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Check out Safe Spaces Initiative, a grassroots public art and education campaign creating safe spaces for girls and women. >

An exhibition space designed by Maxim Velčovský pays tribute to Finnish designer Alvar Aalto. >

Li Edelkoort presents the future of textiles in a student exhibition at Ventura Lambrate and a professional exhibition at Gianfranco Ferre. >

Story Vases serve as a form of individual documentation of the daily lives of women in a rural village in KwaZulu-Natal. >

Poet, essayist, academic and teacher Stephen Watson has sadly passed away. >

A new design award recognises the importance of socially responsible design, in honour of designer and educator Victor J Papanek. >

Nendo's "Bamboo Steel Chair" uses bamboo handicraft techniques but manages to create a hard metal sense of pilancy. >

Here’s a fairytale dress made with the pages of gorgeous fairytale books. >

The Campana Brothers present a selection of designs made in collaboration with Klein Karoo ostrich leather supplier at Milan2011. >

Playtime is a travelling workshop that uses Lego to teach students about architectural themes and principles. >

Creative community rejuvenation is where its at for the All Originals I Art SA community mural project. >

For their first project in Africa, a Moroccan bank, Foster + Partners designed a modular, energy efficient system. >

Dark Clouds are Gathering is the solo exhibition of Berlin-based artist Olaf Hajek at Whatiftheworld gallery in Cape Town. >

"Waiting for... GLASSTRESS 2011" at Milan2011 is a preview of a "waiting-in-the-wings" exhibition for the Venice Biennale. >