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Austrian industrial design company Salz tackles water heating in emerging markets with a solar water heater.
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3 Oct 22
On the dot
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Postgraduate students at the Royal College of Art created Dotplot – a handheld device that helps monitor at-home breast checks.
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26 Sep 22
The search for South Africa’s next generation of creative sensations is back!
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Applications to participate in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Class of 2023 are now open!
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7 Sep 22
Dripping with hope
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A Tunisian startup has designed a machine that can create drinkable water from thin air
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23 Aug 22
Mr Sandman
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Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions
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16 Aug 22
Hope floats
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A floating wire sculpture in Prague is an ode to Ukrainian mothers
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26 Jul 22
Arbour days
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Stefano Boeri x Timberland have created a multisensory installation to bring the scents and sensations of being in a forest into an urban waterway
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21 Jun 22
Letters for Ukraine
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An Instagram design campaign from the global creative community is showing support for Ukraine
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3 Apr 22
Do the right thing
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Design Indaba Alumnus Luba Lukova’s poster portfolio is a call to action
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3 Apr 22
The body eclectic
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Queerness and environmentalism are central to the work of Luke Rudman
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31 Jan 22
Tsonga Pride
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adidas and fashion designer Rich Mnisi unveil sizzling performance wear
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30 Jan 22
Make it snappy
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Exploring how the built environment might respond to the harsh conditions of climate change.
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21 Jan 22
Cakes and oil
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Four students from The Design Village in India have found a sustainable solution to packaging edible oil
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14 Jan 22
Woodkid
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Driving a car powered by discarded wood, across forgotten parts of Germany, is performance art with a difference.
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14 Jan 22
In the raw
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Introducing the award-winning zero-waste Ermis chair
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30 Dec 21
From kelp to catwalk
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Commercial-scale seaweed-based yarn can transform fashion
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30 Dec 21
Composting made even easier, all thanks to No Waste Challenge winner, Hagamos Composta
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We chat with founder Gerardo Montes De Oca Sierra about making waste management more accessible
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6 Oct 21
#DI Alumni Yuri Suzuki and Harry Pearce create anti-discrimination campaign ID for #WeThe15
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#WeThe15 highlights how 15% of the global population lives with disability
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3 Sep 21
#DI Alumni unite: Selly Rabe Kane tackles pollution in a short film for Little Sun
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Little Sun starts a new climate conversation
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20 Aug 21
No Waste Challenge winner, Clothing Loop swaps Fast Fashion for sustainability
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“I haven’t bought any new clothes in over 13 years and that’s going fine.”
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16 Aug 21
Sruli Recht’s sci-fi footwear for a post-traumatic future
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The climate-conscious collection, Damage, solves for a dystopic future
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16 Aug 21
From pineapple waste to period products
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Nyungu Afrika simultaneously combats period poverty and pollution
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9 Aug 21
No Waste Challenge winner CarbonCraft is transforming construction
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Carbon Tiles reuse waste to provide eco-friendly building materials
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2 Aug 21
No Waste Challenge winners announced!
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Sixteen global waste-busters awarded top honours by What Design Can Do.
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16 Jul 21
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