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We interview climate-conscious Riccardo Cenedella on upcycling carpet waste
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The sustainable young designer shows new possibilities for waste materials
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20 Sep 21
#DI takes London Design Festival 2021
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This year’s festival features former #DI Speakers and an array of sustainable projects
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19 Sep 21
Exclusive: Nerea Amorós Elorduy on creating more liveable environments in Refugee Camps
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Elorduy embodies a better world through creativity
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14 Sep 21
Here’s what you missed at Milan Design Week 2021
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How the new Supersalone shaped up
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13 Sep 21
No Waste Challenge winner, OmiFlo makes a splash in the sustainable design industry
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The climate-conscious company turns polluted water pure
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10 Sep 21
No Waste Challenge 2021 winner, Loop, produces the world’s first Living Coffin
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Six feet under never felt more sustainable
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6 Sep 21
#DI Alumni Yuri Suzuki and Harry Pearce create anti-discrimination campaign ID for #WeThe15
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#WeThe15 highlights how 15% of the global population lives with disability
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3 Sep 21
We’re now inviting entries for Design Indaba Emerging Creatives 2022
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The search for SA’s next design mavens is on!
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1 Sep 21
ODA reinvents New York City
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Beyond the Streets sees New York’s citizens and economy flourishing
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31 Aug 21
No Waste Challenge winner, Leafylife, creates diesel from dirty diapers
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Leafylife’s fuel production lowers carbon dioxide emissions by 76%
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30 Aug 21
The evolution will be televised
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New this week!
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27 Aug 21
Exclusive: Former #DI Emerging Creative Sifiso Kunene shares his new Resort ‘21 collection
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We get resort-ready with fashion designer Sifiso Kunene
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24 Aug 21
No Waste Challenge Winner, Radial makes radical change
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Materials for mitigating plastic pollution
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23 Aug 21
#DI Alumni unite: Selly Rabe Kane tackles pollution in a short film for Little Sun
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Little Sun starts a new climate conversation
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20 Aug 21
No Waste Challenge winner, Clothing Loop swaps Fast Fashion for sustainability
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“I haven’t bought any new clothes in over 13 years and that’s going fine.”
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16 Aug 21
Sruli Recht’s sci-fi footwear for a post-traumatic future
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The climate-conscious collection, Damage, solves for a dystopic future
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16 Aug 21
A-E-I-O-U - Gisèle Human’s new Waif film by Frankie Nassimbeni - addresses mental health
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Former #DI Emerging Creative Gisèle Human creates a safe space for healing, softness, and peace
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16 Aug 21
Creative Cures
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African Design
From period poverty to the perfect portrait.
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11 Aug 21
Our media partner ARTSTHREAD & GUCCI join forces to showcase the world’s design graduates
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Following the success of the 2020 Global Design Graduate Show, ARTSTHREAD is ready for another round
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9 Aug 21
From pineapple waste to period products
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Nyungu Afrika simultaneously combats period poverty and pollution
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9 Aug 21
A Gold Medal for design at the Tokyo Olympics
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Some of the greatest moments of the Tokyo Olympics will prove to be design-related
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2 Aug 21
No Waste Challenge winner CarbonCraft is transforming construction
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Carbon Tiles reuse waste to provide eco-friendly building materials
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2 Aug 21
Iwan Baan will transport you to the ‘Most Hopeful Places on Earth’
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Renowned photographer Iwan Baan guest-curates See All This.
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2 Aug 21
A changing landscape
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This week: Design takes Gold in Tokyo; the war on waste; and artists changing norms…
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29 Jul 21
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