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Elevate your culinary journey with Spyce
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10 Sep 20
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This restaurant is run entirely by robotic chefs that can cook the complex meals.
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Creator: A new culinary possibility
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10 Sep 20
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The Creator production line makes customizable burgers with precision.
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World’s first robot equipped station to cook pizza
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10 Sep 20
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Imagine a restaurant powered entirely by robotic chefs instead of human cooks and kitchen hands.
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Thinking for, and beyond, COVID-19
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7 Sep 20
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Responsive. Resilient. Restorative. Design's 3 R'S are as active as ever...
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How to make your travel booking experience easier
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3 Sep 20
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SnapTravel is an App-less way to book your next vay-cay and it all happens via Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp.
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The refill station by Nivea that is tackling waste production
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3 Sep 20
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Instead of adding that empty toiletry bottle to the recycling pile, re-use it!
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World’s first credit card to monitor purchases by their carbon emissions.
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3 Sep 20
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Doconomy is a Swedish fintech company that has launched the world’s first credit card to monitor purchases by their carbon emissions.
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This tiny café packs a big punch
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3 Sep 20
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Developed by the Onexn architects, their goal was to create a new public space that caters to the community.
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New Off-White store set to change the retail game
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3 Sep 20
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The multi-purpose venue converts from retail destination to fulfilment centre to events space to fashion runway.
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Run your business differently with EVRYTHNG
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3 Sep 20
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In 2020, EVRYTHNG won a Fast Company 2020 World Changing Ideas Award.
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Using plastic to pave new roads
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28 Aug 20
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According To president of TechniSoil, the startup who has engineered this new type of movement - the use of plastic makes the pavement stronger.
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The bicycle helmet made up of parametric techniques
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28 Aug 20
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The Voronoi bicycle helmet is a new progressive design of the “helmet”.
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3D Printed resort?
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28 Aug 20
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The Kisawa Sanctuary retreat, located on Mozambique’s Benguerra Island, is the first ever resort to use 3D printed technology.
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Transforming industrial waste into luxury furniture
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28 Aug 20
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Furniture designer, Konstantin Grcic’s newly designed mono-bloc chair, called BELL is made from recycled polypropylen.
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Nike opened its first European House of innovation store in Paris with a sustainable focus
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28 Aug 20
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As part of their ‘Move to Zero’ movement, Nike used over 85 thousand kilos of sustainable material woven into fabric.
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Designer Bruce Mau’s next chapter
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20 Aug 20
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Design Indaba Alumnus and Massive Change author and designer Bruce Mau has brought out a new book.
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Exploring the city of Atlanta’s connection with the natural world
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20 Aug 20
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An outdoor installation occupying the plaza of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, USA, references trees and the flight patterns of migratory birds.
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Waiter-less cafe?
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20 Aug 20
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With Covid-19 cases still rapidly increasing in most countries the future is likely to experience even more contactless customer service outlets.
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Celebrating the sport of basketball with artist Victor Solomon
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20 Aug 20
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From his “literally balling line”, artist Victor Solomon has created a new interactive Japanese Kintsugi basketball court to celebrate sport and the positivity
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Burning the Museum
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20 Aug 20
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The annual Burning Man art festival is going virtual.
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Meerel Slootheer on the connection between drugs and insects
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20 Aug 20
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Her Pharma project places pills at the centre of laser-cut bug sculptures to draw attention to the experience of being placed on medication.
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Marta Scarampi’s travel-ready, breathable onesie
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20 Aug 20
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Her travel-ready, breathable onesie adds a protective layer while in the air.
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Stickers to identify people with disabilities on public transport
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13 Aug 20
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The sticker is not only for people with disabilities but also a new tool in raising awareness amongst those who use public transport.
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Reef remedy: 3D-printed terracotta tiles
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13 Aug 20
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3D-printing is lighting up the plight of coral reefs by generating terracotta tiles that mimic natural coral with the intention of restoring reefs.
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Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum
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Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022
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Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions
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