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ReGen Village: an under-construction utopia of sustainable living
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27 May 16
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Self-sustaining, off-grid village to be built in the Netherlands offers a look at the future of eco-friendly living.
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Ousmane Mbaye turns discarded metals into sculptural furniture
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26 May 16
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Digging through the landfills of Dakar, Ousmane Mbaye sees design materials where others see trash.
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Flood House explores a new typology of responsive architecture
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26 May 16
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Matthew Butcher’s Flood House looks at how future dwellings should be adapted to co-exist with their native environments.
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Tshepo Sedumo’s handmade portable boomboxes
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26 May 16
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The Johannesburg-based startup Grove Audio creates custom designed wooden boomboxes.
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Kristin-Lee Moolman’s subversive photography challenges gender and the African aesthetic
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26 May 16
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South African photographer Kristin-Lee Moolman creates a separate reality through her work.
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School on Wheels brings education to impoverished children
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25 May 16
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A bus remodelled to become a mobile classroom for children with no access to school facilities in Mumbai.
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Green light: An artistic workshop on the refugee crisis in Europe
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25 May 16
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The project helps refugees escaping persecution and war find acceptance and community.
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Cigarette butt bricks burn away pollution
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25 May 16
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Researchers have found a way to cut down global littering by incorporating cigarette butts into 2.5 per cent of the world's annual brick production.
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WarOnWall: an exhibition on the state of Syria
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25 May 16
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The photographic collection will be displayed on the last remnants of the Berlin Wall.
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Musana Carts: providing clean energy to Kampala’s micro-businesses
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25 May 16
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A US-based company empowers Kampala’s street vendors through their solar powered micro-business cart.
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Vegan leather inspires new sneaker collection
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24 May 16
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A leather made from pineapple leaves inspires Parisian fashion brand’s new shoe line
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Street art and energy inform Kronk’s Zakifo redesign
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24 May 16
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The Zakifo Musik Festival comes to Durban, South Africa with a look inspired by culture, street art and energy.
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AbsorbPlate cuts calories by reducing grease on your plate
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24 May 16
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The dinner plate’s design has perforations in its surface to trap excess grease.
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Tea shirts: clothing made from tea
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23 May 16
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A tea by-product could be a more sustainable material for clothing manufacture.
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BaseLantern: a new project by BioLite
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23 May 16
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The BaseLantern portable lantern is designed for off-grid usage.
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Cliff face shelter designed to provide safe passage for refugees
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23 May 16
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Slice Refugee Hospitality Centre proposes an architectural solution to welcoming and hosting migrants that cross seas to seek asylum.
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When world-famous chef Elena Arzak visits South African forager Kobus van der Merwe
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20 May 16
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While award-winning chef Elena Arzak was in SA to present at the Design Indaba Conference, she visited the Paternoster-based forager chef Kobus van de Merwe.
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Mover Kit: Make-it-yourself technology
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20 May 16
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This toy introduces kids to coding and the technology behind their gadgets.
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Spherical garden rolls around looking for sunlight and water
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20 May 16
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Interactive Architecture Lab creates a mobile garden that thinks for itself.
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Parallel: Si MacLennan and Ross Symons collaborate on a new project
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20 May 16
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The two artists have incorporated their unique styles into a colourful creation.
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SkinTrack: the next step in wearable technology
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19 May 16
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The new device uses your arm’s surface as a touch-screen, extending the interface of the smartwatch.
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Plastic recycling initiative supports waste pickers in developing countries
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19 May 16
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Amsterdam-based group Reflow drive a socially responsible 3D printing community
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John Radcliffe Studios documents the regular lives of refugees
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19 May 16
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Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–16, is a photography series that hopes to portray a less sensationalist account of the refugee crisis.
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Y&R Paris' 3D printed animals challenge the way life is reproduced
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19 May 16
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Life can’t be reproduced. Y&R Paris' series of images shows the fragile circumstances of wildlife.
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The Royal Institute of British Architects has named the New Library at Magdalene College as the 26th Stirling Prize winner.
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Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Lehlogonolo Carol Khaas has been passionate about architecture since an early age.
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