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One man’s journey home with the help of Google Earth
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Film & Animation
Using Google Earth, Saroo Brierley found his family after 25 years. This is his story.
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31 Aug 16
Estream: A portable USB charger powered by moving water
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Enomad’s portable power plant generates electricity using any source of running water.
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30 Aug 16
Sculptural desalination plant imagined for Santa Monica pier
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Architecture & Interiors
Pipe is a sustainable water harvesting solution that could produce 4.5 billion litres of clean water for California.
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30 Aug 16
The dynamic solar shading of Kiefer Technic Showroom
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Architecture & Interiors
This building reacts to the outside environment to benefit its inhabitants.
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30 Aug 16
Problem? These girls build their own solutions
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Design Activism
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Industrial Design
Construction and carpentry are not readily associated with high school girls. Project H Design’s Girls Garage hopes to change that.
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30 Aug 16
50 000 murals to pay tribute to the honeybee
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Art & Photography
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Design Activism
American artist Matthew Willey paints breathtaking murals to save the honeybee.
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29 Aug 16
Exploring different cultures through art
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African Design
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Film & Animation
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Inspired by various sub-cultures in and outside the city of Johannesburg, Terrence Toko Maluleke creates unique illustrations.
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29 Aug 16
AdrenaCard: the epinephrine auto-injector that fits in your pocket
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Product Design
Student duo develop a sleek new way for patients to self-administer life-saving medicine.
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29 Aug 16
Artistry for the departed: The fantastic coffins of Ghana
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African Design
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Craft
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Product Design
Inspired by the traditions of Ghana's Ga people, these custom-made coffins send the deceased off in imaginative style.
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29 Aug 16
Digital meets acoustic in Mune, a new kind of instrument
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Music & Sound Design
Mune combines the power of electronic music with the expressiveness and simplicity of an acoustic instrument.
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26 Aug 16
OLO turns smartphones into portable 3D printers
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Product Design
Anyone with a smartphone can digitally fabricate objects with this 3D-printing device.
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26 Aug 16
Robotic lifeguard designed for rapid rescue and recovery
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Product Design
Remote-controlled buoy becomes a tool for quick and efficient sea rescue.
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26 Aug 16
Project Alloy: Intel reveals its “merged” reality headset
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Interaction Design
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Product Design
The Californian tech company is developing a VR headset with unique versatility.
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25 Aug 16
A visual journey into Central America’s gang violence
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Art & Photography
Photojournalist Donna De Cesare documents the impact of a 30-year struggle in Central America.
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25 Aug 16
XCollektiv: Resisting gentrification through art
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Art & Photography
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Design Activism
The controversial ‘Wanted’ series continues to both galvanize and provoke.
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25 Aug 16
Tired running shoes turned into slippers for school children
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
GreenSole collects old trainers and transforms them into new shoes for rural kids.
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25 Aug 16
The Street Store: Pop-up charity for the homeless
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
Cape Town’s Street Store uses public spaces to provide clothing for the homeless locally and abroad.
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25 Aug 16
Noma: A temporary place called home
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African Design
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Film & Animation
Filmmaker Pablo Pinedo Bóveda’s Noma looks at the struggles of a South African slum community.
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24 Aug 16
A bamboo city built for communal living
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Architecture & Interiors
Penda explores the idea of a sustainable urban village made out of bamboo and rope.
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24 Aug 16
Christi du Toit’s ping-pong approach to illustration
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African Design
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Art & Photography
We spoke to South African illustrator Christi du Toit about honing your craft in a competitive industry.
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24 Aug 16
The Hangman: transcending expectations of the armed struggle
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Film & Animation
Directed by SA filmmaker Zwelethu Radebe, “The Hangman” tells the story of a black warder faced with an impossible choice.
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23 Aug 16
The Jolt Sensor: detecting concussions in young athletes
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
This thumb-sized, wearable sensor is making sport safer.
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23 Aug 16
China opens record-breaking transparent bridge
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Architecture & Interiors
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Industrial Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Hunan province is now home to the longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in the world.
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23 Aug 16
BuggyAir: A mobile air pollution tracker
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Design Activism
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Product Design
This air pollution testing kit helps parents make informed decisions about the type of environments they expose their children to.
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22 Aug 16
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