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The search for SA’s next design mavens is on!
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1 Sep 21
Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas
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Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas
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1 Sep 21
No Waste Challenge winner, Leafylife, creates diesel from dirty diapers
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Leafylife’s fuel production lowers carbon dioxide emissions by 76%
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30 Aug 21
No Waste Challenge Winner, Radial makes radical change
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Materials for mitigating plastic pollution
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23 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
Our media partner ARTSTHREAD & GUCCI join forces to showcase the world’s design graduates
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Following the success of the 2020 Global Design Graduate Show, ARTSTHREAD is ready for another round
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9 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 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
Reframing specs, a sustainable high-speed train, and adaptable materials
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Seeing into the future.
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23 Jun 21
The high-speed Hyperloop by Zaha Hadid Architects will revolutionise land-based travel
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Hyperloop and Zaha Hadid Architects on track to transport us into the future.
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21 Jun 21
#DI Global Graduate Ackeem Ngwenya envisions a future of fashion inclusivity with REFRAMD eyewear
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REFRAMD’s vision is one of individualized solutions to eyewear.
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21 Jun 21
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: A skilful sidestep saw the creation of furniture design firm DEFT Studios
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Architecture graduates Zani Alberts and Martin Tallie formed DEFT as a creative outlet.
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21 Jun 21
#DI Alumnus Snøhetta takes Green Building One Step further by Developing Sustainable Concrete
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Norwegian studio Snøhetta’s pioneering new forms of concrete will change the urban landscape for the better.
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14 Jun 21
Souped Up Salone – Milano’s Innovative Response to a Year without its Furniture Fair
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Salone del Mobile announces the ‘Supersalone’ for September 2021.
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7 Jun 21
#DI Alumni to Bring the Mother City to Life on Inaugural Cape Town Design Trail
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The Cape Town Design Trail lays out a route of the city’s best and brightest.
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31 May 21
Nendo’s Oki Sato’s N02 Chair Embodies the Future-Forward Ethos of Fritz Hansen
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A “Japandi” triumph, the Fritz Hansen N02 is made of recycled household waste.
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24 May 21
CAKE Electric Motorcycles joins Forces with Sustainability Partners to Produce an Anti-Poaching Bike
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Innovation and collaboration come together to combat poaching.
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24 May 21
With 19 Chairs, Art and Charity Collide in a Celebration of Seating by a Range of #DI Speakers
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19 Chairs challenges design stars to create one-of-a-kind custom chairs for COVID-19 charity auction.
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17 May 21
Waterlight Converts Water into Energy with its Innovative Seawater-Powered Lamp
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An innovation designed to serve communities with no access to electricity, WaterLight makes use of an available natural resource.
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3 May 21
Yinka Ilori’s New 20-Piece Homeware Collection Merges African and English Customs
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Design Indaba Speaker Yinka Ilori’s bright and colourful new homeware incorporates his signature motifs.
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26 Apr 21
Sweden’s Onmateria Imagines a Future for the Hotel Industry hat’s Lighter on the Planet
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Green Box – an innovative biodegradable system of hotel amenities.
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26 Apr 21
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