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The industrialisation of the natural world
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Speculations on the future of biodiversity after the sixth mass extinction.
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22 May 19
Artist Nuria Mora on Spain’s biggest inclusive art event of its kind
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Art & Photography
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Urban & Landscape Design
Along with 14 other artists, Nuria Mora is helping to rebuild and inspire art inclusivity in Spain’s forgotten region of La Mancha.
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20 May 19
Bug burgers and micro-algae buns: the cookbook of the future
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Food Design
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Product Design
SPACE10 has been cooking up a storm in their Test Kitchen to bring you an unorthodox assortment of meals from the future.
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17 May 19
Exploring Shantell Martin’s unique interactive illustrations
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The London-born, New York-based artist is creating larger than life artworks that comment on intersectionality, identity and play.
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15 May 19
Meet the South African artists exhibiting at La Biennale Di Venezia
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Art & Photography
Titled The Stronger We Become, the South African Pavilion will feature works by Dineo Seshee Bopape, Tracey Rose and Dineo Seshee Bopape.
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10 May 19
Kgodisho Mowa’s work tackles inequality and political apathy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"Countless people are fighting for equality and fairness, and fighting for broken promises by the government, but they don't get the spotlight they deserve.”
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8 May 19
Manipulating bad eating habits with product design
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Food Design
Portion Distortion is a conceptual design project that explores the psychology behind our eating behaviour.
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7 May 19
Omar Nagati on renegotiating Downtown Cairo through design
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African Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
“You need to include in any plan or revision for Downtown or any neighbourhood, the local community, which is not necessarily the case so far."
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3 May 19
Meet Botswana's Queens of Marok
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African Design
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Art & Photography
South African photographer Paul Shiakallis documents the leather-wearing women of Botswana’s heavy metal scene.
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2 May 19
This photographer gave homeless people cameras to document their lives
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Design Activism
After five days, 45 of the cameras were returned and over 600 images developed. The results were astonishing.
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30 Apr 19
Federico Babina uses architecture to explain mental illness
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Art & Photography
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Film & Animation
Babina cleverly represents what different mental illnesses look like.
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29 Apr 19
The all-woman band taking over a space traditionally reserved for men
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Music & Sound Design
New York’s Flor de Toloache talk preserving culture, women empowerment and taking on the male-dominated world of Mariachi.
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26 Apr 19
AZEEMA is here to display beauty and dispel myths
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Design Activism
“It is a celebration of heritage, culture and diversity, yet equally a champion for empowerment and progressive change."
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26 Apr 19
Afrominima is a Nigerian lifestyle brand inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics
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African Design
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Product Design
The Olubunmi Adeyemi-helmed brand brings the minimalist movement to Africa.
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24 Apr 19
Toyin Ojih Odutola’s portraits show black skin as textured and diverse
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Art & Photography
“We have enough about what my skin looks like but what does it feel like?’
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23 Apr 19
Feyi Olubodun on what international brands get wrong about the African consumer
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Craft
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Information Design
"I argue very strongly that sophistication and westernisation don’t mean the same thing. You can be sophisticated and not be westernised."
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23 Apr 19
Designer Anne Kiwia upcycles discarded cloths to create high fashion headbands
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
“We have enough clothes. The world is full of it. We need to start protecting our environment and stop being needless consumers.”
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22 Apr 19
Tech to empower marginalised communities
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Design Activism
Human rights activist and storyteller Thenmozhi Soundararajan on the power of knowledge creation in the hands of the oppressed.
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18 Apr 19
Could the heat generated by blockchain be useful for other living beings?
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Design Thinking
With a project called Farm, MIT student Gary Zhang shows that heat generated in the blockchain has many uses.
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15 Apr 19
(P)residant: Those who don't let go of power
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African Design
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Art & Photography
"I call them 'les presidents residants' because they never want to leave power once in the seat." – Fabrice Monteiro, photographer, Dakar.
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11 Apr 19
The eco-friendly benefits of a busted smartphone
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Creative Economy
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Product Design
“This project takes the seemingly catastrophic moment in which the smartphone breaks as an opportunity to redefine the value of the expired object.”
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11 Apr 19
Bringing Afrocentric design to Milan Design Week
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Meet the South African designers who will be exhibiting their work for the first time at Milan Design Week.
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10 Apr 19
Here’s how movement can form type
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“The story of movement has just begun and we're really looking forward to where your designs take it.”
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9 Apr 19
Youngsta: Rapping the stories of the Cape Colony
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African Design
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Music & Sound Design
We sat down with one of South African rap's busiest and most artists.
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3 Apr 19
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