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A Digital Drum is bringing computer skills to the youth in rural Uganda

Design Frontiers > African Design / Design Activism / Interaction Design / Product Design

Design without Borders has developed a way to bridge the information gap between urban and rural youth of Uganda. >

3 Jul 15
Portraits of Afghan women imprisoned for “moral” crimes

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Photographer Gabriela Maj gained direct access to female prisoners in Afghanistan after being overlooked by guards. >

1 Jul 15
Whose fish is this? The Cannes Lion 2015 controversy

Design News > Design Activism

A little iron fish added to a pot of food stirred up controversy at the Cannes Lion Awards Festival this year. >

29 Jun 15
Darb 1718: A place of exchange for Egypt’s artists

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft / Design Activism

Reem Hatem fills us in on Darb 1718, the Cairo centre that is fostering the North African country’s art scene. >

25 Jun 15
Joe Public awarded a Bronze at Cannes Lion

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Joe Public took home a Bronze Cannes Lion with the Cinemark “Vote SA” activation, a campaign set on inspiring social change. >

24 Jun 15
A cap to halt hair loss in cancer patients

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Industrial Design

The Embracing Life scalp-cooling cap helps maintain the quality of life for cancer patients facing chemo-induced hair loss. >

23 Jun 15
#DITakeover on Instagram: Jonx Pillemer

Lookbook > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

Cape Town photographer Jonx Pillemer gives us a masterclass on composition, framing, reportage and empathy (with a little help from Susan Sontag). >

22 Jun 15
Forget virtual tours. This online gallery is like another dimension.

Lookbook > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Design Activism / Design Thinking

UCLA’s New Wight Gallery has been replicated online. But the experience of this virtual exhibition space bears no resemblance to any gallery you know. >

19 Jun 15
Designing tools for financial literacy in Uganda

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking

As Africa’s poorest go from aid to trade, Design without Borders are helping a group of Ugandans to become truly self-reliant with a financial literacy kit. >

16 Jun 15
Bistro In Vitro serves up lab-grown meat

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Food Design

Virtual restaurant Bistro In Vitro serves up lab-grown flesh dishes in order to investigate the future of the meat industry. >

16 Jun 15
Old buses become showers for the homeless

Design News > Design Activism

Lava Mae is a non-profit organisation that transforms buses into mobile showers for the thousands living on the streets of San Francisco. >

15 Jun 15
#DITakeover on Instagram: How Far From Home

Lookbook > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Chanel Cartell and Stevo Dirnberger took us with them on their creative sabbatical in a series of wanderlust-inspired photos. >

15 Jun 15
The Nest: A DIY approach to storytelling

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Kenyan arts collective The Nest makes impressive use of limited resources – from running a radio station out of their bathroom to making an award-winning film. >

12 Jun 15
Hyko the polar bear will be your energy conscience

Product Spotlight > Design Activism / Product Design

The colour-changing Hyko Bear turns environmental awareness into a playful game for the family. >

12 Jun 15
Hip hop artist Akon’s grand solar energy plan for Africa

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

The Grammy-winning artist opens a school to train a new generation of African entrepreneurs and roll out delivery of solar energy. >

11 Jun 15
From tree to book to tree

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

This book can be planted when you finish reading it and it will grow back into a tree. >

11 Jun 15
A new breed of musical instruments

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

Dutch designer Pieter-Jan Pieters and the OWOW team are putting musical controls into your hands – literally. >

10 Jun 15
How the bindi is saving lives in India

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Iodine deficiency is one of India’s most dangerous nutritional problems, but this life-saving bindi may change that. >

9 Jun 15
5 design projects saving the oceans

Focus On > Design Activism

Today – World Oceans Day – we celebrate the ocean’s power to inspire and the innovative thinkers who’re protecting them. >

8 Jun 15
Photographs capture women’s struggles to leave behind sex work

Next Generation > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

Alexandra Dietz has shot a series of 20 images that will change the way you see prostitution. >

8 Jun 15
Bureo turn old fishing nets into skateboards

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

The team behind Bureo skateboards is working with fishing communities to upcycle discarded nets. >

5 Jun 15
Matali Crasset’s “We Trust In Wood” project supports local craftsmen in France

Product Spotlight > Craft / Design Activism / Product Design

Matali Crasset collaborates with craftsmen in the rural French woodland of La Muese. >

4 Jun 15
A cross-continental architecture studio with solutions for Harare’s informal traders

African Report > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

The architects behind Studio [D] Tale propose a set of innovative designs to improve life for informal traders in African cities. >

4 Jun 15
Beyond Entropy Africa: A new kind of common ground in Luanda

Video Interviews > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

The Angola-based architecture group Beyond Entropy Africa brings radical change to an urban sprawl with a single plant. >

3 Jun 15

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