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Would you drink beer made from sewage water?
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Food Design
A California brewing company has created a ‘delicious’ beer using recycled wastewater.
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27 Mar 17
The Thermotrap Project
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
This start-up initiative aims to uplift the living conditions of township residents.
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24 Mar 17
This kids clothing range literally grows alongside your child
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
“Slow fashion for fast growing kids.”
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24 Mar 17
Meet Mr Trash Wheel, a clever water pollution solution
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
A self-sustaining trash collector that cleanses urban waters using renewable energy.
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24 Mar 17
This queer visibility comic already has 800 backers
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Creative Economy
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Film & Animation
Tee Franklin’s Bingo Love is a new take on queer relationships, heartbreak and growth.
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24 Mar 17
Shape: Design is everywhere
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Design Thinking
A film about design. If for one day you had the power to make your world work better, what would you change?
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24 Mar 17
Dear White America
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African Design
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Information Design
US-based artist Inyegumena Nosegbe’s newspaper project is a poignant look at police brutality.
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23 Mar 17
Refugee chefs share the taste of home
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Food Design
Eat Offbeat: An unprecedented cookbook featuring recipes and stories by refugees now working as chefs in New York City.
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23 Mar 17
Giving back with ethical fashion
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Eco-friendly and ethically made, Allmade pushes the boundaries of the ordinary t-shirt.
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23 Mar 17
Waves for Water
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Design Activism
This new documentary, released on World Water Day, follows former pro surfer Jon Rose and his mission to help bring clean drinking water to those in need.
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22 Mar 17
The font of life
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Design Activism
Download and donate to the millions living without water.
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22 Mar 17
Greeting cards for people of colour
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Art & Photography
US-based creative Tara James creates greeting cards as a reflection of cultural tradition.
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22 Mar 17
Hooded: Subversion through photography
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Art & Photography
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Film & Animation
Myles Loftin confronts the stereotype of the hooded black man in a new multimedia project.
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21 Mar 17
Why wastewater?
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Design Activism
World Water Day 2017 will look at the way we manage the precious resource during every part of the water cycle.
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20 Mar 17
Arch for Arch celebrates Archbishop Tutu and the freedom of South Africa
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
It will be launched on 7 October, 2017 to coincide with The Arch's 86th birthday.
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20 Mar 17
Buddibox: A community-driven courier network in South Africa
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African Design
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Design Activism
This organisation tackles local unemployment by facilitating small-scale courier services.
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20 Mar 17
Stories of feral children told through photography
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Art & Photography
This photographer sheds light on the cruelty faced by children as they are abandoned by society absolutely.
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17 Mar 17
A conceptualised take on gendered domestic bliss
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Art & Photography
Photographer Patty Carroll’s Anonymous Women addresses our gendered view of domesticity.
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17 Mar 17
A look into the volume of the internet
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Design Thinking
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Information Design
How much do you know about the design of the worldwide web?
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16 Mar 17
Data Oruwari: Master of the micropen
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“Creativity is my religion, so I’m always finding new ways to bring things to life.”
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16 Mar 17
South African photographer shortlisted in 2017 Sony World Photography Awards
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Art & Photography
Cole Ndelu’s arresting entry was inspired by the #FeesMustFall movement.
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16 Mar 17
Using technology to reimagine the documentation of human suffering
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Art & Photography
Photographer Richard Mosse’s latest work opens at the Barbican.
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16 Mar 17
RiverBlue
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Design Activism
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Film & Animation
This film documents the unspoken cost of the global fashion industry.
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15 Mar 17
Eco-friendly digs for the modern nomad
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Architecture & Interiors
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Creative Economy
The University of Porto (UPTEC), Portuguese startup Ecocubo created a prefab perfect for travellers.
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15 Mar 17
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