Articles

Plastic recycling initiative supports waste pickers in developing countries

Design News • 19 May 16

Amsterdam-based group Reflow drive a socially responsible 3D printing community >
John Radcliffe Studios documents the regular lives of refugees

Design News • 19 May 16

Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–16, is a photography series that hopes to portray a less sensationalist account of the refugee crisis. >
Y&R Paris' 3D printed animals challenge the way life is reproduced

Design News • 19 May 16

Life can’t be reproduced. Y&R Paris' series of images shows the fragile circumstances of wildlife. >
Photographer documents the last nomadic people of Nepal

Design News • 19 May 16

The Raute are Nepal’s last nomadic people nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas. This photo series captures their resistance to the modern word. >
Pentagram’s typographic installation draws attention to animal and plant conservation

Design News • 18 May 16

Designed in response to a call by artists Ackroyd & Harvey, Pentagram’s typographic installation lets viewers highlight endangered species. >
21st Century farming technology to address global food crisis

Design News • 18 May 16

Urban Produce is a sustainable vertical farming system that looks toward the future of agriculture. >
Brad Harris’ illustrations capture the innocence of everyday childhood

Design News • 18 May 16

South African artist Brad Harris draws from childhood experience to create stories and illustrations that capture child-like innocence. >
Florine Demosthene explores the black female form using mixed media art

Design News • 18 May 16

Inspired by her travels in Africa, Florine Demosthene has created a new black heroine. >
Recycled materials unite on a grand scale with Collage House

Design Frontiers • 17 May 16

The Mumbai home is made from a collection of recycled and found materials. >
Now they’re 3D printing bones

Design News • 17 May 16

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new material that can be used in bone replacement surgery. >
Livi brings nature indoors

Product Spotlight • 17 May 16

The portable planter has a new take on interacting with nature. >
Claudia Liebenberg explores masculine themes through delicate watercolour illustration

Design News • 17 May 16

Illustrator Claudia Liebenberg uses her passion for art to mentor some of South Africa’s disadvantaged kids. >
Edible insects: Won’t you pass the bugs?

Design News • 17 May 16

NB Studio reimagines major food brands and chains with insects as their main ingredients. >
Wear Your Label wants a stigma-free society

Product Spotlight • 16 May 16

Wear Your Label gets people talking about mental health through fashion and jewellery design. >
Pop-up sweatshop appears in Amsterdam

Design News • 16 May 16

Customers face the harsh reality of where their clothes come from in this pop-up sweatshop. >
A farming and recreational space designed to bring a community together

Design News • 16 May 16

Bottle Seedling House is a multipurpose shelter that aims to improve the quality of life for a farming community affected by HIV/AIDS. >
Eliminate wrinkles by applying a ‘second skin’

Design Frontiers • 16 May 16

A new, “second skin” solution to wrinkles could also lead to more medical advancements. >
When life hands you elephant dung, make paper

Design Frontiers • 13 May 16

Kenyan entrepreneurs are protecting their environment by turning elephant dung into paper. >
Pop culture and people inspire Monde Mabaso’s illustrations

Q&A • 13 May 16

Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative, Monde Mabaso is a Johannesburg-based illustrator who finds inspiration through this thriving city. >
Oded Ezer designs the Life/Death t-shirt

Product Spotlight • 13 May 16

Tel Aviv-based graphic design artist Oded Exer designed a t-shirt to help refugees. >
Portable surgical sterilisation suitcase

Design News • 13 May 16

Eniware is a new sterilisation system that aims to have a positive impact on health care in developing countries. >
The Honey: Representations of blackness as power

Design News • 13 May 16

Rendani Nemakhavhani's dynamic photo series "The Honey" turns away from blackness as struggle. >
Budapest-based brand NewFoldr champions cardboard electronics

Design News • 12 May 16

NewFoldr aims to create a recyclable electronics movement to challenge the global e-waste issue >
Artist’s mock machine guns are sculpted from old typewriters

Design News • 12 May 16

Denver-based Ravi Zupa brings gun violence to the fore in “Mightier Than”. >
Snail shell shelter brings user closer to nature

Design News • 12 May 16

Helix is a micro-architecture structure that can shelter one nomadic individual. >
Three innovative solutions to water shortage in South Africa

Design Frontiers • 11 May 16

These three ideas were submitted to Hack4Water, an initiative aimed to help solve some of SAs water challenges. >
Treating mental illness with virtual reality

Design News • 11 May 16

An Oxford University study tested virtual simulation on sufferers of severe paranoia, with positive results. >
Swawou School for Girls finally opens its doors to students in Sierra Leone

Design News • 11 May 16

Orkidstudio unveils its free-education school in eastern Sierra Leone after the Ebola outbreak put the project on hold. >
The FoodShare Truck: Fresh produce at affordable prices

Design News • 11 May 16

The travelling food market offers fresh produce at cheaper prices to locals that otherwise can’t access or afford it. >
Photographer documents the unseen life of Senegal’s talibes

Design News • 11 May 16

Photojournalist Mario Cruz’s photobook explores the harsh lives of Senegal’s modern child slaves. >

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