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A multilingual keyboard promotes the preservation of 12 Nigerian dialects

Design News > Information Design

Nigerian linguist designs a digital keyboard to address the possible extinction of Nigeria’s multiple dialects.

9 Feb 16
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A rural South African farmhouse clad in 1000 shimmering CDs

Design News > Art & Photography

South African-based artist r1 used 1000 recycled CDs to clad an abandoned farmhouse in Randfontein, a mining city in western Gauteng.

8 Feb 16
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Inspiring an anti-pollution revolution one brick at a time

Design News > Industrial Design

MIT students develop a low-cost, eco-friendly brick made out of industrial waste to reduce pollution in India.

8 Feb 16
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Design Indaba's Global Graduates – these are the ones to watch

Design News > Design Thinking

We'd like to introduce you to the talented Global Graduates who’ll be presenting their work at the Design Indaba Conference 2016.

8 Feb 16
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Miniature reading gets Brazilians excited about books

Design News > Information Design

The Leitura de Bolso campaign sends mini-reading instalments to smartphones to get Brazilians excited about reading.

8 Feb 16
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Uganda’s clay and rice husk water filtration system

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Access to safe drinking water in rural Uganda is a major health concern, but two graduates may have found a way to help.

8 Feb 16
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Photographer looks at history through a feminist lens

Design News > Art & Photography

Bristol-based photographer Chloe Massey’s representations of women focus on their heroic contributions to history.

8 Feb 16
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A new home for the fine wines of Babylonstoren

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Babylonstoren have added a modern, purpose-built tasting centre to their Cape winelands estate for visitors to enjoy their wine tasting experience.

8 Feb 16
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Dutch students 3D print steel frame for Arc Bicycle

Next Generation > Industrial Design

A team of students at the Delft University of Technology have printed the first stainless steel bike using a welding-based 3D-printing technique.

8 Feb 16
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Martin Kharumwa: Making images for an African audience

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

Ugandan photographer Martin Kharumwa constructs images that appeal to different cultural contexts.

8 Feb 16/ Brand Collaboration
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The first survey of the photographic landscape in contemporary Africa

Design News > Art & Photography

Based on five years of exhibitions hosted by the LagosPhoto Festival, “Africa Under the Prism” beautifully documents contemporary photography in Africa.

5 Feb 16
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Tropical utopian city proposed for Malaysian coastline

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Sasaki imagines a thriving mangrove marina, rooftop park network and global hub for Forest City.

5 Feb 16
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Short film highlights the Cape's wasted spring waters as SA runs dry

Design News > Film & Animation

Filmmaker Sven Harding's short film considers South Africa's water crisis in a visually poetic, ethereal manner.

5 Feb 16
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A burka made from sugar challenges modern perceptions

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Worn by Muslim women all over the world, the burka has been a controversial topic for centuries.

5 Feb 16
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Pan-African collective debuts with visuals shot in the Mozambican savannah

FilmFestFriday > Music & Sound Design

Batuk, a Pan-African collective pioneering a new tribal and electronic sound has debuted with a music video shot in the sparse Mozambican savannah.

5 Feb 16
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Gecko-like grip soon to be within reach of humans

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Engineers at Stanford University have developed adhesive materials that mimic a gecko’s gripping power.

5 Feb 16
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Affordable exoskeleton could help paraplegic kids walk, sit or stand

Design Frontiers > Product Design

The Phoenix, the world’s lightest exoskeleton for the disabled, will be adapted to help disabled children.

5 Feb 16
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Stickybones: Animation made easy with this intuitive puppet

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Stickybones puppet is a revolutionary animation-art figure perfectly calibrated to bring your ideas to life.

4 Feb 16
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The Dencity Competition co-founders on rethinking slums

Inside View > Urban & Landscape Design

The social architects behind non-profit organisation, Shelter Global share their experiences on confronting the world’s shelter crisis.

4 Feb 16
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Lava Lab believes we are all in for a surprise from the tech-savvy Millennials

Q&A > Interaction Design

Lava Lab is made up of interdisciplinary designers who are working to develop technological interactions.

4 Feb 16
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A burial suit to better decompose your body

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Infinity Burial Project greens-up your funeral with a suit that devours your corpse.

4 Feb 16
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E-waste jewellery that looks like marble

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

An upcycled jewellery collection fashioned from discarded cables and wires.

4 Feb 16
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"Shop" for clothes by commenting on Instagram

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Clothes sharing initiative ShareWear shows that something borrowed is like something new.

4 Feb 16
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An exhibition challenging the stereotypes that diminish black female bodies

Design News > Design Activism

“Abandoned Margins” is an exhibition tackling Western beauty standards, cultural identity, historical erasure, trauma, and the representation of black bodies.

4 Feb 16

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