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Exclusive: Nerea Amorós Elorduy on creating more liveable environments in Refugee Camps
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14 Sep 21
Elorduy embodies a better world through creativity
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Here’s what you missed at Milan Design Week 2021
Design News
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13 Sep 21
How the new Supersalone shaped up
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No Waste Challenge winner, OmiFlo makes a splash in the sustainable design industry
Design News
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10 Sep 21
The climate-conscious company turns polluted water pure
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We say yay! Former #DI Emerging Creative, Russell Abrahams aka Yay Abe on his Adidas collabs
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8 Sep 21
Illustration sensation Yay Abe chats about his growth since the programme and landing his dream collaboration
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With a 2021 Red Dot award in hand, former #DI Emerging Creative, George Gibbens showcases in Milan
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7 Sep 21
George Gibbens exhibits his Slank Occasional Chair at Milan Design Week from 5-10 September 2021
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No Waste Challenge 2021 winner, Loop, produces the world’s first Living Coffin
Design News
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6 Sep 21
Six feet under never felt more sustainable
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#DI Alumni Yuri Suzuki and Harry Pearce create anti-discrimination campaign ID for #WeThe15
Design News
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3 Sep 21
#WeThe15 highlights how 15% of the global population lives with disability
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We’re now inviting entries for Design Indaba Emerging Creatives 2022
Design News
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1 Sep 21
The search for SA’s next design mavens is on!
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Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas
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1 Sep 21
Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas
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ODA reinvents New York City
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31 Aug 21
Beyond the Streets sees New York’s citizens and economy flourishing
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No Waste Challenge winner, Leafylife, creates diesel from dirty diapers
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30 Aug 21
Leafylife’s fuel production lowers carbon dioxide emissions by 76%
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The evolution will be televised
Design News
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27 Aug 21
New this week!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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