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Kalahari Bushmen: Photographs that celebrate culture
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Photographer Chanel Sophia Oosthuizen presents a series of images that capture the profoundly peaceful life of the Kalahari bushmen.
1 Dec 16
00:05:09
Michael Elegbedé: The taste of Nigeria
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Food Design
Nigerian chef Michael Elegbedé is opening a restaurant in Lagos that tells the stories of Nigeria through unique flavours and local ingredients.
1 Dec 16
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Smart street furniture for a safer city
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Industrial Design
Combatting air and noise pollution with Simply Grid.
1 Dec 16
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Change a life with just one swipe!
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Design Activism
Radi-Aid hilariously shows us that not all campaigns are created equal.
1 Dec 16
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Vincent Callebaut’s eco-skyscraper takes shape in Taipei
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Architecture & Interiors
The green building imitates the processes of natural ecosystems.
1 Dec 16
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Redefining solar power from architectural eyesore to civic monument
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Urban & Landscape Design
Frederik Deschuytter questions: Why would we install solar power tech in remote places when the sun also shines in the city?
1 Dec 16
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Moving from health care to self-care
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Design Activism
Cubigo is leading the transformation of care when it comes to the ageing, one of the most vulnerable communities.
30 Nov 16
00:32:25
Interactions between the body and space with FOS
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Danish artist-cum-designer Thomas Poulsen, also known as FOS, plays with the interactions between the human body and the space it occupies.
30 Nov 16
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Bridging the gaps between human & machine
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Design Thinking
The division between tech & biology seems more blurred now than ever before. How will this intensifying trend evolve?
30 Nov 16
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Artist interprets movement disorder into striking, intricate headpieces
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Art & Photography
Tiago Valente’s ‘Dystonia’ converts pain into beauty.
30 Nov 16
00:02:18
Francis Kokoroko: Documenting life as it goes
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Art & Photography
Ghanaian photographer Francis Kokoroko creates images that reflect his understanding of the world.
30 Nov 16
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Student gives the traditional white cane a modern update
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Product Design
mySmartCane could provide a better quality of life for the blind.
30 Nov 16
00:02:09
Van Eijk & Van Der Lubbe are changing space with influential design
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Product Design
Dutch design duo Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk talk us through some of their most influential projects.
29 Nov 16
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Chat with Kent Lingeveldt
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Product Design
What do you want to know about Cape Town-based longboard skater and shaper Kent Lingeveldt?
29 Nov 16
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Hurricane Season by Hannah Modigh
Design News
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Art & Photography
The award-winning photographer captures the tension of living between disasters.
29 Nov 16
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What will the cities of the future look like?
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Hint: They’re green.
29 Nov 16
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These mirrored placards give peaceful protesters a means of protection
Design Frontiers
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Design Activism
Nikolas Bentel’s reflective protest signs for the Dakota Access Pipeline protesters.
29 Nov 16
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Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter
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Design Activism
New MOMA exhibition investigates the design & infrastructure of modern refugee camps.
29 Nov 16
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Photographer captures the vulnerability in nature as it intersects with science
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Art & Photography
Ornithological Photographs explores our need to know, name and quantify diversity.
28 Nov 16
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Naked, defenseless & without glory
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Art & Photography
Sam Jinks’ hyper-real sculptures depict an unsettling human vulnerability.
28 Nov 16
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Singapore’s self-driving scooter
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Design Thinking
A driverless scooter could be the next step in autonomous transportation.
28 Nov 16
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Unsatisfying: You know this feeling
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Film & Animation
Motion design studio Parallel Studios are calling for people to submit short animations of completely unsatisfying moments in their day.
28 Nov 16
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Me, Myself and You is a board game to help Autistic adults make friends
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Product Design
The multiplayer board game designed to facilitate social connections between those on the spectrum.
28 Nov 16
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Intimate Strangers: We The People
Next Generation
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Art & Photography
In Part 4 of her series Intimate Strangers, Puleng Mongale captures another pair of lookalikes and sets the images to the lyrics of A Tribe Called Quest.
25 Nov 16
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