July 2019 Archive

Travel the world through the eyes of the Agoraphobic Traveller

Design Frontiers • 23 Jul 19

This curator reveals the beauty that can be found in Google Street View. >
Friends forever – until the connection drops

Design Frontiers • 24 Jul 19

Just how will artificial intelligence affect the world of design and the job of the designer? It could become a win-win situation. >
Journal Safar: A window into Beirut

Design News • 24 Jul 19

How Journal Safar, an art and design magazine, connects Beirut’s art scene to the rest of the world. >
Combining fungi and willow to create functional furniture

Product Spotlight • 25 Jul 19

Sebastian Cox and Ninela Ivanova’s collaboration investigates the potential of mushrooms as a raw material. >
A robot-made habitat for Mars could bring sustainable building down to Earth

Design Frontiers • 25 Jul 19

How a speculative project for another planet is uncovering solutions for better building practices. >
Michelle Mlati's afrofuturist approach to spatial planning

Design News • 26 Jul 19

“It is about spatially rewriting the city to not only mitigate apartheid spatial legacies...but one that transforms with evolving black culture.” >
Eleazer Radebe’s journey into the world of fashion

Next Generation • 26 Jul 19

From humble beginnings and several detours, Design Indaba Emerging Creative Eleazer Radebe is carving a wholesome fashion and lifestyle brand, By Ele. >
Biology is the new technology with Silvio Tinello’s grown objects

Design News • 29 Jul 19

“Designers are beginning to realise that they can grow a better future." >
London street gets the Yinka Ilori happy treatment

Design Frontiers • 29 Jul 19

Happy Streets is the product designer's first public project. >
Primrose Chimhanda on nature as inspiration for her textile designs

Design News • 29 Jul 19

“Each design is inspired by a form of nature which represents an expression of the most powerful lessons I’ve learnt.” >
bioMason grows bricks without using any heat

Design Frontiers • 29 Jul 19

This method mimics a naturally occurring material called biological cement, much like the process that occurs when coral is formed. >
Rebuilding Somalia’s ruined cities

Design News • 30 Jul 19

The civil war in Somalia has not only destroyed the lives of countless people – it also left behind many ruined cities. >
How digital technologies can help Africa’s smallholder farmers

Design Frontiers • 30 Jul 19

The various applications of digital tech in agriculture could produce unprecedented results on the continent. >
Meet the Queen of Cowries: Lafalaise Dion

Next Generation • 30 Jul 19

For Ivorian designer Lafalaise Dion, the cowrie shell is representative of African legacy and spirituality. >
Tackling unemployment through a holistic approach to design

Design Frontiers • 31 Jul 19

Devised by service designer Hazel Scrimgeour, LINKUP is a platform set to make a difference to South Africa's unemployed youth. >

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