2018 Archive

The Unmasked Women project tackles mental health among black women

Design News • 28 Mar 18

The creative project is prioritising the work of young black women artists. >
A new preservative-free way to protect food from spoiling

Design News • 28 Mar 18

This plant-based food design can extend the freshness of fruits and vegetables up to four times. >
Spaces designed not for cars, but for people

Design Frontiers • 27 Mar 18

Is an underground, automated road tunnel the answer to the nightmare that is traffic congestion? >
Feather sculpture honours bond between Ireland and a Native American nation

Design News • 27 Mar 18

Towering 20 feet into the Irish sky, Kindred Spirits recognises the Choctaw Nation for their generosity during Ireland's Great Famine. >
Nairobi’s GoDown Art Centre gets a redesign from Sweden’s White Arkitekter

Design Frontiers • 27 Mar 18

Scandinavia's largest architecture firm reimagines Kenya’s leading centre for arts and culture. >
Jacque Njeri’s vibrant graphic art reimagines the Maasai people in outer space

Design News • 27 Mar 18

The Kenyan artist’s MaaSci series is a vivid example of Afrofuturism. >
This design duo is exploring ‘stardust’ as an alternative raw matter

Design Frontiers • 26 Mar 18

As Above, So Below uses micrometeorites to communicate an important message. >
Three innovative buildings that show the way forward in architecture

Design News • 26 Mar 18

Take a look at the cutting-edge solutions designers have used to solve modern problems of the built world on three different continents. >
UK agency launches playful Anti-Brexit Campaign

Design News • 26 Mar 18

"The idea of ordering a burger and not receiving what was expected is a feeling that everyone can relate to.” >
IBM wants to use the world’s smallest computer to stop fraud

Design Frontiers • 23 Mar 18

Smaller than a grain of salt, the tiny computer is part of a family of cryptographic anchors which includes edible ink dots and mobile sensors. >
Morag Myerscough's design converted at Cape Town primary school to inspire kids

Design News • 23 Mar 18

This project extends the life of ‘Embrace the Unknown’, the structure that was erected at Design Indaba Festival 2018. >
Could wastewater biorefinery help in the Cape Town water crisis?

Design News • 22 Mar 18

As we observe World Water Day, Cape Town's management of a severe drought is an example of what's to come. >
Blinky Bill on why he does not want to be restricted to a particular music genre

Design News • 22 Mar 18

“I want to make genreless sound – but if you absolutely have to place it, it is a mix of hip-hop, afrobeat and jazz.” >
Hayoung Kim’s lamps draw inspiration from handheld fans

Design Frontiers • 22 Mar 18

As a user moves them, much in the same way one would fold and unfold a handheld fan, the light dims. >
Could these be the fast food favourites of the future?

Design Frontiers • 22 Mar 18

Food lab Space10 reinvents 5 classic dishes using alternative, sustainable ingredients. >
Cape Town entrepreneur is designing a new language around menstruation

Design News • 22 Mar 18

Entrepreneur Zizipho Ntobongwana challenges everything from the packaging to ads to sustainability. >
The Calmingstone counters panic attacks and stress

Product Spotlight • 21 Mar 18

This hand-held design emits soothing signals that target anxiety, bringing you back to a state of zen. >
14 graphic designers to watch

Design News • 21 Mar 18

These up and coming visual artist showed us a sneak peak into the future of graphic design in South Africa. >
Mozambican photographer Mario Macilau on documenting the lives of society's most vulnerable

Design News • 20 Mar 18

"My work is also a personal documentary. I prefer long-term projects that require commitment and trust." >
A wound-healing gel inspired by slugs

Design News • 20 Mar 18

Where sutures and stitches fail, doctors are turning to the restorative slime of gastropods. >
Stone Wool is an eco-friendly way to control the temperature in our homes

Design News • 20 Mar 18

Engineers have identified this material as a better way to build and protect our homes and spaces. >
These contact lenses deliver medicine straight to your eye

Design Frontiers • 20 Mar 18

The lenses can deliver drugs to the back of the eye to treat macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion, and other diseases. >
Swedish clinic designed with the country's refugee population in mind

Design Frontiers • 19 Mar 18

Rejecting the traditional strict clean lines typical of medical centers, the design team explored the concept of a bright facade with an unusual 3D effect. >
Journalists are fighting censorship using streaming sites like Spotify and Deezer

Design News • 19 Mar 18

The Uncensored Playlist uses a streaming loophole to get censored news to the public in repressed countries. >

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