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Childish Gambino forcefully unpacks race and violence in America
Design News
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7 May 18
The multitalented artist’s new music video delivers a striking social commentary.
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Ukubutha: A waste-to-energy solution to mobilise residents in informal settlements
Design News
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8 May 18
Architecture graduate Nicole Moyo shares her idea on how informal communities can create their own water, energy and waste systems.
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Caroline Smeenk on designing products to help pregnant women who can't access hospitals
Next Generation
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8 May 18
"17% of rural Canadians live over 2 hours away from their nearest hospital."
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Neri Oxman wins at Cooper Hewitt 2018 National Design Awards
Design News
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9 May 18
“All ten of this year’s winners present a powerful design perspective and body of work that is at once inclusive and deeply personal..."
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Playgrounds that feed war-torn Syria's kids in more ways than one
Design News
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10 May 18
It’s a healthy space where children are taught how to plant, grow and harvest fruits and vegetables.
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How will climate change affect our eating habits in 30 years time?
Design News
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10 May 18
Researchers and scientists say we'll need to intensify the use of drought-tolerant food sources such as seaweed and more.
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Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga celebrates Congo's Mangbetu culture
Design News
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10 May 18
A dying warrior culture is remembered through the modern paintings created by this Congolese artist.
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Go ahead and take your selfies girl
Design News
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11 May 18
Body-positive artist Zola Lovette is the creative behind a series of illustrations celebrating bathroom selfies.
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Letters from a Birmingham Girl
Design News
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11 May 18
A documentary about intersectionality, identity and family.
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The WikiCell: Nature-inspired edible packaging
Design News
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14 May 18
WikiFoods aims to eliminate the overuse of plastic in food packaging.
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A Digital Drum is bringing computer skills to the youth in rural Uganda
Design Frontiers
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15 May 18
Design without Borders has developed a way to bridge the information gap between urban and rural youth of Uganda.
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Future forms of concrete, plastic could be both sustainable and eco-friendly
Design Frontiers
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16 May 18
“The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.”
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VR tool takes viewers inside Gaza to create empathy for those affected by oppression and war
Design News
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16 May 18
"By leveraging breakthrough technologies, such as virtual reality, we can create solidarity with those who are normally excluded"
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Rovik tells the story of Kenyan migrant warrior in a far away galaxy
Design News
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17 May 18
“The desire to place [the story] in the Star Wars universe was because we felt there was no African, cultural representation in an apparent galaxy."
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3D-printing tech for the marine world could save coral reefs
Design News
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17 May 18
Coral reefs are among the most fragile ecosystems on the planet and are essential to marine life.
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Xhosa culture, heritage, colour inspires Thandazani Nofingxana's designs
Design News
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18 May 18
The South African fashion designer exhibited at the Design Indaba Festival 2018 as one of 40 Emerging Creatives.
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A museum where your emotions are the main attraction
Next Generation
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18 May 18
Siphilele Magagula’s conceptual design asks participants to lay their prejudices bare.
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On resisting gentrification, social housing and the removal of statues in Central Park
Design News
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21 May 18
Justin Garrett Moore also talks about the delicate job of balancing the varied needs of New York residents.
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NexLoop looks to nature to create a remarkable water generator
Design News
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21 May 18
The company’s AquaWeb development is a self-sufficient and adaptable water management system.
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This photo series is a 10-year snapshot of African youth and culture
Design News
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23 May 18
“Africa is many fascinating and ambiguous things, but it is certainly not a poor continent.”
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Eric Gyamfi’s arresting portraits of women accused of witchcraft in northern Ghana
Design News
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23 May 18
“One major decision I took upon speaking to the women, was the fact that I was not going to paint their devastation back to them.”
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Graphic designer Felipe Taborda on Latin American graphic design
Design News
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23 May 18
He worked with 32 top graphic designers, each one representing one of the 32 countries that will play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Art and performance-driven maths education in Cape Town
Design News
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23 May 18
“It became real when I saw how much the kids were struggling. When you sit there and you go: I’m doing the same thing over and over but it’s not working."
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Nigerian-Jamaican photographer Nadine Ijewere draws on her heritage for #StellaBy series
Design News
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24 May 18
“I wanted to give a feeling of diversity and not sticking to the rules – being different."
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