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What should South African creative directors do to make a change beyond advertising?

Design News • 9 Nov 17 • Sponsored Content

Net#work BBDO’s Mike Schalit and Emma Strydom gathered insights from 30 creative directors to answer this question. >
Dubai Design Week highlights the best in student innovation

Design News • 9 Nov 17 • Sponsored Content

Those from the top university design programmes worldwide will be gathered together in a single space. >
Biomega’s new bike is a perfect alternative for the urban commuter

Design News • 8 Nov 17 • Sponsored Content

Where lightweight bicycle design, efficient moped power and comfortable ergonomics come together for a stylish ride. >
Japanese artist repurposes broken skateboards to create sculptures

Design News • 8 Nov 17 • Sponsored Content

Haroshi tried to make every piece unique, like putting an iPod inside an apple sculpture. >
Direct air capture plant aims to filter carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Design News • 6 Nov 17 • Sponsored Content

A Zurich-based removal company have presented a way to extract carbon dioxide directly from the air. >
Fixperts connects designers to those in need of their expertise

Design News • 3 Nov 17 • Sponsored Content

"The idea behind Fixperts is to connect designers with people who could do with a little help in their lives." >
Enough White Tea Cups: a documentary that examines solutions for global challenges

Design News • 2 Nov 17 • Sponsored Content

The film highlights the work of the INDEX: Design to Improve Life® organisation and will be screened at Nightscape 2018. >
Researchers develop EDCC, a new earthquake-resistant concrete

Design News • 2 Nov 17 • Sponsored Content

The malleability of this eco-friendly concrete aims to withstand earthquake pressure. >
Morag Myerscough on giving spaces character and sensitivity through the use of colour

Design News • 1 Nov 17 • Sponsored Content

The Design Indaba Festival 2018 speaker will turn the Artscape Piazza into a wonderland with her colourful structure. >
Yami-Ichi disrupts how the price of art is valued

Design News • 31 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

Here, money is powerless and instead the public is invited to barter skills, services and objects for a piece of art. >
Space10’s pop-up brings microgreens to congested urban spaces

Design News • 27 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

This integrated salad bar could popularise hydroponic food farming where traditional agriculture is unavailable. >
David Adjaye, Ron Arad to design new Holocaust Memorial in London

Design News • 24 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

The National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre will honour victims and survivors of Nazi persecution. >
Angolan visual artist on opening up the conversation about a new African identity

Design News • 20 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

Kiluanji Kia Henda is the first African artist to receive the Frieze Artist Award. >
Urban trees as sustainability power tools for cities

Design News • 19 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

If trees are providing so many benefits, why are cities letting this natural resource dwindle? >
Self-taught inventor powers a village in West Africa using hydro energy

Design News • 18 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

He built a micro-hydroelectric dam for his village using his savings of about R78 000. >
Speak up, speak out, speak back: Africa Architecture Awards 2017

Design News • 17 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

"What is African architecture? What makes architecture work on this continent?," asks Mark Olweny, a judge at this year’s Africa Architecture Awards. >
First stage of Dementia gets innovative home hub

Product Spotlight • 16 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

With the push of a button, misplacing belongings in stage one Dementia might become less frustrating. >
Buitenkant takes a look at homelessness in Cape Town

Design News • 16 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

This homeless woman discovers a set of keys in a muddy puddle of water. >
Calling concrete artists: Entries for the 2018 PPC Imaginarium Awards are now open

Design News • 11 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

The PPC Imaginarium Awards is now accepting entries from both South Africa and Zimbabwe. >
The Trashpresso transforms plastic bottles into stunning architectural tiles

Design News • 9 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

This remarkable upcycling process turns discarded waste into something beautiful. >
Photo series presents thought-provoking look at humanity stripped bare

Design News • 6 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

The project highlights the fragility and vitality of the human body juxtaposed against the backdrop of urban architecture. >
Everything you need to know about the #ArchForArch monument

Design News • 4 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

The project celebrates peace, empathy and the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. >
UAE reveals the Mars Science project

Design News • 4 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

The project aims to build the first inhabitable human settlement on Mars. >
Baba Tjeko’s illustrations bring the Sesotho geometric art of Litema to life

Design News • 4 Oct 17 • Sponsored Content

He portrays African ideas and perspectives through his Litema artwork in hopes of positive change in other young designers. >

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Objets d’art

Design News • 3 Jan 23

The Maison&Objet biannual design and decor fair in Paris will host over 700 brands between 19 and 23 January 2023. >
In the zone

Design News • 3 Jan 23

Dyson tackles both air and noise pollution with a sci-fi-esque set of headphones. >
Blossoming creativity

Design News • 3 Jan 23

The first contemporary florilegium in Africa is reviving botanical art with the aim of furthering conservation. >
Building blocks

Design News • 3 Jan 23

The latest project of international architecture company Office for Metropolitan Architecture employs stacked structures to make best use of limited space. >

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