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Ndumiso Nyoni uses striking geometric illustrations to celebrate women
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4 Jul 19
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The graphic designer and illustrator talks to us about the inspiration behind the African Sisters project.
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Photographer Cole Ndelu explores the dissonance of masculine femininity
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2 Jul 19
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“Seeing masculinity and femininity outside of the norm must become the norm.”
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Crystal Birch invites us into her hat wonderland
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27 Jun 19
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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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Durban students initiate a space to foster more campus interaction
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25 Jun 19
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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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Meet Hayden Williams, the fashion illustrator to Hollywood stars
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20 Jun 19
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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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Mzukisi Mbane’s imprint on African fashion
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18 Jun 19
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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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Ghanaian photographer Lawrence Agyei on the power of photography
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14 Jun 19
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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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Graphic designer Rofhiwa Mudau is using famous faces to inspire the youth
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14 Jun 19
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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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Babusi Nyoni is making AI more accessible and relevant
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12 Jun 19
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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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Art for the soul and your lungs
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12 Jun 19
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Spanish art collective Boa Mistura have created a 35m-tall mural that purifies the air.
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An alternative to disposable plastic made with potatoes
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12 Jun 19
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“This material is made from something that comes from the earth, and later on it can end up back in the soil, while posing no risk to nature.”
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The world’s first bio-brick made from human urine
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11 Jun 19
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Its developer wants us to rethink the way we are utilising the Earth's precious resources.
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Avoid projecting: Kot Bonkers is neither a political nor a feminist artist
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11 Jun 19
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Kot Bonkers is a brazen illustrator who fiercely defends her right to draw for the sake of it and identify with no political groups, despite audience opinion.
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This town in Mali is built almost completely out of mud
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11 Jun 19
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The Great Mosque of Djenne survives through the dedication of local builders who help to re-plaster it each year.
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A collective of artists are preserving Mexico's linguistic diversity
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10 Jun 19
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“No one can love what he does not know.”
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Doctor turned designer Kgahlego Kewana talks us through her unlikely path
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6 Jun 19
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The Emerging Creative exhibited her work at the Design Indaba Festival 2019 among 49 up-and-coming South African talents.
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Gabrielle Goliath honours victims of sexual-based violence through sound and art
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5 Jun 19
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The winner of this year's Standard Bank Young Artist Award talks about her latest project called This Song is For...
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Lucia Bakulumpagi-Wamala on new ways to tackle electricity shortage in Uganda
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4 Jun 19
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The CEO of Bakulu Power takes us through their work in Buvuma, one of the only districts without electricity in the country.
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The African projects harnessing alternative energy
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3 Jun 19
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“We must be more ambitious in harnessing the power of renewable energy to meet sustainable development and climate goals”
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Marjan van Aubel uses intelligent design to solve energy and food production problems
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3 Jun 19
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In her work she looks at our current relationship with solar technology and how it can be used to enhance and future-proof city living.
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OurArtworks is a creative haven for Mississippi's disabled community
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30 May 19
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“Anyone who has a disability has the ability to create art.”
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Drawing water out of thin air
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29 May 19
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How Majik Water tapped a water source that is all around us.
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Siddhant Shah is bridging the gap between disability and cultural heritage
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28 May 19
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“Designers and architects live with the misconception that accessibility is only restricted to the physical aspect of a space... that's a fallacy."
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Mileha Soneji designs low-tech tools for Parkinson’s patients
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28 May 19
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The product designer has created two products to cater to people suffering from Parkinson's.
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Mishaal Gangaram is a conceptual photographer, visual storyteller and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022
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Dokter’s orders
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9 Sep 22
Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary product-design company Dokter and Misses’ latest collection is functional art.
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The anatomy of art
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9 Sep 22
New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items
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‘A’ Okay
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9 Sep 22
Swedish architecture firm Naturvillan designed an A-framed ‘greenhouse’ that is entirely self-sufficient.
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