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Meet the A' Design Awards and Competition winners

Design Frontiers > Craft

These are just some of the winners across nearly 100 different design categories. >

13 May 19
Warka Water is finding innovative solutions to water, energy and housing problems

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

The structure has been shortlisted for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. >

13 May 19
Meet the South African artists exhibiting at La Biennale Di Venezia

Design News > Art & Photography

Titled The Stronger We Become, the South African Pavilion will feature works by Dineo Seshee Bopape, Tracey Rose and Dineo Seshee Bopape. >

10 May 19
Artist Olivié Keck plays where tech meets art

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

The South African artist brings the worlds of her psychedelic artworks to life through VR. >

10 May 19
This Icelandic designer is making vodka out of food waste

Next Generation > Food Design

Björn Steinar believes it’s no use being a designer who identifies problems in theory without providing real solutions. >

9 May 19
Kgodisho Mowa’s work tackles inequality and political apathy

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

"Countless people are fighting for equality and fairness, and fighting for broken promises by the government, but they don't get the spotlight they deserve.” >

8 May 19
Manipulating bad eating habits with product design

Design News > Food Design

Portion Distortion is a conceptual design project that explores the psychology behind our eating behaviour. >

7 May 19
Blockchain in Africa, the leapfrog continent

Design Frontiers > African Design / Creative Economy

Africa’s embrace of the technology could put it in a position to take a developmental detour. >

6 May 19
Inclusive, human-centred furniture for the disabled

Next Generation > Design Activism / Product Design

Inspired by her sister who has Down's Syndrome, the designer behind this furniture range uses a human-centred approach to design. >

6 May 19
Sticklit is democratising literature and art

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

How a reading culture can be fostered by means of public art. >

3 May 19
Pixeland is China’s pixel-inspired park

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Created for the people of Mianyang, China, this multifunctional public space looks at how digital pixels can be used as functional art. >

3 May 19
Omar Nagati on renegotiating Downtown Cairo through design

Design News > African Design / Urban & Landscape Design

“You need to include in any plan or revision for Downtown or any neighbourhood, the local community, which is not necessarily the case so far." >

3 May 19
Meet Botswana's Queens of Marok

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

South African photographer Paul Shiakallis documents the leather-wearing women of Botswana’s heavy metal scene. >

2 May 19
What will food look like in the future, especially for the elderly

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Food Design

Himori Kimoto believes dignity and play should form a big part of the way we design our future meals. >

1 May 19
Accra's Arch Xenus is redefining what it means to be a successful architectural firm

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

We met the founder and principal architect who shared more about their approach to business. >

1 May 19
This photographer gave homeless people cameras to document their lives

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

After five days, 45 of the cameras were returned and over 600 images developed. The results were astonishing. >

30 Apr 19
Federico Babina uses architecture to explain mental illness

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

Babina cleverly represents what different mental illnesses look like. >

29 Apr 19
Can the architecture of a prison contribute to the rehabilitation of its inmates?

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

"Every inmate in Norwegian prisons are going back to the society. Do you want people who are angry — or people who are rehabilitated?” >

29 Apr 19
The all-woman band taking over a space traditionally reserved for men

Design News > Music & Sound Design

New York’s Flor de Toloache talk preserving culture, women empowerment and taking on the male-dominated world of Mariachi. >

26 Apr 19
AZEEMA is here to display beauty and dispel myths

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

“It is a celebration of heritage, culture and diversity, yet equally a champion for empowerment and progressive change." >

26 Apr 19
This Angolan innovation hub is helping to transform the nation’s creative sector

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

We chat to some of the Fábrica de Sabão team about innovation, community upliftment and serving Africa first. >

25 Apr 19
Joy Buolamwini uses art and research to show the social implications of AI

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Information Design / Interaction Design

The Ghanaian-American computer scientist and digital activist spoke to us during her Cape Town visit. >

25 Apr 19
The potential future of food is growing all around us

Next Generation > Food Design

Lichen, a cryptogram or type of plant, can be made in several tasty ways. So why aren’t we eating it? >

24 Apr 19
Afrominima is a Nigerian lifestyle brand inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics

Design News > African Design / Product Design

The Olubunmi Adeyemi-helmed brand brings the minimalist movement to Africa. >

24 Apr 19

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