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Modern day Dracula and the plight of immigrants
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28 Dec 16
Artists adapt the classic tale of Dracula to explore the immigrant rights in the United States.
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The adventures of unconventional women
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26 Dec 16
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a collection of alternative bedtime stories for girls.
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How an artist is helping rebuild Haiti
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23 Dec 16
The Konbit Shelter is a sustainable building project in Haiti
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Smokeless cooking in Kenya
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23 Dec 16
Fighting lower respiratory infection with innovative design.
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Things we learnt in 2016
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23 Dec 16
We share a few of the interesting, incredible and sometimes unbelievable things we learnt on Design Indaba this year.
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Minerae: Another way to touch light
Design News
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23 Dec 16
This conceptual designer thinks of ways to make new connections between us and our environment.
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Spying on a thief in this fascinating documentary
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21 Dec 16
Film student Anthony van der Meer made a documentary tracking his stolen phone and the thief who stole it
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Anti-Human: An avant-garde photo series from the Kolor Art Collective
Design News
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20 Dec 16
Rio de Janeiro’s Kolor Art Collective present their latest photo series highlighting animal abuse
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What does flatpack furniture have to do with love?
Design News
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20 Dec 16
Assisted intimacy: How to build flat-pack furniture and bond with your loved ones.
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How do you photograph a phobia?
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19 Dec 16
This VSCO commissioned series looks at rare phobias that disturb the mind.
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Alive by Juno Jeon
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19 Dec 16
The Netherlands-based designer enlivens his furniture pieces through movement
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Stepping up solar efforts
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16 Dec 16
This sidewalk converts steps into power.
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Dakar's Creatives: A photo series that captures the city's movers and shakers
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15 Dec 16
In this photographic series by Jean Baptiste Joire we see Dakar's young creative agents in places in the city that inspire them.
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5 sustainable fashion brands
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15 Dec 16
We highlight five brands making clothes ethically
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A safe, drug-free way to train your body to fight stress
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13 Dec 16
Will we be able to control our bodies stress responses with the help of technology?
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The magical figures of the Haas Brothers
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13 Dec 16
These LA-based artists blur the lines between nature and psychedelia.
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Photographer captures childhood fears
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12 Dec 16
Ghost stories and monsters brought to life in A Raven’s Dream.
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3600 panties focus attention on South Africa’s rape crisis
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9 Dec 16
A trio of South African artists strung up 3600 donated panties in a public display against violence.
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The plastic bottle artworks of Veronika Richterová
Design News
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9 Dec 16
This Czech artist demonstrates the potential to find beauty in garbage.
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Nigerian designer celebrates friendship in a new streetwear line
Design News
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9 Dec 16
Onwuchekwa by Chikezie Daniel is a made-in-Nigeria high street brand.
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Battling climate change with holistic solutions
Design News
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8 Dec 16
Farmers in Guatemala are adapting to climate change using climate-smart strategies.
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Beauty is in the nostrils of the beholder (NSFW)
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8 Dec 16
Conceptual photo series challenges our perceptions of beauty by splicing together the human body in an unnerving way.
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New photobook charts photographer Yasser Booley’s Rainbow Nation
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8 Dec 16
"South Africa at Liberty" documents the work of prolific South African photographer Yasser Booley.
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The miniature embroidered portraits of Danielle Clough
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8 Dec 16
The artist that reproduces the faces of strangers with needle and thread.
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