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How the repeal of net neutrality will affect innovation
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Information Design
Innovation and digital design may suffer due to the increased control over the websites we browse
9 Jul 18
00:53:50
When a natural disaster occurred in Chile, Alejandro Aravena and his team set out to rebuild the city
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Urban & Landscape Design
The architect tackles the reconstruction of a city through public participation.
9 Jul 18
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World’s largest 3D printed structure unveiled at Venice Biennale
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Architecture & Interiors
The Cloud Pergola was envisioned as a paradigm for what architecture should stand for in the 21st century. It will be on show until 25 November.
6 Jul 18
00:08:50
AGI: On the importance of hosting this year's event in Mexico
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Nikki Gonnissen, Paul Cox and Alejandro Magallanes discuss graphic design, borders and moving the conference from the US to Mexico.
6 Jul 18
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Durban-based artist adds vibrant artwork to a local taxi rank
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Graphic Design & Illustration
This mural is meant to give the newly rebuilt Cartwright Taxi Rank a vivid and welcoming exterior.
5 Jul 18
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Zambian fashion entrepreneur on prints, nostalgia and the importance of finding synergy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Lucy Mulima started Aya Goods after years spent working in fashion, PR and media.
5 Jul 18
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How designers are using digital fabrication to improve wheelchairs
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Product Design
Disrupt Disability uses open source design and digital fabrication to make wheels that are affordable and fully customisable.
5 Jul 18
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The Connected Supper Club on dinner tables as spaces for positive change
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“London is a big city and I don’t find it surprising that people are attracted to small events centred around dinner tables."
4 Jul 18
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Developed by a Cape Town lecturer, this self-sustaining toilet turns waste into material of value
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Product Design
The innovative Sanihive took home two major prizes at the recently held UNLEASH event.
4 Jul 18
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4 projects that cleverly integrate digital fabrication into architecture
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Architecture & Interiors
Digital fabrication is helping companies build homes in 24 hours while also helping to build local entrepreneurship.
4 Jul 18
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These images are a vivid and electrifying depiction of isolation
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Art & Photography
Step into Andrea Koporova’s haunting Ghost Town.
3 Jul 18
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This Ghanaian company is turning plastic waste into asphalt roads
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Industrial Design
As #PlasticFreeJuly kicks off, we look at a new innovation that allows us to cleanse our environment of discarded plastic bags by building new roads with it.
3 Jul 18
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Ugandan designers create a bloodless, reusable malaria test kit
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Product Design
Here’s how designers in Africa are using technology to bridge the gap between people and healthcare services.
3 Jul 18
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Photo series takes a non-binary look at vulnerability
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Design Activism
Photographer Zara Julius explores vulnerability in the lives of gender non-conforming people of colour.
2 Jul 18
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Refugees are learning to map their world and gain marketable skills in the process
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Information Design
The RefuGIS programme helps Syrian refugees tackle the challenges of life in the world’s largest refugee camp.
29 Jun 18
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Looking to Afrofuturism 3.0
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"Before you actually physically pursue freedom or build a better future you have to imagine it first."
29 Jun 18
00:03:21
Talking cultural clashes and interrogating stereotypes with Gerhard Human
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Art & Photography
Armed with a prying nose for truth and sense of humour, this artist delves into contentious social assumptions in vibrant style.
28 Jun 18
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ChemStart: Bridging the gender gap in science education
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Information Design
South African scientist Bathabile Mpofu created a mini science kit in the hopes that it will inspire students in rural areas.
28 Jun 18
00:11:42
The psychological effects of sound with Nicolás Kisic Aguirre
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Music & Sound Design
The Peruvian designer’s open-source projects are a combination of sound, architecture, and the mind.
27 Jun 18
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Students design temporary furniture for displaced people
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Product Design
Called Rehome, the collection provides temporary products for refugees and those affected by natural disasters who have to quickly vacate their homes.
26 Jun 18
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SenSprout is helping farmers better understand their crops while saving water
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Product Design
SenSprout’s aim is to grant farmers a better understanding of how their crops consume water without using expensive technology.
26 Jun 18
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The A’ Design Award and competition is open for entries
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Urban & Landscape Design
The awards aim to advance society through good design.
26 Jun 18
00:08:07
What a cup of tea teaches us about the value of water
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Design Activism
Shaakira Jassat's ThirTEA for One project highlights the hidden footprint in the lifecycle of the products we consume.
26 Jun 18
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Minimal Exposure on careful, considered, slow fashion
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
“I find it difficult to call ourselves a fashion brand because the term fashion to me implies fast and fleeting.”
25 Jun 18
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