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These illustrations are a little bit crazy and a little bit spiritual
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12 Jan 17
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Step into the weird world of 18-year-old visual artist Maya Ajani
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How can we respond faster to epidemic outbreaks?
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11 Jan 17
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The Ubuntu containment bed can easily be assembled for a rapid response to an outbreak
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How's my driving?
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11 Jan 17
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Cameroonian innovator designs an app to combat road accident deaths.
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Tech-infused jacket allows speedy donations for the homeless
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11 Jan 17
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The meeting point between being a good samaritan and 21st-century convenience is here.
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The haunting self-portraits of Josephine Kuuire
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10 Jan 17
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The Ghanaian photographer learning to love herself through creativity.
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Concave roof design collects rainwater to cool the interior
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10 Jan 17
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This crafty double roof design collects rainwater and cools the interior of the home in arid regions
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Amna Elshandaweely launches her new collection at Design Indaba
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10 Jan 17
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“Through design and through art we are the people that can change the world.”
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Down to Xjabelle: Breaking the stigma of Down syndrome through fashion
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10 Jan 17
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This designer creates authentic Central American fashion for individuals with Down syndrome.
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Can architecture help us heal from loss?
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10 Jan 17
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The ‘Mask House’ was built specifically for those coping with grief.
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Mushroom leather: The future is fungal
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9 Jan 17
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This mushroom material can grow a whole cowhide’s worth of leather in two months.
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Could the flying B-Droid help bees with pollination?
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9 Jan 17
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Scientist develops another robotic pollinator
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South African photographer takes us into one of Cape Town’s oldest traditions
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9 Jan 17
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The Cape Town Minstrel Carnival is an annual celebration of renewal in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Meet the surfers of the Gaza Strip
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9 Jan 17
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A community looking to the waves of the Mediterranean for relief.
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The Micro Wind Turbine: A portable, collapsible energy source
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9 Jan 17
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This compact turbine is perfect for a nomadic lifestyle.
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Not a plastic bag
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6 Jan 17
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India’s EnviGreen pushes 100 per cent biodegradable, edible alternatives to plastic.
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Wheelchair-friendly baby stroller for differently-abled parents
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6 Jan 17
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A high school student has created a baby carrier wheelchair for a differently-abled parent to stroll with their newborn
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Free the nipple: LED teats contest censorship on Facebook
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5 Jan 17
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Anonymous Spanish art collective Luzinterruptus create a carpet of glowing nipples outside Madrid's Facebook office to protest against censorship.
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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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5 Jan 17
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This facility safeguards the building blocks of agriculture.
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Mamaope: A jacket that detects pneumonia
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5 Jan 17
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A Ugandan graduate designed a high-tech wearable to fight the scourge of pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Algorithmically designed jewellery by Nervous System
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5 Jan 17
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Made from brass and rubber, the Corollaria collection is inspired by science and technology.
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Modern day Dracula and the plight of immigrants
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28 Dec 16
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Artists adapt the classic tale of Dracula to explore the immigrant rights in the United States.
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The adventures of unconventional women
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26 Dec 16
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a collection of alternative bedtime stories for girls.
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How an artist is helping rebuild Haiti
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23 Dec 16
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The Konbit Shelter is a sustainable building project in Haiti
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Smokeless cooking in Kenya
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23 Dec 16
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Fighting lower respiratory infection with innovative design.
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Golden touch
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9 Sep 22
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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