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Tired running shoes turned into slippers for school children
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25 Aug 16
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GreenSole collects old trainers and transforms them into new shoes for rural kids.
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The Street Store: Pop-up charity for the homeless
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25 Aug 16
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Cape Town’s Street Store uses public spaces to provide clothing for the homeless locally and abroad.
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Noma: A temporary place called home
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24 Aug 16
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Filmmaker Pablo Pinedo Bóveda’s Noma looks at the struggles of a South African slum community.
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Phlur: The new fragrance brand with socially conscious appeal
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24 Aug 16
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Eric Korman believes the cologne industry should start taking ethical responsibility.
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A bamboo city built for communal living
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24 Aug 16
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Penda explores the idea of a sustainable urban village made out of bamboo and rope.
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Christi du Toit’s ping-pong approach to illustration
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24 Aug 16
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We spoke to South African illustrator Christi du Toit about honing your craft in a competitive industry.
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The Hangman: transcending expectations of the armed struggle
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23 Aug 16
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Directed by SA filmmaker Zwelethu Radebe, “The Hangman” tells the story of a black warder faced with an impossible choice.
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The Jolt Sensor: detecting concussions in young athletes
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23 Aug 16
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This thumb-sized, wearable sensor is making sport safer.
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China opens record-breaking transparent bridge
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23 Aug 16
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The Hunan province is now home to the longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in the world.
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TrackR Bravo: Making lost items a thing of the past
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22 Aug 16
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Chris Herbert and his team at Phone Halo have designed a compact tracker device that can be used for practically anything.
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BuggyAir: A mobile air pollution tracker
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22 Aug 16
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This air pollution testing kit helps parents make informed decisions about the type of environments they expose their children to.
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Shoey Shoes made entirely from waste materials
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22 Aug 16
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Student looks into using material offcuts to create a sustainable range of children’s shoes.
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Mapping poverty: getting relief to developing areas
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22 Aug 16
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These researchers are using mapping technology to find the world’s poorest areas.
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Interior designer Seugnet Herbst challenges the ordinary
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19 Aug 16
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2016 Emerging Creative Seugnet Herbst challenges ordinary aspects of interior design.
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Boombox champions nomadic retail spaces
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19 Aug 16
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A startup platform that gives emerging businesses access to a public market.
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Tiny device uses sunlight to disinfect water
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18 Aug 16
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Researchers at Stanford University created a tiny device that purifies water in minutes.
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Saving the planet with art supplies
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18 Aug 16
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The startup turning air pollution into ink.
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The creative collective disrupting SA's National Arts Festival
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18 Aug 16
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The 10 Day Men are shaking things up in Grahamstown.
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Students create seaweed-based yarn to tackle fashion industry pollution
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18 Aug 16
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BioEsters is a bio-based material that presents a sustainable yarn alternative for designers.
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Photographer Ofoe Amegavie captures the beauty of Ghana’s iconic festivals
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17 Aug 16
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Photographer Ofoe Amegavie tells the vivid stories of Ghana’s traditional festivals in an ongoing series.
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Blubel: The intelligent bicycle bell
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17 Aug 16
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Blubel Tech’s new device for cyclists offers far more than the chime of a bell.
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Intuitive wardrobe donates unworn clothes to charities
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17 Aug 16
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The Internet of Clothes is a creative concept that tackles the over consumption of fashion.
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Capturing the "Gully Queens" of Jamaica
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17 Aug 16
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Pieter Hugo’s collaboration with Hood by Air is a celebration of the vilified gay community of Kingston.
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Concrete creative: Entries to South Africa’s biggest art and design prize are still open
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17 Aug 16
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PPC Imaginarium Awards are open for entries for their 2016/2017 competitions until the end of September 2016.
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