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Wednesdays with Goddard
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29 Mar 17
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A personal quest for spiritual enlightenment leads to romance and despair.
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The Skin I’m In by Nicole Buchanan
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28 Mar 17
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The photographer’s work gives a voice to minority students.
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Cairo: Youth in resistance
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28 Mar 17
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Director Selim El Sadek documents the youth who challenge the system through hip hop in Cairo, Egypt.
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Grandmothers, Afrofuturism and Nairobi-beats
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27 Mar 17
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Kenyan photographer Osborne Macharia directs his first film, the music video to Blinky Bill's new song "Atie".
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A shirt that pulsates with the intensity of music
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27 Mar 17
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This wearable device allows the hearing impaired to experience music.
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The unspoken cost of precious metals
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27 Mar 17
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A literal depiction of what we gain from mining versus the longterm landscape destruction that follows.
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Mbongeni Fongoqa uses graphic design to uplift township businesses
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27 Mar 17
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Beauty and function merge to create a new kind of public space.
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Would you drink beer made from sewage water?
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27 Mar 17
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A California brewing company has created a ‘delicious’ beer using recycled wastewater.
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The Thermotrap Project
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24 Mar 17
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This start-up initiative aims to uplift the living conditions of township residents.
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This kids clothing range literally grows alongside your child
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24 Mar 17
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“Slow fashion for fast growing kids.”
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Meet Mr Trash Wheel, a clever water pollution solution
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24 Mar 17
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A self-sustaining trash collector that cleanses urban waters using renewable energy.
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This queer visibility comic already has 800 backers
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24 Mar 17
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Tee Franklin’s Bingo Love is a new take on queer relationships, heartbreak and growth.
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Shape: Design is everywhere
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24 Mar 17
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A film about design. If for one day you had the power to make your world work better, what would you change?
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Dear White America
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23 Mar 17
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US-based artist Inyegumena Nosegbe’s newspaper project is a poignant look at police brutality.
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Refugee chefs share the taste of home
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23 Mar 17
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Eat Offbeat: An unprecedented cookbook featuring recipes and stories by refugees now working as chefs in New York City.
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The Dark Room
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23 Mar 17
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Expat photographer illustrates the nature of depression in surreal gloom.
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A delicate portrayal of brutality
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23 Mar 17
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This artist depicts the subject of sex inequality in a stylised and all-encompassing way.
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Giving back with ethical fashion
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23 Mar 17
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Eco-friendly and ethically made, Allmade pushes the boundaries of the ordinary t-shirt.
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Waves for Water
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22 Mar 17
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This new documentary, released on World Water Day, follows former pro surfer Jon Rose and his mission to help bring clean drinking water to those in need.
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The font of life
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22 Mar 17
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Download and donate to the millions living without water.
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Greeting cards for people of colour
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22 Mar 17
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US-based creative Tara James creates greeting cards as a reflection of cultural tradition.
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Hooded: Subversion through photography
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21 Mar 17
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Myles Loftin confronts the stereotype of the hooded black man in a new multimedia project.
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Why wastewater?
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20 Mar 17
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World Water Day 2017 will look at the way we manage the precious resource during every part of the water cycle.
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Buddibox: A community-driven courier network in South Africa
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20 Mar 17
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This organisation tackles local unemployment by facilitating small-scale courier services.
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EX ASTRA
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27 Mar 23
This set of woodcut prints celebrates the months of the year.
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The art bias
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27 Mar 23
The aim of this Bangalore museum collection is to reframe ideas of Indian art.
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Wayfinder
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27 Mar 23
For 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kamil Adam Hassim, nature is the ultimate inspiration.
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Printed pavilion
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27 Mar 23
This climate-adaptable pavilion is 3D-printed from recycled plastic.
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