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African artists are coming around for dinner

Group exhibition “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” in New York celebrates the growing impact of African art and artists on the global stage. >
Yodit Eklund: Bantu, a surf brand for Africa

Bantu Wax, founded by Yodit Eklund, is an African surf brand that breaks the clichés of blonde, blue-eyed surf babes with images from Africa's own surf culture. >
Joy McKinney's new work "Armed Forces" looks at issues of race and injustice

New York-based artist Joy Mckinney's new photographic series, "Armed Forces", focuses on race and injustice within African American communities. >
A field of wheat in the shadows of skyscrapers

After recreating Agnes Denes’ famous Wheatfield earthwork in Milan, locals are invited to reap what they sowed. >
Solar technology will be used to create the world’s first underground park

The Lowline, the world’s first underground park, have raised enough money in a crowdfunding campaign to build their Lowline Lab. >
Young township photographer Sipho Mpongo is heading to New York

This is the story of a boy from Langa who went to a school dance with a “stolen” camera and found himself and his camera on a plane to New York. >
Celebrating fifteen years of Serpentine Pavilions

To celebrate 15 years of the Summer Pavilion, the Serpentine Galleries have teamed up with Pentagram to launch a digital platform and campaign. >
Studio Dror unveils three new residential concepts for New York

Dror Benshetrit imagines three towers that each push the limits of high-rise buildings. >
A mesmerising time-lapse video shows the painting of a tiny hot dog

Watch the gradual emergence of a life-like miniature hot dog by artist Lorraine Loots for her new collection, “Potluck 100”. >
Personal tales of Chinese urbanism in Africa

A new exhibition at New York’s Storefront for Art and Architecture investigates the impact of Chinese development on fast-growing African cities. >
A poetic ode to the path of the sun – on Instagram

Instagrammers who chase the sun with their cameras testify to its ceaseless grip on our lives. Interactive designer Michelle Chandra plots this out on a map. >
Place your finger on the screen and watch this music video explode

Interactive video maestro Masashi Kawamura’s fun new production for Japanese pop princess Namie Amuro’s “Golden Touch”. >
BIG architects unveils 2 World Trade Centre

Bjarke Ingels' 2 WTC is the capstone in the redevelopment of the World Trade Centre, restoring downtown Manhattan's storied skyline. >
Errol Morris’s ode to the Baskerville font

The filmmaker has published a seminal study proving that typography shapes the way we see truth. >
New York City’s pulse beats at 100 stories above the ground

Jake Barton’s design studio Local Projects launches a new interactive story-telling experience at the top of the One World Trade Centre. >
Online portfolio platform Format launches documentary series

“Inframe” is a new documentary series tracing the paths of photographers, artists, designers and illustrators around the world. Watch the first episode here. >
30 Weeks supercharges entrepreneurial training for designers

A team of New York design schools in collaboration with Google have created 30 Weeks, a hybrid between a tech incubator and design school. >
Surfers become citizen scientists with the Smartphin

The Smartphin enables surfers to collect vital information about the changing condition of the oceans in the hostile near-shore zone. >
“Cream on Chrome” by Steve Scott and Will Sweeney

A vintage-inspired sci-fi animation for “Cream on Chrome”, NYC duo Ratatat’s first song in five years. >
Ferrofluid – the strange magnetic substance you have never heard of

We have rocket science to thank for the existence of an alien-looking fluid that is slowly creeping into the creative world. >
African film is having a moment

From across the continent and beyond, directors are flexing their creative muscles – as the line-up at the African Film Festival in New York shows. >
A contemporary folding chair by David Irwin Studio

British designer David Irwin showcases his contemporary folding chair at the exhibition "Tools for Everyday Life" at ICFF 2015. >
ICFF Studio rounds up 11 young furniture designers

These prototypes by emerging talent from around the world will be shopped to manufacturers at this year’s ICFF Studio in New York. >
Michael Bierut designs symbol for US Pavilion at Milan Expo

Pentagram partner Michael Bierut puts a thematic spin on the star-spangled banner for the US pavilion at Expo Milano 2015. >

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