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Digitise your water supply
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African Design
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Tanzania’s WaterTek aims to provide transparency and efficiency in rural areas.
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20 Oct 16
Student invents ambulance drone for speedy medical assistance
Next Generation
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
This engineering graduate is using drone tech as a force for good.
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20 Oct 16
Open source wheelchair for developing countries
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African Design
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Product Design
The SafariSeat by Kenya-based design team Uji is an open-source wheelchair specially tailored to the needs of people living in rural communities.
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19 Oct 16
Burkina Faso’s new parliamentary building celebrates the revolution
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Design Indaba alumnus Francis Kéré unveils the design for Burkina Faso’s new National Assembly.
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19 Oct 16
3D-bioprinted breast duct could minimise breast-cancer treatment
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
Modern 3D-printing tech allows scientists to reconsider how they treat cancer.
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19 Oct 16
WaterSeer: Turning air into drinkable water
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
This device claims to accelerate the production of pure drinking water.
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19 Oct 16
The stories clothes can tell
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Shwe – The Wearable Library makes it their mission to bring to life the invisible stories behind the garments we wear.
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19 Oct 16
Intimate Strangers: Izinja zempilo
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African Design
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Art & Photography
The third part of Intimate Strangers by South African Puleng Mogale is about brotherhood and friendship. Ride or die, friends to the end.
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18 Oct 16
Black Black Metal: The new wave of South African rock music
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African Design
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Music & Sound Design
This is South Africa’s burgeoning punk and metal scene in the heart of Soweto.
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18 Oct 16
The Readi box provides communication in catastrophic situations
Next Generation
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
Should all else fail, this speaker unit helps you to keep in touch during a disaster.
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18 Oct 16
Senegalese sneakers by Nio Far
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Nnema, which means comfort, is the latest collection by Senegalese shoe brand Nio Far by Milcos.
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18 Oct 16
Handing over the camera to former child brides
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Art & Photography
Veteran photographer Stephanie Sinclair teaches child brides to tell their own stories using basic photography.
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18 Oct 16
US student designs prosthetic hand-hack to aid one-handed violin player
Next Generation
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
3D printed prosthetic helps this aspiring violinist reach for her dream.
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18 Oct 16
Upcycled chairs remember a childhood church congregation
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African Design
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Product Design
"A Swimming Pool of Dreams" is the latest immersive project by London-based Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori, telling six narratives of people who pray.
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17 Oct 16
The first bee born in captivity
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Design Thinking
The Synthetic Apiary proposes an alternative living arrangement for bees.
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17 Oct 16
Heart-monitoring smart watch empowers wearers to live longer lives
Design Frontiers
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The iBeat is a life-saving wearable for every age.
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17 Oct 16
Hyperloop concept could be the railway transport of tomorrow
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
Take a look at SpaceX’s evolution of maglev trains.
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17 Oct 16
The drone you can eat
Design Frontiers
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
Edible and unmanned, this drone could be a game-changer for aid delivery.
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17 Oct 16
A unified African Identity with Daniel Ting Chong, OkayAfrica
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A new fashion range by Emerging Creative alumnus Daniel Ting Chong and OkayAfrica draws from the expressive nature of Africa’s national flags.
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14 Oct 16
Student’s website connects patients with LGBTQ-friendly healthcare providers
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Design Activism
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Information Design
Healthcare in the United States (US) is a slippery slope for the LGBTQ community.
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14 Oct 16
When I think about you I text myself
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
Love in the time of human and machine: Control your impulse to send an emotional drunk message by sending it instead to a surrogate robot number.
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14 Oct 16
Pauline van Dongen’s latest invention is a shirt designed to correct your posture
Design Frontiers
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Eliminate slouching with this smart addition to your wardrobe.
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14 Oct 16
The chair that was designed by AI
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
It turns out that some of AI's best solutions are inspired by nature.
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14 Oct 16
Levoons: squeezable spoons to make baking a breeze
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
Dreamfarms’ ingenious measuring spoons take the guess work out of baking.
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13 Oct 16
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