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Bug poop apparel
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2 May 17
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The Clean Colour Collection is the latest trend in eco-friendly fashion.
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Interactive robot helps disabled children develop
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27 Apr 17
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Leka, the robot that changes the way children with developmental disorders learn, play and interact.
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Tapping into the limitless creativity of children
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27 Apr 17
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IKEA turns strange & colourful kids’ drawings into real toys.
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An ode to making mixtapes
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26 Apr 17
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PHFAT x Mac Motel have teamed up with Cape Town director Rob Smith to launch a nostalgic new track.
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Inarchi: Lights that float against the wall
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26 Apr 17
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Light design firm Inarchi create elaborate chandelier light installations for projects all around the world.
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The science of water sustainability by TechKnow
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26 Apr 17
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TechKnow is series exploring how the latest scientific and technological discoveries are changing our lives.
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Bobby Rogers’ portrait series addresses anti-Black racism and Islamophobia in the United States
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25 Apr 17
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Inspired by the viral twitter hashtag: #BeingBlackAndMuslim.
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Check out this year's A’ Design Award winners
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25 Apr 17
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The global platform announces its best designers and designs for 2016 to 2017.
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I got garbage
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24 Apr 17
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A human-centred approach to India’s brimming landfills.
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South Africa’s first medical thriller hits at the heart of illegal organ donation
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24 Apr 17
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Enlisting somewhat unusual and controversial tactics to promote the film, the subject of illegal organ trade has everybody sitting up and taking notes.
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This graphic novel is educating Chicago’s youth about their civic responsibility
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21 Apr 17
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From Chicago Architecture Foundation, No Small Plans is designed to provide civic education.
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This Ain't A Eulogy: A Ritual for Re-membering
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21 Apr 17
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Taja Lindley captures her emotive performance art piece on film.
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Research project produces first map of Nairobi’s informal transport system
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21 Apr 17
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Researchers are crowdsourcing data to create a transport system map for the accurate location of matatu routes – Nairobi’s informal transit system.
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A device and mobile app that lets you grow pesticide-free, fresh food 365 days a year
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20 Apr 17
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No sunshine required to grow your own healthy food. Grow and monitor yours in your home at the click of a button.
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IKEA unveils plan to provide employment for thousands
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20 Apr 17
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The Swedish company continues to make strides with their humanitarian efforts.
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“Welcome to Resistance School. Our first class is now in session.”
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20 Apr 17
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Designed by Harvard University students, this program teaches anyone how to be an effective activist.
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Bomma: Form, philosophy and phenomena
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19 Apr 17
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Bomma creates exquisite light installations from handblown glass.
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WhereIsMyTransport mapped the entire public transport network of Cape Town
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19 Apr 17
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WhereIsMyTransport has added Gauteng province, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Kigali to the network of cities it covers.
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My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea
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19 Apr 17
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Directed by Dash Shaw, the film’s lo-fi quality goes against the trend of current animation.
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Digital tool tracks innovative water projects in the US
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19 Apr 17
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The US is battling against ageing infrastructure. This Living Map highlights its wins so far.
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Artwork for equity
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19 Apr 17
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These original postcards promote inclusion, equity, liberation, and justice for all races.
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The Mashambas Skyscraper
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18 Apr 17
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A skyscraper conceived as an educational centre and marketplace for new agricultural communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Farmerline uses SMSes to empower small-scale farmers in Ghana
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18 Apr 17
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Ghanaian tech provider, Farmerline offers innovative mobile communication and farming information services to literate and illiterate rural farmers
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Mateusz Urbanowicz’s Tokyo Storefront series
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18 Apr 17
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These delightful illustrations document the changing face of the Japanese capital.
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When pictures tell stories
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Fashion and portrait photography allow Thulani Kubeka to paint with light.
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Photographic memory
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Influential post-war Japanese photographer’s solo exhibition highlights the pathos of the past
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Just beachy
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Tosin Oshinowo’s Coral Pavilion embraces the traditions of tropical modernism in West Africa
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For the birds
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Treehotel and BIG make a case for species co-habitation with their new collaboration, Biosphere
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