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We’re now inviting entries for Design Indaba Emerging Creatives 2022
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1 Sep 21
The search for SA’s next design mavens is on!
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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
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27 Aug 21
New this week!
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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
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
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16 Aug 21
The climate-conscious collection, Damage, solves for a dystopic future
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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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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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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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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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No Waste Challenge 2021 winner Mapu is the world’s first active sound system made of clay, wood, cork and wool
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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
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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
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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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Design that envisions a better future
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22 Jul 21
No Waste winners, parks that halt climate change, & fashion that empowers…
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LOLA and Piet Oudolf’s visionary new landscaping book and exhibition focuses on public gardens as a solution to climate change
Design News
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19 Jul 21
Explore former #DI Speaker Peter Veenstra’s fertile new collab with Piet Oudolf
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No Waste Challenge winners announced!
Design News
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16 Jul 21
Sixteen global waste-busters awarded top honours by What Design Can Do.
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Exploring Woven Cosmos, Kenyan biophilia, music’s mavericks, & our newest multimedia-ists
Design News
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15 Jul 21
New worlds
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Kéré Architecture’s Startup Lions Campus is set to inspire future achievers
Design News
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12 Jul 21
Former #DI Speaker Diébédo Francis Kéré designs a new nature-inspired landmark in Kenya.
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Hella Jongerius - a former #DI Speaker - welcomes you into her magical world of weaving
Design News
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12 Jul 21
Woven Cosmos, Hella Jongerius’ interactive show, demonstrates 25 years of textile wisdom.
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Why KoolKiel’s cool, Kenya’s new CAMO-flage, proud LGBTQIA+ garb, & more!
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8 Jul 21
A shot of Expression
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Denouncing plastic, hair as art, African spirituality & the Bouroullec Brothers’s latest…
Design Frontiers
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7 Jul 21
Design for people, by people.
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Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu’s Parisian show stands out by blending in
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5 Jul 21
Thandiwe Muriu’s CAMO series celebrates being African by playing with colour and culture.
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