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Design Commons is a new kind of bespoke, global, portable conference
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27 Jun 17
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The deconstructed conference where design is the tool with which to face the challenges in our cities.
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Bare Technology uses E-waste to make accessible computers for the elderly
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26 Jun 17
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The award-winning product was designed by two students with no design background
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Ilya Kalimulin's Unexpected Products are a quirky jab at brands we love
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23 Jun 17
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What would an air horn made by Pampers look like? How about bullet casings made by M&M?
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The way you draw a circle depends on where you’re from
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23 Jun 17
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This study analysed 100 000 circles to determine what their creators have in common.
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Inside designer Margot Molyneux’s mixed use boutique
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23 Jun 17
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The art-deco inspired store is where you can buy clothes, attend a clothing workshop as well as go for a gin tasting.
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A satirical look at life through the eyes of Al Margen
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22 Jun 17
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This artist holds a mirror up to society to reveal the dark side of our habits.
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40 South African designers exhibit their goods in Paris
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21 Jun 17
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The Le BHV/ Marais department store is located in an area which attracts around 60 000 visitors daily.
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Peru seaside home in the running for leading architectural prize
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21 Jun 17
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Ancon House is located on a rocky-mountainside and is built to blend in with the landscape
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A look inside Bright Creative Space in Cape Town
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20 Jun 17
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This collaborative studio plays host to weekly drawing sessions and freelance artists from around the globe.
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Indie band, The XX, take you behind the scenes with new limited-edition photo book
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20 Jun 17
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Shot by photographer Alasdair McLellan, the photo book will only have one print run of 1000 copies.
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Reimagining public spaces in Monwabisi Park
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19 Jun 17
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The Reclaiming the Night project is about getting residents involved in creating their own solutions
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Is this the world’s cheapest solar lamp?
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16 Jun 17
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UK firm designs cheap solar lamp for clean, reliable lighting.
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Dutch designers use human waste to make electricity
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15 Jun 17
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The Compost Kliko Toilet could lead to people getting away from flushing potential down the toilet
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15 Southern African artists tell us what it's like to be Young Now
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15 Jun 17
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Johannesburg’s Hazard Gallery is hosting a number of prolific, young African artists in their latest exhibition.
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Self-financing modular homes for the rural poor
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14 Jun 17
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Globally, access to adequate housing remains a huge problem that governments battle to solve, billionBricks provides a self-financing solution
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Pichulik looks to Japan for inspiration behind her latest range
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14 Jun 17
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Flower arrangements created in the Japanese art of Ikebana make striking combo next to her latest range
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Photographer Imraan Christian teams up with Faith XLVII
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12 Jun 17
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South African artists Imraan Christian and Faith XLVII deconstruct a pivotal moment in the country’s 2015 student uprising.
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Anti-Trump patrons put their money where their politics are
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9 Jun 17
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This New York bar donates 100 per cent of their profit to causes that are fighting Trump
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This web-series tackles social justice through the eyes of a 9-year old girl
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9 Jun 17
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Little Apple takes on racism, sexism and gentrification in this sci-fi drama.
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Wacom Creatives: A look into the experimental digital art of Miss Led
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9 Jun 17
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“If you want something really badly, then you don’t feel like you’re making sacrifices.”
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LocoL provides community support through food
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8 Jun 17
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Roy Choi’s revolutionary fast food joint is changing what it means to be a great restaurant.
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Make Care products give teens with butterfly skin back their independence
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8 Jun 17
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The project won Best of the Best at the Chile Design, 2017 Design Biennial.
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A look inside the new island museum in Abu Dhabi
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6 Jun 17
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Louvre Abu Dhabi combines breathtaking architecture that is at once futuristic yet informed by ancient Arabian practices.
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Haunting black and white images capture forced removals in Johannesburg
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6 Jun 17
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Behind urban renewal is often the untold stories of poor families who are put out with nowhere else to go.
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Blurring disciplinary boundaries, Cape Town-based creative Mikhailia Petersen builds intricate narratives in her photo series.
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Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October.
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Parking off
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24 Oct 22
Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet.
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Modern classics
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Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection.
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