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What should South African creative directors do to make a change beyond advertising?
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9 Nov 17
Net#work BBDO’s Mike Schalit and Emma Strydom gathered insights from 30 creative directors to answer this question.
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Dubai Design Week highlights the best in student innovation
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9 Nov 17
Those from the top university design programmes worldwide will be gathered together in a single space.
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Biomega’s new bike is a perfect alternative for the urban commuter
Design News
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8 Nov 17
Where lightweight bicycle design, efficient moped power and comfortable ergonomics come together for a stylish ride.
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Japanese artist repurposes broken skateboards to create sculptures
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8 Nov 17
Haroshi tried to make every piece unique, like putting an iPod inside an apple sculpture.
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Direct air capture plant aims to filter carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
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6 Nov 17
A Zurich-based removal company have presented a way to extract carbon dioxide directly from the air.
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Fixperts connects designers to those in need of their expertise
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3 Nov 17
"The idea behind Fixperts is to connect designers with people who could do with a little help in their lives."
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Enough White Tea Cups: a documentary that examines solutions for global challenges
Design News
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2 Nov 17
The film highlights the work of the INDEX: Design to Improve Life® organisation and will be screened at Nightscape 2018.
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Researchers develop EDCC, a new earthquake-resistant concrete
Design News
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2 Nov 17
The malleability of this eco-friendly concrete aims to withstand earthquake pressure.
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Morag Myerscough on giving spaces character and sensitivity through the use of colour
Design News
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1 Nov 17
The Design Indaba Festival 2018 speaker will turn the Artscape Piazza into a wonderland with her colourful structure.
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Yami-Ichi disrupts how the price of art is valued
Design News
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31 Oct 17
Here, money is powerless and instead the public is invited to barter skills, services and objects for a piece of art.
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Space10’s pop-up brings microgreens to congested urban spaces
Design News
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27 Oct 17
This integrated salad bar could popularise hydroponic food farming where traditional agriculture is unavailable.
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David Adjaye, Ron Arad to design new Holocaust Memorial in London
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24 Oct 17
The National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre will honour victims and survivors of Nazi persecution.
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Angolan visual artist on opening up the conversation about a new African identity
Design News
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20 Oct 17
Kiluanji Kia Henda is the first African artist to receive the Frieze Artist Award.
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Urban trees as sustainability power tools for cities
Design News
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19 Oct 17
If trees are providing so many benefits, why are cities letting this natural resource dwindle?
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Self-taught inventor powers a village in West Africa using hydro energy
Design News
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18 Oct 17
He built a micro-hydroelectric dam for his village using his savings of about R78 000.
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Speak up, speak out, speak back: Africa Architecture Awards 2017
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17 Oct 17
"What is African architecture? What makes architecture work on this continent?," asks Mark Olweny, a judge at this year’s Africa Architecture Awards.
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Buitenkant takes a look at homelessness in Cape Town
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16 Oct 17
This homeless woman discovers a set of keys in a muddy puddle of water.
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Calling concrete artists: Entries for the 2018 PPC Imaginarium Awards are now open
Design News
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11 Oct 17
The PPC Imaginarium Awards is now accepting entries from both South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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The Trashpresso transforms plastic bottles into stunning architectural tiles
Design News
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9 Oct 17
This remarkable upcycling process turns discarded waste into something beautiful.
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Photo series presents thought-provoking look at humanity stripped bare
Design News
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6 Oct 17
The project highlights the fragility and vitality of the human body juxtaposed against the backdrop of urban architecture.
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Everything you need to know about the #ArchForArch monument
Design News
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4 Oct 17
The project celebrates peace, empathy and the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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UAE reveals the Mars Science project
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4 Oct 17
The project aims to build the first inhabitable human settlement on Mars.
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Baba Tjeko’s illustrations bring the Sesotho geometric art of Litema to life
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4 Oct 17
He portrays African ideas and perspectives through his Litema artwork in hopes of positive change in other young designers.
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Street art as a form of mediation
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3 Oct 17
He aspires to transform the city's streets to create dialogue and interaction between the environment and our experience of it.
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