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Dakar's Creatives: A photo series that captures the city's movers and shakers

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

In this photographic series by Jean Baptiste Joire we see Dakar's young creative agents in places in the city that inspire them. >

15 Dec 16
An interview with Ulfah Davids – the First Lady of Twobop

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

In conversation with the designer behind the brand’s very first women’s collection. >

15 Dec 16
5 sustainable fashion brands

Design News > African Design / Craft / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

We highlight five brands making clothes ethically >

15 Dec 16
'Lost In The World' sheds light on South Africa’s corrective rape problem

Design Frontiers > Film & Animation

The short film is a landmark in the advent of queer, African cinema. >

15 Dec 16
Constructive Interference in the mind

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

This sculpture demonstrates the ease with which our minds are mystified by optical illusions. >

15 Dec 16
An eccentric range of tools for the Guerilla Gardener

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Vanessa Harden’s brass jewellery range blurs the line between tool and accessory. >

14 Dec 16
Overview: A New Perspective of Earth

Lookbook > Art & Photography

Benjamin Grant’s photographic tome shows the world from a thought-provoking angle. >

14 Dec 16
A safe, drug-free way to train your body to fight stress

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Will we be able to control our bodies stress responses with the help of technology? >

13 Dec 16
The magical figures of the Haas Brothers

Design News > Art & Photography / Craft

These LA-based artists blur the lines between nature and psychedelia. >

13 Dec 16
The Dementia Simulator by Di Peng

Design Frontiers > Information Design / Interaction Design

This Central Saint Martins grad harnesses the power of empathy. >

13 Dec 16
Seeing nature in an unusual way

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The Flow installation of Maotik offers a unique view of the weather around us. >

12 Dec 16
Photographer captures childhood fears

Design News > Art & Photography

Ghost stories and monsters brought to life in A Raven’s Dream. >

12 Dec 16
3600 panties focus attention on South Africa’s rape crisis

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

A trio of South African artists strung up 3600 donated panties in a public display against violence. >

9 Dec 16
This is Olafur Eliasson. We'll let him introduce himself

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson created the vast, indoor sun at the Tate in London, made rivers run green and made a waterfall flow upwards. >

9 Dec 16
Watch FKA twigs’ hypnotic documentary, ‘Baltimore Dance Project’

Design Frontiers > Film & Animation

"When things are difficult, art always flourishes." >

9 Dec 16
The plastic bottle artworks of Veronika Richterová

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Thinking

This Czech artist demonstrates the potential to find beauty in garbage. >

9 Dec 16
Nigerian designer celebrates friendship in a new streetwear line

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Onwuchekwa by Chikezie Daniel is a made-in-Nigeria high street brand. >

9 Dec 16
Battling climate change with holistic solutions

Design News > Design Activism

Farmers in Guatemala are adapting to climate change using climate-smart strategies. >

8 Dec 16
Beauty is in the nostrils of the beholder (NSFW)

Design News > Art & Photography

Conceptual photo series challenges our perceptions of beauty by splicing together the human body in an unnerving way. >

8 Dec 16
New photobook charts photographer Yasser Booley’s Rainbow Nation

Design News > Art & Photography

"South Africa at Liberty" documents the work of prolific South African photographer Yasser Booley. >

8 Dec 16
The miniature embroidered portraits of Danielle Clough

Design News > African Design / Craft

The artist that reproduces the faces of strangers with needle and thread. >

8 Dec 16
The Divine Divas

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking

A teen-centric approach that combines pampering with healthcare >

7 Dec 16
Salooni: A project that explores black women's hair

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking

Pop-up hair salon Salooni explores the politics woven into black hair. The project has just been awarded a grant by The British Council to travel in 2017. >

7 Dec 16
3D-printed maps are a tactile solution for visually impaired students

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

A team of researchers, teachers and students are helping the blind feel their way around. >

7 Dec 16

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