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#DI Emerging Creative Caleb Pillay chats to us about meaningful design and social media’s influence
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25 Aug 21
Caleb Pillay’s dream brand collaboration is out of this world.
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Exclusive: Former #DI Emerging Creative Sifiso Kunene shares his new Resort ‘21 collection
Design News
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24 Aug 21
We get resort-ready with fashion designer Sifiso Kunene
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No Waste Challenge Winner, Radial makes radical change
Design News
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23 Aug 21
Materials for mitigating plastic pollution
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#DI Alumni unite: Selly Rabe Kane tackles pollution in a short film for Little Sun
Design News
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20 Aug 21
Little Sun starts a new climate conversation
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No Waste Challenge winner, Clothing Loop swaps Fast Fashion for sustainability
Design News
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16 Aug 21
“I haven’t bought any new clothes in over 13 years and that’s going fine.”
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Sruli Recht’s sci-fi footwear for a post-traumatic future
Design News
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16 Aug 21
The climate-conscious collection, Damage, solves for a dystopic future
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#DI Emerging Creative Buhle Qabaka chats to us about music icons, popular culture, and old-school cartoons
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16 Aug 21
Bold illustrations and breaking boundaries
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A-E-I-O-U - Gisèle Human’s new Waif film by Frankie Nassimbeni - addresses mental health
Design News
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16 Aug 21
Former #DI Emerging Creative Gisèle Human creates a safe space for healing, softness, and peace
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Creative Cures
Design News
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11 Aug 21
From period poverty to the perfect portrait.
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#DI Emerging Creative Chelsea Robin Ingham chats to us about printmaking
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9 Aug 21
Chelsea Robin Ingham on printmaking, coloured culture and ‘imposter syndrome’
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Our media partner ARTSTHREAD & GUCCI join forces to showcase the world’s design graduates
Design News
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9 Aug 21
Following the success of the 2020 Global Design Graduate Show, ARTSTHREAD is ready for another round
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#DI Emerging Creative Fiona Davhana talks appreciating the natural, expressing womanhood and being her own muse
Q&A
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9 Aug 21
Creativity as a form of healing and body positivity
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From pineapple waste to period products
Design News
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9 Aug 21
Nyungu Afrika simultaneously combats period poverty and pollution
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A Gold Medal for design at the Tokyo Olympics
Design News
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2 Aug 21
Some of the greatest moments of the Tokyo Olympics will prove to be design-related
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No Waste Challenge winner CarbonCraft is transforming construction
Design News
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2 Aug 21
Carbon Tiles reuse waste to provide eco-friendly building materials
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Iwan Baan will transport you to the ‘Most Hopeful Places on Earth’
Design News
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2 Aug 21
Renowned photographer Iwan Baan guest-curates See All This.
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We chatted to #DI Emerging Creative Thando Phenyane about his wide-ranging influences
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2 Aug 21
Thando Phenyane’s artworks pay homage to his architectural and art studies.
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A changing landscape
Design News
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29 Jul 21
This week: Design takes Gold in Tokyo; the war on waste; and artists changing norms…
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We chat to #DI Emerging Creative Kgothatso Malatjie about her emotionally charged multimedia work
Q&A
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26 Jul 21
Kgothatso Malatjie uses different artforms to express herself her emotions
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No Waste Challenge 2021 winner Mapu is the world’s first active sound system made of clay, wood, cork and wool
Design News
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26 Jul 21
Craft-led Mapu proves that eco-friendly materials can replace plastics in electronics
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Pavilion Tokyo 2021 is a public arts intervention featuring former #DI Speaker Sou Fujimoto
Design News
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26 Jul 21
Sou Fujimoto’s whimsical Cloud Pavilion adds visual poetry to urban Tokyo
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#DI Exclusive: Steloolive launches his latest experimental project, NiKANiKA Robotics
Design News
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26 Jul 21
Maverick Ghanian muso and #DI18 performer Steloolive shares his most recent artistic explorations with us
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#DI Exclusive: Steloolive launches his latest experimental project, NiKANiKA Robotics
Design News
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26 Jul 21
Maverick Ghanian muso and #DI18 performer Steloolive shares his most recent artistic explorations with us
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We chat to #DI Emerging Creative Kgothatso Malatjie about her emotionally charged multimedia work
Q&A
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26 Jul 21
Kgothatso Malatjie uses different artforms to express herself her emotions
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