September 2015 Archive

Tia Blassingame: Combating racism through letter press printing

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:55 • 10 Sep 15

Designer and book artist Tia Blassingame uses the printed word to give her thoughts on racism in the United States a form of authority. >
Inventors use gravity to create safe, clean light

Design News • 10 Sep 15

A light powered by gravity is GravityLight’s solution to the health and environmental hazards of kerosene lamps. >
Surviving severe drought is top of this designer’s priorities

Design News • 9 Sep 15

Design graduate Jaime Tai uses a natural sugar to help ensure drought survival. >
Rich Mnisi: Fashion forward and business savvy

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:36 • 9 Sep 15

Just out of varsity and fashion school, designer Rich Mnisi has already launched his own critically-acclaimed fashion brand. >
Trailer: Tia Blassingame on the texture of racism in the United States

Trailers • Duration: 00:00:48 • 8 Sep 15

Recent graduate Tia Blassingame explores the relationships between race, history and perception in her work. >
The texture of racism & slavery in the United States – a talk by Tia Blassingame

Talks • Duration: 00:08:44 • 8 Sep 15

"I made a headscarf that talks about the accumulation of wealth through slavery, as the black body as gold but also seeming worthless." >
Myanmar: Battling poverty with human-centred design

Design News • 7 Sep 15

Proximity Design’s creations help people in Myanmar survive in extreme poverty. >
Bentley van Wyk: Mastering the art of pottery

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:49 • 7 Sep 15

Ceramic designer Bentley van Wyk masters traditional techniques in his contemporary ceramic designs. >
Kwamie Liv's animated video is dark, eerie and beautiful at the same time

FilmFestFriday • 4 Sep 15

Danish artist Baby Duka is a multi-talented – he created the beats for Kwamie Liv's low-burning track, "Pleasure This Pain" and animated the music video. >
Dominic Wilcox reveals crazy breakfast tech

Design News • 3 Sep 15

British designer Dominic Wilcox was challenged by Kellogs to change the face of breakfast time, and he answered in the most Wilcox way possible. >
The same, but different: queer identical twins in video installation Factum Tremblay

Design News • 3 Sep 15

Identical twins Natalyn and Jocelyn Tremblay talk candidly about their lives and the experience of coming out in simultaneous interviews on a split screen. >
Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana: Connecting the dots of advertising

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:55 • 3 Sep 15

Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana review the benefits of working in a digital space and the importance of strategy in a campaign. >
Chuck Porter: Do great work, be your own client

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:07 • 2 Sep 15

Advertising executive Chuck Porter speaks of the importance of becoming your own client and creating your own brands. >
Edible Cinema adds another dimension to film

Design News • 2 Sep 15

The collaborative effort of the Soho House and Teatime Productions aims to add bespoke edible creations to cinema. >
Trailer: Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana on how purpose drives creativity and change

Trailers • Duration: 00:01:35 • 1 Sep 15

Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana unpack the belief system that’s behind their award-winning ad agency, Joe Public. >
Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana on how purpose drives creativity and change

Talks • Duration: 00:38:18 • 1 Sep 15

Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana unpack the belief system that’s behind their award-winning ad agency, Joe Public. >

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