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Clever cooking hacks to combat wasteful food habits
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16 Mar 16
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SpoonLed is a video and event series that shows millennials how to make the most out of their food waste.
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Ugandan community hall crafted out of basic materials
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16 Mar 16
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Natural light and locally-sourced materials bring the late Ross Langdon’s design to life.
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An innovative way to extinguish a fire
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16 Mar 16
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The Elide Fire Extinguishing Ball uses a chemical blast to control unexpected fires.
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Fashion house Mille Collines celebrates all things Africa
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15 Mar 16
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The recent Mille Collines show at AFI MBFW Joburg takes an elegant and contemporary look at ubiquitous African curios.
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Auto-focus specs adapts lenses to near and farsighted vision
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15 Mar 16
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Deep Optics’ omnifocals automatically adjust focus, providing the wearer with improved vision.
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Newly discovered enzyme could change the way we recycle plastic
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15 Mar 16
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Kyoto University researchers are able to cultivate an enzyme that can break down plastic into harmless chemicals.
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Township: Photographs depicting life after South African apartheid
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15 Mar 16
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Anne Rearick’s work documents the lives of people faced with economic hardship, poverty and racism.
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A pictorial narrative explores the estranged lives of adults
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14 Mar 16
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A children’s book for adults, The Well of Being explores life through narrative and illustration.
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US digital artist talks representation of minorities in graphic design
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14 Mar 16
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Jeff Manning’s work is inspired by music and informed by the need to represent minorities in graphic design.
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EduKick designs football games that teach slum kids maths
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14 Mar 16
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Community project gets creative with soccer to increase children’s literacy in India.
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31 Bits’ holistic business model empowers Ugandan women
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11 Mar 16
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Jewellery brand creates a sustainable income for Ugandan artisans while teaching them skills to become self-reliant.
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Experimental street art inspired by the Cape
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11 Mar 16
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South African illustrator and street artist Anwar Davids aims to make his work accessible all over the world.
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Wi-Fi trashcans encourage festivalgoers to practise responsible rubbish disposal
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10 Mar 16
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Indian startup ThinkScream develops a trashcan that provides Wi-Fi connection in exchange for trash.
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UNICEF bicycle initiative helps Ghanaian schoolgirls get to class safely
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10 Mar 16
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Swedish brand Vélosophy teams up with UNICEF to donate its commuter bikes to girls in Ghana.
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Multimedia project remembers the forgotten victims of political imprisonment
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10 Mar 16
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Based in Austria, Christoph Lingg documents the forgotten history of political prisoners all over the world.
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Old tennis rackets become colourful works of art
Product Spotlight
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9 Mar 16
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Cape Town local Danielle Clough has many inventive outlets, but her embroidery has caught the attention of the creative world.
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IKEA's next step for sustainability
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9 Mar 16
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The eco-responsible furniture company is transitioning to biobased packaging made out of mushrooms.
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New supermarket in Denmark only stocks food past its sell by date
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9 Mar 16
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WeFood is reducing food waste in Denmark by selling the food that mainstream supermarkets throw out.
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Enter your design to the Green Product Award
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9 Mar 16
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The Green Product Award have extended their deadline exclusively for Design Indaba readers. Submissions are open until Sunday 13 March.
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Embroidery and needlepoint give prisoners a new outlook
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9 Mar 16
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The Fine Cell Work initiative has contributed to the rehabilitation of the UK’s prisoners for over a decade.
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This is what it's like to read with dyslexia
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9 Mar 16
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Victor Widell’s interactive blog post lets the viewer experience what it’s like to be dyslexic.
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Nigerian artist uses posters to tackle issues of climate change
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8 Mar 16
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Nigerian artist Fred Martins uses art to trigger an emotional response in the viewer and to convey a serious message about climate change.
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Accra-based Swedish fashion brand creates street couture in collaboration with Ghanaian tailors
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8 Mar 16
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HI ON LIFE is a fashion brand driven by sustainable design, Ghanaian culture and a Scandinavian appreciation of form.
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Leaving design up to chance
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8 Mar 16
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Origami-inspired game randomises the textile design process, encouraging the creation of new knowledge.
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