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Thaakierah Abdul is using graphic design to push for Cape Malay recognition
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The 2018 Design Indaba Emerging Creative draws inspiration from her family and people in the streets like informal traders.
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3 Jul 19
Photographer Cole Ndelu explores the dissonance of masculine femininity
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“Seeing masculinity and femininity outside of the norm must become the norm.”
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2 Jul 19
Six designers tackle sustainability from food, waste and even death
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These Design Indaba 2019 speakers are working to design more sustainable methods and products.
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2 Jul 19
This museum preserves Brazil's cultural and craft memory
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The A CASA Museum of the Brazilian Object has dedicated 21 years to preserving the rich cultural history of the Brazilian people.
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1 Jul 19
Call for applications: Summer programme 2019
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The University of the Underground and the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College invite you to apply for POST-NATION STATES, Summer School 19 in NYC.
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27 Jun 19
Crystal Birch invites us into her hat wonderland
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The hat designer, stylist and milliner takes us behind the scenes of how she comes up with her playful designs.
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27 Jun 19
Durban students initiate a space to foster more campus interaction
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The Level Six project is the first student-led project guided by professionals to come out of Durban University of Technology.
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25 Jun 19
Using empathic design to save the lives of pregnant women
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How Caroline Smeenk and Dahabo Adi Galgallo are saving the lives of mothers and their unborn children, on opposite sides of the world.
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24 Jun 19
Students explore death through a video game and our fascination with fake goods
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We spotlight the work of two graduates from the University of the Underground which was started by Dr Nelly Ben-Hayoun.
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20 Jun 19
Meet Hayden Williams, the fashion illustrator to Hollywood stars
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The 27-year-old talks to us about how he harnessed his 1,2 million Instagram followers to build a global brand.
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20 Jun 19
Creating art out of scrap engine parts
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Kara Schoeman creates intricate art bowls out of recycled metals.
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20 Jun 19
How these Ghanaian developers are creating awareness around e-waste
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Ghanaian game developers, Enter Africa, are creating a game that focuses on the issues of safety and sanitation surrounding e-waste dumps.
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19 Jun 19
Applications for African Crossroads 2019 are now open!
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Hivos is looking for content proposals from artists, entrepreneurs, chefs, designers, researchers, to imagine the future of African cities.
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19 Jun 19
Nigerian sculptor makes life-sized art using spoons
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Abinoro Akporode Collins says he was first challenged by his art lecturer to try unconventional materials for his sculptures.
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19 Jun 19
Mzukisi Mbane’s imprint on African fashion
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The Design Indaba Emerging Creative on building a global brand that pays homage to his identity and celebrates femininity.
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18 Jun 19
Connextyle is providing multi-sensory healing for stroke patients
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Inspired by the ancient Japanese technique of Kintsugi, the Connextyle shirt is a rehabilitation garment that helps stroke patients regain their muscle use.
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17 Jun 19
Sunny Dolat wants to set a new standard for African fashion
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A small island off the coast of West Africa is about to host a truly representative African arts and fashion festival.
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14 Jun 19
How fashion adapted to climate change – in the Little Ice Age
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People see global warming as a modern phenomenon, but fashion has a long history of responding to climate change.
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14 Jun 19
Ghanaian photographer Lawrence Agyei on the power of photography
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“To me, a great photograph is like poetry. It captures and expresses a situation or emotion that transcends everyday life.”
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14 Jun 19
How artists and architects are helping residents to claim their right to the city
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Grigri Pixel invited a group a creatives from Africa and Spain to work together in Madrid to try and find out.
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14 Jun 19
Graphic designer Rofhiwa Mudau is using famous faces to inspire the youth
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“This acts as inspiration to influence a positive work flow to the career or the job of your dreams.”
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14 Jun 19
Post-colonial Congolese architecture: green, local and volcanic
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Designer Nicolas-Patience Basabose talks about the past and the future of architecture in the DRC.
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12 Jun 19
Babusi Nyoni is making AI more accessible and relevant
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The Zimbabwean developer made a gqom and vosho app and also worked with UNHCR to predict the movements of displaced people.
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12 Jun 19
Art for the soul and your lungs
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Spanish art collective Boa Mistura have created a 35m-tall mural that purifies the air.
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12 Jun 19
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