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These surreal portraits explore ideas of culture, family, tradition, and gender
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12 Apr 18
Ndidi Emefiele’s art addresses societal expectations of women in Nigeria.
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"We already live in a dystopian world" – Fabrice Monteiro
Design News
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12 Apr 18
Senegalese photographer Fabrice Monteiro believes we are already living in a dystopian world, on an earth that humans have made sick.
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MaXhosa launches rug collection and appoints new creative director
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13 Apr 18
Changes are afoot for the acclaimed South African fashion brand.
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Scientists are working on a pill that mimics the effects of exercise
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13 Apr 18
Scientists are a step closer to developing exercise in a pill to help the chronically lazy, elderly, and those medically unable to exercise.
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Can you redevelop a big city like Lagos without displacing the poor?
Design News
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13 Apr 18
Urban planner Lookman Oshodi seems to think it is possible.
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The world’s first design museum built inside a Mumbai slum
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14 Apr 18
The artists also aim to question the word “slum” because of the ways in which it ignores the complexity and dynamism of a community.
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The Araba Belle androgynous capes are inspired by Ghana’s coast
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15 Apr 18
Accra-based fashion brand DoNeal was inspired by the people and landscape of Ghana's Cape Coast.
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Japanese art of paper cutting inspires the next generation of bandages
Design News
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16 Apr 18
These MIT engineers believe a simple method of pattern-cutting holds great benefits in store for wound healing plasters and wearable tech.
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Sustainable planter helps trees and plants survive in arid environments
Design News
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16 Apr 18
A product developed by Dutch startup Land Life Company increases seedling survival rates up to 95 per cent.
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See the novel ways these designers are innovating healthcare practices
Design Frontiers
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16 Apr 18
From beautiful colostomy bags to a USB stick that’s also an HIV testing kit, these projects affirm that the future of healthcare is in safe hands.
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Ekene Ijeoma deconstructs the US national anthem as a comment on mass imprisonment
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16 Apr 18
In Deconstructed Anthems, he built a software that removes notes from the US national anthem at the same rate Americans have been imprisoned.
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Copenhagenize Design Co. is making moves to see more bicycles in urban areas
Design Frontiers
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17 Apr 18
“The bicycle is the most powerful tool in our urban toolboxes to fix our cities.”
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Vukuzenzele is a digital puzzle game helping to redesign informal settlements
Design News
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17 Apr 18
The game uses the concept of re-blocking to reimagine the layout of an informal settlement in order to create better access to basic services.
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Iwo Borkowicz on finding housing solutions that serve both tourists and locals
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18 Apr 18
The young architect who was a Global Graduate at Design Indaba 2018 talks about his upcoming project in Tanzania.
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This Solar Grill makes cooking easier in areas with no electricity
Design News
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18 Apr 18
The cooker stores solar energy for cooking at any time of the day.
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How this young photographer is creating a career while helping to correct mis-representation
Design News
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18 Apr 18
Images help us to not only interpret the world around us but also challenge deep-rooted and sometimes harmful conventions.
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Robotic traffic officers direct cars on Kinshasa’s roads
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18 Apr 18
Solar-powered robotic traffic cops have been “hired” to regulate the disorderly traffic in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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How Angelika Nyboe Andersen moved from fashion to building some of Zambia's greenest buildings
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19 Apr 18
“Fashion has sort of given me a good foundation for construction. It has surprisingly all come together.”
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Could building with wood be the answer to high-density cities and the housing crisis?
Design News
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19 Apr 18
Timber Rising predicts a future in which wood will supersede concrete and steel.
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How this Cape Town publication is disrupting the way we write about food
Design News
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19 Apr 18
“To us, the story of a street food vendor running a successful hole-in-the-wall shop is just as valid as a story about a celebrated chef."
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Innovative bike hack provides zero electricity machinery in Guatemala
Design News
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19 Apr 18
Maya Pedal transforms old bicycles into an array of devices powered by pedalling.
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6 designers who use waste as inspiration for new products
Design News
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20 Apr 18
From upcycling found objects into furniture, to jewellery made of e-waste and more.
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Sunu Gonera on working in Hollywood and why afrofuturism is not a new trend
Design News
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20 Apr 18
“I think people are just trying to define what’s already happening on the ground.”
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Lyra Aoko uses the colour red as part of a photographic exploration of womanhood
Design News
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20 Apr 18
The Nairobi-based artist talks inspiration, collaboration and changing narratives.
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