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The Paper Water Bottle sits at the intersection of branding and sustainable design
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Another product you could be using instead of plastic. Check out The Paper Water Bottle.
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13 Mar 18
Illume photographers take you on an aerial tour of Rwanda
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"There is beautiful nature in Rwanda, but it's very important to know and see the rest."
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13 Mar 18
Photographer Victoria Krundysheva breaks down social media culture in latest collection
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In the age of publishing retouched moments of life online and curating our appearances, how connected to each other are we really?
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13 Mar 18
27 young South African creatives to watch
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Part of our Emerging Creatives 2018, these are just some of the young designers you should have on your radar for South African talent.
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12 Mar 18
Food designer Chloé Rutzerveld turns waste into healthy treats
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Food Design
This edible innovation addresses wastage in the food industry – with delicious results.
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12 Mar 18
Code artist Zach Lieberman launches Weird Type in collaboration with Design Indaba
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Interaction Design
“How does typography change when it is spatial, when we can move around it and it exists in 3D space?”
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12 Mar 18
An industrial design graduate has created an Emotional First Aid Kit
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Rui Sun tackles the question, “Why do so many products ease physical pain and so few treat emotional stress?”
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12 Mar 18
Art as an exploration of the self and an interrogation of the world with Buhlebezwe Siwani
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African Design
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"I’ve always said if art doesn’t engage socially what are you making it for?"
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10 Mar 18
Michael Candy’s 3D-printed flowers could save dwindling bee populations
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Industrial Design
This design intervenes in the risk-prone world of pollination using robotic flowers.
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9 Mar 18
Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi awarded the 2018 Pritzker Prize
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Architecture & Interiors
Doshi believes the award will draw attention to the capacity for architecture to trigger social upliftment.
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9 Mar 18
Nike designs shoebox made out of recycled milk containers and coffee lids
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The sportswear giant teamed up with Taiwanese architect and engineer Arthur Huang to create multi-functional shoe boxes.
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9 Mar 18
Waterstudio’s Parthenon seawall doubles as natural energy generator
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Urban & Landscape Design
This Dutch design company explores water-based solutions for urban planning.
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9 Mar 18
On the dying practice of female facial tattoos in North Africa
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Photographer Yumna Al-Arashi travelled to villages in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia to document the disappearing custom of female facial tattoos.
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8 Mar 18
Replace pads, tampons and cups with this eco-friendly alternative
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One WUKA is said to replace 100 tampons or pads from polluting the planet.
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8 Mar 18
Lebo Mashile breathes inner life into the story of Saartjie Baartman
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African Design
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“For the first time, Saartjie's life as an artist and as a performer – because she defined herself as an artist – made a lot of sense to me."
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7 Mar 18
Swedish design gallery celebrates the monumental failures of the product design world
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We so often learn about the breakthroughs, the triumphs and innovations of creativity – what about the blunders?
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7 Mar 18
Yannis Davy Guibinga interrogates the colour black and its relation to death
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African Design
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The artist’s new photo series unpacks the colour black as a symbol of darkness, mourning and death.
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7 Mar 18
This enhanced man-made skin graft helps burn victims heal
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By combining collagen skin grafts with healthy skin cells, an MIT researcher created a scaffold that heals burn victims faster.
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6 Mar 18
The Ki Ecobe shoe doesn’t use a single drop of glue
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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The revolutionary, modular footwear can be self-assembled in less than five minutes.
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6 Mar 18
Nixie Girl rethinks menstrual cups for a new generation
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Industrial Design
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Redesigning menstrual products to appeal to a younger market.
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6 Mar 18
How do you tackle piracy, the refugee crisis and learning new language using design?
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These Design Indaba 2017 speakers are leading the way.
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6 Mar 18
Côte d'Ivoire-based artist, Kadarik uses pop art as social commentary
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Pop Art that analyses modern society using, the Joker, Spiderman and Wonder Woman.
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5 Mar 18
In pictures: The Tolerance Traveling Poster Show at Design Indaba 2018
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The idea behind the nomadic exhibition is to spread a simple message of humanity and reach the maximum amount of people.
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5 Mar 18
Morag Myerscough turns concrete jungles into spaces of belonging
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Urban & Landscape Design
The artist talks us through her giant centrepiece for Design Indaba Festival 2018, Embrace The Unknown.
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5 Mar 18
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