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The Iota Project: blending bespoke furniture creation with social upliftment
Design Frontiers
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17 Mar 17
These beautiful handmade objects are creating jobs for unemployed women.
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Data Oruwari: Master of the micropen
Design News
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16 Mar 17
“Creativity is my religion, so I’m always finding new ways to bring things to life.”
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South African photographer shortlisted in 2017 Sony World Photography Awards
Design News
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16 Mar 17
Cole Ndelu’s arresting entry was inspired by the #FeesMustFall movement.
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Using technology to reimagine the documentation of human suffering
Design News
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16 Mar 17
Photographer Richard Mosse’s latest work opens at the Barbican.
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Eco-friendly digs for the modern nomad
Design News
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15 Mar 17
The University of Porto (UPTEC), Portuguese startup Ecocubo created a prefab perfect for travellers.
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Nana Oforiatta – Ayim and the encyclopaedia of African art and culture
Design News
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15 Mar 17
African art, advancements, innovations and magic all in one place.
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Reframing assumptions about ‘African art’
Next Generation
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15 Mar 17
A young illustrator who celebrates international influences rather than confined fidelity.
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A step closer to stretchable, soft electronics
Design Frontiers
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14 Mar 17
Stanford University researchers use a soup additive to create the next generation of flexible electronics.
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Permanent Alien focuses on stories from the Asian American diaspora
Design Frontiers
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14 Mar 17
“What if we made a comic featuring people who looked like us for people who look like us?”
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Falling: Representing depression through art
Design News
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13 Mar 17
This artist depicts her longstanding experience of mental disorder in disturbing style.
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The Scene of Childhood
Design News
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13 Mar 17
Photographer Lionel Jusseret captures the magical ways that autistic children communicate.
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The carbon cost of your cocaine
Opinion
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13 Mar 17
In the sixth edition of Do The Green Thing, the eco-warriors reveal the carbon footprint associated with every line of cocaine.
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This tampon packaging brings an important part of menstruation out of hiding
Design News
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13 Mar 17
Thinx Tampons has gone where no tampon maker has dared go before.
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The Five Fields Play Structure by Matter Design
Design News
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10 Mar 17
This playground stimulates the imagination and encourages creativity.
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Panâh: An ethical fashion production house in Kenya
Design News
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10 Mar 17
This African production house produces high quality clothes for international brands.
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Using soybeans to create vegan leather
Design News
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9 Mar 17
We can now add soybeans to the list of cruelty-free leather alternatives.
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Remembering Chinese Photographer Ren Hang
Design Frontiers
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9 Mar 17
The 29-year old provocateur leaves behind an awe-inspiring body of work.
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Photographer captures the nuances of a South African township
Design News
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9 Mar 17
In an ongoing project, photographer Andile Bhala looks to capture the beauty of Soweto.
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Can you spot the women in these chaotic, illustrated ads?
Design News
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8 Mar 17
This ad campaign highlights the lack of women in the Egyptian workforce.
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Kasha: Rwanda’s digital solution to a pervasive problem
Design News
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8 Mar 17
Access to information and basic services can help women progress in the developing areas.
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Emulating female power through fashion
Next Generation
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8 Mar 17
Thebe Magugu pays homage to the important people in his life with original couture.
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Plastic Utopia by photographer Henri Blommers
Design News
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7 Mar 17
This Netherlands-based photographer captures human waste within nature.
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How do we perceive others and ourselves?
Design News
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7 Mar 17
Gaze is a new South African web series deconstructing the art of seeing others.
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Recharging Mount Olivella with thousands of trees
Design Frontiers
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7 Mar 17
This ambitious art intervention breathes new life into a devastated area.
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Arch For Arch: A coda for Design Indaba Festival Day 3
Festival News
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6 Mar 17
One last thing, which deserves a piece of its own, the spectacular finale of the 2017 Conference and a tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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The final Dispatch from Day 3 of Design Indaba 2017
Festival News
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6 Mar 17
On the third and final day of Design Indaba, themes on stage recalled themes of the previous two days and introduced a new one that advocates for the unknown.
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SONOP primary school gets a solar powered upgrade
Design Frontiers
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6 Mar 17
Design Indaba partnered with SolarWorld Africa (Pty) Ltd and On Track to give this school a sustainable update.
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The Finale: Our speakers drop nuggets of truth during last day of Design Indaba Conference 2017
Festival News
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3 Mar 17
Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up.
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Swahili launches on Duolingo
Design News
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3 Mar 17
At Design Indaba 2017, Luis Von Ahn launches the first African language course on Duolingo.
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Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there
Design News
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3 Mar 17
Poo. We’re talking about poo.
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