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Guerilla art collective Luzinterruptus pays tribute to the march of time
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31 May 17
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Spanish art collective has personalised 5000 recycled paper notebooks into a work of art
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Cinismo Ilustrado: Illustrated Cynicism
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31 May 17
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An artist with a tongue-in-cheek approach to life’s disappointments.
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Scientists have found a way to give you more pasta for less money
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31 May 17
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With programmable pasta, scientists have found an easier way to reduce shipping costs by manipulating its size
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Zemba Luzamba explores the migrant experience through depictions of ordinary people
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30 May 17
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The Cape Town-based artist's eloquent oil paintings of everyday life encourage viewers to draw their own conclusions.
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5 oddball designs for the dinner plate
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30 May 17
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Where the worlds of cuisine and design-thinking collide.
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Typographer Keith Vlahakis on his signature lettering style
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29 May 17
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The South African illustrator talks us through the process behind some of his pop culture-inspired illustration videos.
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Serge Alain Nitegeka explores the colour black
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29 May 17
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Johannesburg-based artist Serge Alain Nitegeka has explored forced migration and xenophobia in the past.
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This artist's Play-Doh portraits are making fine art photography more accessible
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29 May 17
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Eleanor Macnair’s vibrant and unconventional images are made entirely from the children’s play material.
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The Hausa People: Unique civilisation captured in graphic design
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29 May 17
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A comprehensively designed manual on one of Africa’s largest ethnic groups.
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People who stalk us on Instagram: Khanyisa Ketse
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26 May 17
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Vincent van Gogh meets #BlackGirlMagic in digital artist Khanyisa Ketse’s The Beginning.
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Have a look at the latest campaign for Nigerian fashion label Rayo by L. Somoye
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26 May 17
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The striking images were shot and styled by frequent creative collaborators Clement Ogoh and Daniel Obasi.
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Detroit studio Thing Thing disrupts traditional methods of production
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26 May 17
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Thing Thing consider their work to fall somewhere between architecture and a party.
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The PET Pavilion: A communal space revival
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26 May 17
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An example of how derelict urban spaces can be reinvigorated for a good cause.
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Halfway to Nowhere
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25 May 17
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This artist depicts self-doubt and the struggle for acceptance in quirky style.
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Check out Dress Code’s Coke Habit
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25 May 17
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This animated short film provides a unique take on the complexities of childhood addiction.
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The Emma Watch
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25 May 17
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This unique timepiece thwarts the effect of Parkinson’s disorder.
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Can an Elton John song help you understand refugees better?
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25 May 17
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Maybe not Elton John's song itself, but this new music video for "Rocket Man" certainly can.
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This Migrant Business
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23 May 17
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This short film by Kenyan artist and animator Ng'endo Mukii looks at the movement of African people to Europe from the point of view of a human trafficker.
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Fearless street culture with graphic designer Richard Horne
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23 May 17
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The Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme is all about uncovering rare talent among the youth of South Africa.
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Watch filmmaker Hayley Morris’ surreal stop-motion music video for Explosions in the Sky
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23 May 17
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The band’s first official music video imagines the ‘wilderness of the mind’.
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5 examples of great creativity in Cuba
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23 May 17
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We take a look at some unique design ventures all the way from the Caribbean.
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We caught up with graphic artist Leigh Le Roux
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22 May 17
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South African graphic designer uses emotive illustrations to tell the stories of ordinary people.
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Reducing carbon footprint of the built world with Solidia Technologies
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22 May 17
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Eco-friendliness can be achieved even in the granules with which we construct buildings.
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Love Story: A tale of refugees featuring Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore
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19 May 17
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Forced migration is a recurring theme at this year's Venice Biennale. An installation in the South Africa pavilion interrogates empathy.
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