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#ArchForArch 1: Is democracy a design project?

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

Design Indaba and Liberty partnered on the series to tell the story of the man behind the Arch For Arch monument in Cape Town. >

1 Dec 17
What craft lies behind image-making?

Next Generation > Graphic Design & Illustration

MIT's Lucy Liu talks about their project that interrogates the work of one image maker per issue. >

30 Nov 17
Talking graphic design as a tool for empowerment at AGI 2017

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

Andrew Ashton, Na Kim and Thomas Widdershoven discuss new movements in the world of graphic design. >

3 Nov 17
Enough White Tea Cups: a documentary that examines solutions for global challenges

Design News > Design Thinking / Film & Animation

The film highlights the work of the INDEX: Design to Improve Life® organisation and will be screened at Nightscape 2018. >

2 Nov 17
Buitenkant takes a look at homelessness in Cape Town

Design News > African Design / Film & Animation

This homeless woman discovers a set of keys in a muddy puddle of water. >

16 Oct 17
Introducing the UnSchool of Disruptive Design

Design News > Design Thinking

“I called it the UnSchool because we undo the damage that mainstream education has done,” says the founder. >

25 Sep 17
Wacom Creatives: Guy Shield on using the presence of light in illustration

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Australian creative takes us through his creative process. >

19 Sep 17
Nigerian creative powerhouse Daniel Obasi explores sexuality in new short film

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation

The film is a visual exploration of sexuality and gender fluidity from a contemporary African perspective. >

15 Sep 17
Wacom Creatives: Alberto Montt on storytelling through illustrations

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

“As human beings we have an enormous capacity of assigning stories; we feel stuffed with our stories, and I love that.” >

6 Sep 17
A return to our primordial roots with Stanislaw Trzebinski

Design News > Art & Photography

“In spite of our total reliance on the natural world, we have become almost blind to it,” says the artist. >

23 Aug 17
Wacom Creatives: Benjamin Von Wong on his brand of visual engineering

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

"If social media didn't exist I probably wouldn't be doing photography," says the photographer. >

22 Aug 17
The Reshape initiative: Developing skills and recycling plastic for a good cause

Design News > Craft / Design Activism

A 7-day workshop that tackles the problem of unemployment and pollution in one fell swoop. >

1 Aug 17
Could the future of mobility lie in 3D-printing?

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

The folks over at Michelin imagine a future of adaptive, airless wheels with the Visionary Tyre concept. >

27 Jul 17
ULTRACONTEMPORARY Exhibition explores political art and its function in society

Design News > Art & Photography

This collection of “emergency” art pieces is based on the fast pace at which our world changes. >

3 Jul 17
Reimagining public spaces in Monwabisi Park

Design News > Design Activism

The Reclaiming the Night project is about getting residents involved in creating their own solutions >

19 Jun 17
Wacom Creatives: A look into the experimental digital art of Miss Led

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

“If you want something really badly, then you don’t feel like you’re making sacrifices.” >

9 Jun 17
Check out Dress Code’s Coke Habit

Design News > Film & Animation

This animated short film provides a unique take on the complexities of childhood addiction. >

25 May 17
Can an Elton John song help you understand refugees better?

Design News > Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

Maybe not Elton John's song itself, but this new music video for "Rocket Man" certainly can. >

25 May 17
Watch filmmaker Hayley Morris’ surreal stop-motion music video for Explosions in the Sky

Design News > Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

The band’s first official music video imagines the ‘wilderness of the mind’. >

23 May 17
Wake up and smell the colours

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

A device that transcends two of our primary senses. >

23 May 17
Love Story: A tale of refugees featuring Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore

Design News > African Design / Film & Animation

Forced migration is a recurring theme at this year's Venice Biennale. An installation in the South Africa pavilion interrogates empathy. >

19 May 17
This music video lets rip on the music industry’s so-called ‘Gatekeepers’

Design News > Film & Animation / Music & Sound Design

Jessie Reyez takes on industry sexism and misogyny with this short film. >

19 May 17
Rich Mnisi merges film with fashion

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation

Check out this cinematic lookbook for Rich Mnisi's latest trans-seaonal collection Xingelengele. >

18 May 17
Abandoned spaces in Hong Kong

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Film & Animation

South African artist Faith47 shares the third installment of Aqua Regalia – a video set in the grimy, semi-abandoned spaces of Hong Kong. >

17 May 17

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