art less vulnerable to fraud and theft.
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19 Apr 19
Harmonia Rosales is creating new narratives around the classic art paintings
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"By creating positive works of art using black women we can begin to deconstruct our power structure."
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18 Apr 19
Olof Schybergson on the influence of design on our society
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"With the help of technology, with the help of design, we are improving the world".
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18 Apr 19
Keenan Wyrobek on saving lives with drones
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“Doctors shared with us their torment at losing patients they knew how to save. They knew the treatments. They just didn’t have the supplies.”
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15 Apr 19
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez on tackling the world’s problems with creativity
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Food Design
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Information Design
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Gonzalez shares his method to coming up with creative solutions to everyday problems.
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12 Apr 19
SA artist uses cow dung to explore questions on perception and aesthetics
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Mawande Ka Zenzile explains how his reliance on intuition has made his work a lot more honest over the years.
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12 Apr 19
The eco-friendly benefits of a busted smartphone
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Creative Economy
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“This project takes the seemingly catastrophic moment in which the smartphone breaks as an opportunity to redefine the value of the expired object.”
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11 Apr 19
Yuri Suzuki on combining his passion for music and design
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Music & Sound Design
The Japanese sound designer shares how he finds “order in the noise.”
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11 Apr 19
How ostrich feathers are uplifting Oudtshoorn's economy through design
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Pascale Theron's work looks at breathing life into the vulnerable ostrich farming industry in Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
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8 Apr 19
Dave Hakkens on tackling the planet's waste
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“When I start something I like to start with a problem.”
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5 Apr 19
David Droga on why he is still optimistic about advertising
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Creative Economy
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Film & Animation
“Linear and logical people make the world go round, but it’s the creative people who make it worth living in."
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4 Apr 19
Wanuri Kahiu on using film to talk about Africans as joyful and radiant
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“I realised that there is more images and more stories of joy than there is of remorse,” Kahiu says of her search for African stories of joy.
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3 Apr 19
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