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Cinismo Ilustrado: Illustrated Cynicism
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Graphic Design & Illustration
An artist with a tongue-in-cheek approach to life’s disappointments.
31 May 17
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Scientists have found a way to give you more pasta for less money
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Food Design
With programmable pasta, scientists have found an easier way to reduce shipping costs by manipulating its size
31 May 17
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Zemba Luzamba explores the migrant experience through depictions of ordinary people
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Art & Photography
The Cape Town-based artist's eloquent oil paintings of everyday life encourage viewers to draw their own conclusions.
30 May 17
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5 oddball designs for the dinner plate
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Food Design
Where the worlds of cuisine and design-thinking collide.
30 May 17
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Typographer Keith Vlahakis on his signature lettering style
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The South African illustrator talks us through the process behind some of his pop culture-inspired illustration videos.
29 May 17
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Student 3D prints his own set of retainers to straighten his teeth
Next Generation
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Product Design
Dudley Amos’ Orthoprint could make the production of clear braces less expensive.
29 May 17
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Serge Alain Nitegeka explores the colour black
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Art & Photography
Johannesburg-based artist Serge Alain Nitegeka has explored forced migration and xenophobia in the past.
29 May 17
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This artist's Play-Doh portraits are making fine art photography more accessible
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Art & Photography
Eleanor Macnair’s vibrant and unconventional images are made entirely from the children’s play material.
29 May 17
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The Hausa People: Unique civilisation captured in graphic design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A comprehensively designed manual on one of Africa’s largest ethnic groups.
29 May 17
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People who stalk us on Instagram: Khanyisa Ketse
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Art & Photography
Vincent van Gogh meets #BlackGirlMagic in digital artist Khanyisa Ketse’s The Beginning.
26 May 17
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Have a look at the latest campaign for Nigerian fashion label Rayo by L. Somoye
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The striking images were shot and styled by frequent creative collaborators Clement Ogoh and Daniel Obasi.
26 May 17
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Detroit studio Thing Thing disrupts traditional methods of production
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Product Design
Thing Thing consider their work to fall somewhere between architecture and a party.
26 May 17
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The PET Pavilion: A communal space revival
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Urban & Landscape Design
An example of how derelict urban spaces can be reinvigorated for a good cause.
26 May 17
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Halfway to Nowhere
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Graphic Design & Illustration
This artist depicts self-doubt and the struggle for acceptance in quirky style.
25 May 17
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Check out Dress Code’s Coke Habit
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Film & Animation
This animated short film provides a unique take on the complexities of childhood addiction.
25 May 17
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Custodian of secrets Sinomonde Ngwane turns strangers' confessions into art
Inside View
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We spoke to the South African graphic designer and illustrator Sinomonde Ngwane about her popular #DearDiarySeries and more.
25 May 17
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The Emma Watch
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Product Design
This unique timepiece thwarts the effect of Parkinson’s disorder.
25 May 17
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Can an Elton John song help you understand refugees better?
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Music & Sound Design
Maybe not Elton John's song itself, but this new music video for "Rocket Man" certainly can.
25 May 17
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What would the Black Panthers wear if they were revived today?
Inside View
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
We spoke to South African streetwear designer Julian Kubel about his latest, panthers-inspired range.
24 May 17
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This Migrant Business
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Film & Animation
This short film by Kenyan artist and animator Ng'endo Mukii looks at the movement of African people to Europe from the point of view of a human trafficker.
23 May 17
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Fearless street culture with graphic designer Richard Horne
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme is all about uncovering rare talent among the youth of South Africa.
23 May 17
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Watch filmmaker Hayley Morris’ surreal stop-motion music video for Explosions in the Sky
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Music & Sound Design
The band’s first official music video imagines the ‘wilderness of the mind’.
23 May 17
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5 examples of great creativity in Cuba
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We take a look at some unique design ventures all the way from the Caribbean.
23 May 17
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Wake up and smell the colours
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Interaction Design
A device that transcends two of our primary senses.
23 May 17
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Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October.
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Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet.
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