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African architecture: Ornaments, crime & prejudice
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Architecture & Interiors
Mathias Agbo, Jr. reflects on the importance of African ornamentation and the stories they convey.
7 Jun 19
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Turning refugee bunkers into privacy pods using minimalist design
Next Generation
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Product Design
“I tried to create a kind of privacy pod around the only space the individual has: their beds.”
7 Jun 19
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Doctor turned designer Kgahlego Kewana talks us through her unlikely path
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The Emerging Creative exhibited her work at the Design Indaba Festival 2019 among 49 up-and-coming South African talents.
6 Jun 19
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DJ Steloo's latest work looks to the ocean for inspiration
Design Frontiers
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Creative Economy
Called Stitches From The Ocean, the Accra-based creative says he wanted to let the audience into the other side of his creative process.
5 Jun 19
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Gabrielle Goliath honours victims of sexual-based violence through sound and art
Design News
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Art & Photography
The winner of this year's Standard Bank Young Artist Award talks about her latest project called This Song is For...
5 Jun 19
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Lucia Bakulumpagi-Wamala on new ways to tackle electricity shortage in Uganda
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African Design
The CEO of Bakulu Power takes us through their work in Buvuma, one of the only districts without electricity in the country.
4 Jun 19
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Celine Semaan wants to solve fashion's sustainability problem
Design Frontiers
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Interaction Design
The culture and climate thought leader is working with everyone from the UN to students to tackle fashion's sustainability problem.
4 Jun 19
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The African projects harnessing alternative energy
Design News
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Design Activism
“We must be more ambitious in harnessing the power of renewable energy to meet sustainable development and climate goals”
3 Jun 19
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Marjan van Aubel uses intelligent design to solve energy and food production problems
Design News
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Urban & Landscape Design
In her work she looks at our current relationship with solar technology and how it can be used to enhance and future-proof city living.
3 Jun 19
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Faith XLVII talks about the importance of staging Aurum in South Africa
Design Frontiers
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Film & Animation
The artist and her collaborators, Pure and Inka Kendzia, talk to us about the interactive performance piece.
31 May 19
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Sculptors set to create the world’s largest gender equality art project
Design Frontiers
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Design Activism
Australian sculptors and married couple Gillie and Marc are creating 10 life sized sculptures celebrating the lives of monumental women.
31 May 19
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OurArtworks is a creative haven for Mississippi's disabled community
Design News
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Art & Photography
“Anyone who has a disability has the ability to create art.”
30 May 19
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Jordanian studio Turbo on resisting design trends
Design Frontiers
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We chat to Saeed Abu-Jabar and Mothanna Hussein about how they’re contributing to the desert city’s flourishing design scene.
29 May 19
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Drawing water out of thin air
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
How Majik Water tapped a water source that is all around us.
29 May 19
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Siddhant Shah is bridging the gap between disability and cultural heritage
Design News
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Urban & Landscape Design
“Designers and architects live with the misconception that accessibility is only restricted to the physical aspect of a space... that's a fallacy."
28 May 19
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Mileha Soneji designs low-tech tools for Parkinson’s patients
Design News
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Product Design
The product designer has created two products to cater to people suffering from Parkinson's.
28 May 19
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Kenyan jeweller uses natural minerals to tell her story
Design Frontiers
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Ami Doshi Shah’s sculptural jewellery pieces tell the story both of Kenya’s intricate past and the country's captivating natural beauty.
27 May 19
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Roy Allela invents tech that translates sign language into audio
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
The Kenyan inventor was inspired by his deaf niece to create Sign-IO, a glove that interprets sign language into speech.
27 May 19
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Gordon Reid on embracing the weird in design
Talks
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The graphic designer talks us through his design career and starting his own agency, Middleboop.
24 May 19
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More than a catcall
Design Frontiers
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Interaction Design
Sophie Sandberg tackles everyday harassment by taking it back to the streets.
24 May 19
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Funfere Koroye on product design for the West African consumer
Design News
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Industrial Design
Nigerian product designer has designed a range of products that take into account the uniqueness of a West African consumer.
23 May 19
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Freyja Sewell is designing cognitive training technology for the future
Talks
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Product Design
The Royal College of Art graduate’s work focuses on meditation and developing technology for the mind.
23 May 19
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The industrialisation of the natural world
Design News
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Design Thinking
Speculations on the future of biodiversity after the sixth mass extinction.
22 May 19
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Kutti Collective is taking on the lack of Desi representation in the art world
Design Frontiers
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Art & Photography
“It’s about creating and dialoguing about things that affect us in a way that isn't Orientalist, or beholden to the erasures and violence..."
22 May 19
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