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A new preservative-free way to protect food from spoiling
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Food Design
This plant-based food design can extend the freshness of fruits and vegetables up to four times.
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28 Mar 18
Feather sculpture honours bond between Ireland and a Native American nation
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Urban & Landscape Design
Towering 20 feet into the Irish sky, Kindred Spirits recognises the Choctaw Nation for their generosity during Ireland's Great Famine.
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27 Mar 18
Jacque Njeri’s vibrant graphic art reimagines the Maasai people in outer space
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Kenyan artist’s MaaSci series is a vivid example of Afrofuturism.
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27 Mar 18
Three innovative buildings that show the way forward in architecture
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
Take a look at the cutting-edge solutions designers have used to solve modern problems of the built world on three different continents.
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26 Mar 18
UK agency launches playful Anti-Brexit Campaign
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"The idea of ordering a burger and not receiving what was expected is a feeling that everyone can relate to.”
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26 Mar 18
Morag Myerscough's design converted at Cape Town primary school to inspire kids
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Urban & Landscape Design
This project extends the life of ‘Embrace the Unknown’, the structure that was erected at Design Indaba Festival 2018.
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23 Mar 18
Could wastewater biorefinery help in the Cape Town water crisis?
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African Design
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Design Activism
As we observe World Water Day, Cape Town's management of a severe drought is an example of what's to come.
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22 Mar 18
Blinky Bill on why he does not want to be restricted to a particular music genre
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Music & Sound Design
“I want to make genreless sound – but if you absolutely have to place it, it is a mix of hip-hop, afrobeat and jazz.”
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22 Mar 18
Cape Town entrepreneur is designing a new language around menstruation
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Entrepreneur Zizipho Ntobongwana challenges everything from the packaging to ads to sustainability.
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22 Mar 18
14 graphic designers to watch
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
These up and coming visual artist showed us a sneak peak into the future of graphic design in South Africa.
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21 Mar 18
Mozambican photographer Mario Macilau on documenting the lives of society's most vulnerable
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Film & Animation
"My work is also a personal documentary. I prefer long-term projects that require commitment and trust."
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20 Mar 18
A wound-healing gel inspired by slugs
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Design Thinking
Where sutures and stitches fail, doctors are turning to the restorative slime of gastropods.
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20 Mar 18
Stone Wool is an eco-friendly way to control the temperature in our homes
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Architecture & Interiors
Engineers have identified this material as a better way to build and protect our homes and spaces.
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20 Mar 18
Journalists are fighting censorship using streaming sites like Spotify and Deezer
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Design Activism
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Information Design
The Uncensored Playlist uses a streaming loophole to get censored news to the public in repressed countries.
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19 Mar 18
On transforming diarrhoea treatment in Zambia with a simple solution
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
The award-winning innovator, Simon Berry says he hopes in the next ten years there won’t be a need for ColaLife to exist.
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19 Mar 18
LEGO is rolling out its first plant-based plastic blocks
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Design Thinking
The popular toy brand is making vast strides towards a more sustainable future.
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19 Mar 18
Nüshu is an ancient secret language developed by women
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Design Activism
These women would embroid their Nüshu scripts on fabrics such as quilts, aprons, and handkerchiefs.
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16 Mar 18
IBUKU is pioneering the use of bamboo as a sustainable building material
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
“Bamboo buildings are like a living organism, every bamboo pole represents the ‘DNA’ of the building."
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16 Mar 18
Meet the future of South African fashion
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
These are the young creatives in the fashion industry who formed part of our Emerging Creatives programme for 2018.
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16 Mar 18
Dina Amin on stop animation, upcycling in Cairo and her inspiration
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African Design
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Product Design
“I kept thinking, questioning whether we actually need all the things that we produce..."
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16 Mar 18
Graduates in Chile transform abandoned urban lots into community spaces
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
Sitio Eriazo, a collective of theatre, architecture and art graduates are on a mission to restore beauty to these spaces.
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15 Mar 18
Photographer Benjamin Von Wong sheds light on E-waste in latest collection
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Art & Photography
What happens to all our electronics after we’re done with them?
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15 Mar 18
The Desert Twins create water out of dry air
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Design Activism
“The first three days of testing were frustrating; our own sweat was the only liquid produced.”
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15 Mar 18
Here's what makes this small Iranian town one of the world's most walkable
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Architecture & Interiors
Due to the unusual layout, no motor vehicles are permitted to enter Masuleh.
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14 Mar 18
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