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This music festival has the perfect solve for flat batteries
Design News
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3 Jul 17
Students at Australia’s UniSA designed a bespoke solar phone charging stand for the WOMADelaide Festival.
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Lucy Feng’s work plays with African mysticism and modern Afropunk culture
Design Frontiers
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3 Jul 17
Called ‘The Strangelings’, the images moodily blend the surreal and the regal.
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On breaking down plastic waste for the benefit of nature
Design News
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4 Jul 17
A look at different approaches that challenge the ‘non-biodegradable’ barrier.
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Swiss-born Rafael Kouto wants to dewesternise fashion
Design Frontiers
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4 Jul 17
"The next big thing in fashion is open source and engagement of the consumer in the creative process."
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Weird Box is an innovative short film driven by the participation of Instagram followers
Design News
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4 Jul 17
Software developer Noah Levenson’s latest design integrates users’ Instagram posts into a short film.
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The surreal body art of South Korean artist Dain Yoon
Design News
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5 Jul 17
This artist uses her face as the canvas for unique optical illusion artworks.
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Living canopy changes its appearance throughout the day
Design News
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5 Jul 17
This responsive design merges biology, architecture and maths to form a canopy that responds to light.
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Beautiful Boy by Lissa Rivera explores the visual language of gender
Design News
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7 Jul 17
Celebrating gender identity as a repertoire, not a classification.
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Filmmaker Jessie Zinn on telling truthful and sincere stories
Design Frontiers
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10 Jul 17
The director is one of a growing list of young female Cape Town filmmakers making their mark in the industry.
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Studio Lani's versatile Talking Tables win at the NYC WantedDesign Launch Pad
Design News
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11 Jul 17
"Hand-welded steel, hand-turned wood and woven leather unite to form the sculptural and versatile nature of these pieces."
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Johannesburg designer brings boomboxes back into the future
Design News
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12 Jul 17
His unconventional portable boomboxes make it simple for those who are nostalgic for boomboxes but also appreciate slick design.
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Poor Billionaires photo series satirises the deep social void of Brazil
Design News
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13 Jul 17
This Kolor Art Collective project uses glamour and absurdity to criticise profound income inequality.
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A floating public pool designed to revive Melbourne’s Yarra River
Design News
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13 Jul 17
London-based architects Studio Octopi proposed a floating pool to activate community interest around the cleanup of the Yarra River.
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Scientists get innovative in the fight against glacier melt
Design Frontiers
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13 Jul 17
Halting the effects of global warming with artificial ice and massive blankets.
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Dutch photographer captures candid moments of life on the streets of Christian Village
Lookbook
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13 Jul 17
“Photography helps me to see more, to connect with strangers and listen to their stories.”
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A golden way to draw attention to an overlooked piece of female anatomy
Design News
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14 Jul 17
Alli Sebastian Wolf hopes that her work will spur more conversations about the fascinating magic and underappreciated aspects of the clitoris.
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Daan Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Bicycles clean the air as you ride
Design Frontiers
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14 Jul 17
The next phase of Smog Free Project China is almost here.
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Cape Town décor label Mia Mélange revitalises with fresh look and feel
Design News
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16 Jul 17
“Our intention was to express the diverse ways in which our products can be used in and around the home.”
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New vertical residences in Eindhoven to be designed by MVRDV
Design News
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17 Jul 17
This mosaic-like structure combines urban farming, housing and more in the Eindhoven city centre.
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Cook This Page wants to make cooking new things easy and fun
Design News
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17 Jul 17
Interactive IKEA recipes demonstrate just how deliciously simple creativity can be.
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has found a novel way to share its vast artwork
Design News
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17 Jul 17
US art lovers can text keywords or an emoji and receive matching pictures from the museum's database
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Everything you always wanted to know about toilets, but were afraid to ask
Design Frontiers
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18 Jul 17
The Cube Design Museum in the Netherlands is hosting an interesting new exhibition.
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Step into the vibrant alternative future of Adblock City
Design News
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18 Jul 17
How will we escape the ever-mounting saturation of advertising in our cities?
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The ecological reincarnation of Mount Trashmore
Design News
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18 Jul 17
Proof that a second chance at life can be rewarding, even when it comes to lifeless urban spaces.
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