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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
Contemporary commute
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Layer Design’s latest creation is a commuter bike designed to make personal transport a more effortless and convenient task
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28 Aug 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
A continental visionary
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Nkululeko Mthembu’s design thinking helps to solve uniquely African challenges
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13 Jun 22
For the birds
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Treehotel and BIG make a case for species co-habitation with their new collaboration, Biosphere
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6 Jun 22
Reimagination is the new disruption
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Disruption’s “softer” cousin, Reimagination, is a survival tool for brands, and leads the way to a better world through creativity
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30 May 22
Magic mountains
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Alex Cecchetti’s Sentiero – a land-art intervention and performance – is set to premiere at the Biennale Gherdëina
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27 Feb 22
The man behind the mask(s)
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We chat to artist Kip Omolade about his new Diovadiova Chrome series
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20 Feb 22
Becoming the customer
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DI Alumnus NB Studio refreshes the ID of one of the world’s largest media agencies
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20 Feb 22
Metaverse Multiples
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Keiken’s interactive gaming installation uses tech to explore different states of being
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14 Feb 22
Flipping the script
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Pandemic lockdowns inspired Mina Kasirifar’s multifunctional sensory furniture for kids
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6 Feb 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
Cool runnings
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A simple chemical reaction powers new cooling tech that keeps things cold without electricity.
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10 Jan 22
Rain on me
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Tactus Design Workshop’s self-sustainable home of the future
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30 Dec 21
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
Mental Health Matters: Our round-up of #DI Speakers who are mindful of mental health
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October is Mental Health Awareness Month
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8 Oct 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
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
A changing landscape
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This week: Design takes Gold in Tokyo; the war on waste; and artists changing norms…
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29 Jul 21
No Waste Challenge 2021 winner Mapu is the world’s first active sound system made of clay, wood, cork and wool
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Craft-led Mapu proves that eco-friendly materials can replace plastics in electronics
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26 Jul 21
Design that envisions a better future
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No Waste winners, parks that halt climate change, & fashion that empowers…
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22 Jul 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
Denouncing plastic, hair as art, African spirituality & the Bouroullec Brothers’s latest…
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Design for people, by people.
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7 Jul 21
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