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Cairo: Youth in resistance
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Film & Animation
Director Selim El Sadek documents the youth who challenge the system through hip hop in Cairo, Egypt.
28 Mar 17
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Grandmothers, Afrofuturism and Nairobi-beats
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Music & Sound Design
Kenyan photographer Osborne Macharia directs his first film, the music video to Blinky Bill's new song "Atie".
27 Mar 17
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A shirt that pulsates with the intensity of music
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Music & Sound Design
This wearable device allows the hearing impaired to experience music.
27 Mar 17
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The unspoken cost of precious metals
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Art & Photography
A literal depiction of what we gain from mining versus the longterm landscape destruction that follows.
27 Mar 17
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Cape Town moves to become Africa’s first truly digital city
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Information Design
This city’s creatives are set to be among the biggest winners in the drive to become the most digitally connected hub in Africa.
27 Mar 17
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Mbongeni Fongoqa uses graphic design to uplift township businesses
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Design Activism
Beauty and function merge to create a new kind of public space.
27 Mar 17
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5 Tricks to throwing a conference that inspires people
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Design Thinking
These days, it takes more than just good speakers to wow an audience. Here's a "How To" from 2017 speaker Ayse Birsel.
27 Mar 17
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Would you drink beer made from sewage water?
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Food Design
A California brewing company has created a ‘delicious’ beer using recycled wastewater.
27 Mar 17
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The Thermotrap Project
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Architecture & Interiors
This start-up initiative aims to uplift the living conditions of township residents.
24 Mar 17
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This kids clothing range literally grows alongside your child
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
“Slow fashion for fast growing kids.”
24 Mar 17
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Meet Mr Trash Wheel, a clever water pollution solution
Design News
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Industrial Design
A self-sustaining trash collector that cleanses urban waters using renewable energy.
24 Mar 17
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This queer visibility comic already has 800 backers
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Film & Animation
Tee Franklin’s Bingo Love is a new take on queer relationships, heartbreak and growth.
24 Mar 17
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Shape: Design is everywhere
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Design Thinking
A film about design. If for one day you had the power to make your world work better, what would you change?
24 Mar 17
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Dear White America
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Information Design
US-based artist Inyegumena Nosegbe’s newspaper project is a poignant look at police brutality.
23 Mar 17
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Refugee chefs share the taste of home
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Food Design
Eat Offbeat: An unprecedented cookbook featuring recipes and stories by refugees now working as chefs in New York City.
23 Mar 17
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The Dark Room
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Art & Photography
Expat photographer illustrates the nature of depression in surreal gloom.
23 Mar 17
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A delicate portrayal of brutality
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Art & Photography
This artist depicts the subject of sex inequality in a stylised and all-encompassing way.
23 Mar 17
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Giving back with ethical fashion
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Eco-friendly and ethically made, Allmade pushes the boundaries of the ordinary t-shirt.
23 Mar 17
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Plan Bee
Next Generation
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Industrial Design
This could be the pollination process of tomorrow.
22 Mar 17
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Waves for Water
Design News
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Design Activism
This new documentary, released on World Water Day, follows former pro surfer Jon Rose and his mission to help bring clean drinking water to those in need.
22 Mar 17
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The font of life
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Design Activism
Download and donate to the millions living without water.
22 Mar 17
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MOLD: A focus on the future of food
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Food Design
This new independent publication focusses on the future of food and how design can help feed a hungry planet.
22 Mar 17
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Greeting cards for people of colour
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Art & Photography
US-based creative Tara James creates greeting cards as a reflection of cultural tradition.
22 Mar 17
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Hooded: Subversion through photography
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Film & Animation
Myles Loftin confronts the stereotype of the hooded black man in a new multimedia project.
21 Mar 17
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Blurring disciplinary boundaries, Cape Town-based creative Mikhailia Petersen builds intricate narratives in her photo series.
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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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Parking off
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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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Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection.
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