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Anna Raimondo’s latest collection – NOIR

Product Spotlight > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Cape Town’s Anna Raimondo releases her latest range, NOIR, for her jewellery design company, Smith. >

27 Apr 16
Plastic card melts to fix or modify anything

Design News > Product Design

FORMcard is a play dough type of substance that aims to become as ubiquitous as sticky tape or Prestik. >

27 Apr 16
A floating UFO to call home

Design News > Industrial Design

Italian boating company designs a flying saucer-like house boat for living and sailing on the sea. >

27 Apr 16
Local animator Mike Scott on creating lasting relationships with characters

Design News > Film & Animation

Cape Town animator Mike Scott’s work is simple nostalgia mixed with pop culture characters that you want to get to know. >

27 Apr 16
Tackling Islamophobia through unifying portraits

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

It’s time to shift the conversation on the Muslim identity, says NATIVE VML. >

27 Apr 16
Amy Slatem’s illustrations are inspired by nature

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration

Amy Slatem is a graphic designer and illustrator who prefers the flowing lines in nature to the hard geometric shapes in cities. >

26 Apr 16
Recycle India finds a solution to dangerous waste materials

Design Frontiers > Craft / Design Activism

Recycle India turns oil drums and tyres into furniture. >

26 Apr 16
Gloves translate sign language into speech

Design News > Product Design

Two university students are bridging a communication gap by turning sign language gestures into spoken English. >

26 Apr 16
The Mimi Moto cookstove is cleaner and safer than traditional cookstoves

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Mimi Moto’s cookstove makes clean, safe cooking accessible to everyone. >

26 Apr 16
Advertising billboard doubles as Zika mosquito trap

Design News > Creative Economy / Product Design

Two Brazilian agencies are creating awareness around the Zika virus while alleviating the problem. >

26 Apr 16
Drone waitstaff gives valuable insight into a burgeoning technology

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Students at the Eindhoven University of Technology launched the world’s first drone cafe but they want to do much more. >

26 Apr 16
Hunt virtual prey with this VR experience

Design News > African Design / Interaction Design

Become the hunter in this interactive, educational, and experiential VR game. >

26 Apr 16
Geometric jewellery from Philisa Zibi

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative Philisa Zibi creates geometric jewellery for women in a variety of mediums. >

25 Apr 16
A biodegradable alternative to harmful plastic packaging

Design News > Product Design

AMAM takes top prize at the Lexus Design Award for its zero waste solution to packaging pollution. >

25 Apr 16
Lungile Mbokane: An emerging graphic artist telling stories through his work

Design News > Art & Photography

Johannesburg artist, Lungile Mbokane, speaks about his work and creative process. >

25 Apr 16
“Where is the ‘ME’ in Media?” asks a black woman in photography

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Design Activism

South African-based, Kenyan Stephanie Mzee’s new photographic series interrogates the representation of black women in media. >

25 Apr 16
Zedfactory’s pod homes are built on city car parks

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A new housing concept will tap into the millions of existing car park spaces across the UK. >

25 Apr 16
Panama’s waste is now a village of plastic bottles

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Isla Colón in Bocas Del Toro, Panama will be home to an entire village constructed out of recycled plastic bottles. >

25 Apr 16
South Africa joins the Fashion Revolution

Design News > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Sunday 24 April 2016 is Fashion Revolution Day. South African designers join the movement to spread the word on the dangerous implications of fast fashion. >

22 Apr 16
Seymour Chwast set to launch Kickstarter campaign to publish new anti-war book

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Prolific designer Seymour Chwast plans to crowdfund his illustrative epic, “At War with War”. >

22 Apr 16
Dutch designer creates flexible wood for furniture range

Design News > Product Design

Designer Carolien Laro contradicts the notion of wood as a rigid material with her springy wooden furniture. >

22 Apr 16
Tiny flexible film designed to combat pancreatic cancer

Design Frontiers > Product Design

MIT’s latest advancement is a tiny, flexible roll of film designed for localised cancer treatment. >

22 Apr 16
Zero-maintenance, low-cost water filtration bucket

Design News > Product Design

The ProCleanse Water Filtration system is designed for the people who have no access to clean water. >

21 Apr 16
Japan’s invisible trains will take off in 2018

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima designs trains with a reflective surface that mirrors the surrounding scenery. >

21 Apr 16

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