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Spherical garden rolls around looking for sunlight and water
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Interaction Design
Interactive Architecture Lab creates a mobile garden that thinks for itself.
20 May 16
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Parallel: Si MacLennan and Ross Symons collaborate on a new project
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The two artists have incorporated their unique styles into a colourful creation.
20 May 16
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SkinTrack: the next step in wearable technology
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Product Design
The new device uses your arm’s surface as a touch-screen, extending the interface of the smartwatch.
19 May 16
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Plastic recycling initiative supports waste pickers in developing countries
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Creative Economy
Amsterdam-based group Reflow drive a socially responsible 3D printing community
19 May 16
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John Radcliffe Studios documents the regular lives of refugees
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Product Design
Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–16, is a photography series that hopes to portray a less sensationalist account of the refugee crisis.
19 May 16
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Y&R Paris' 3D printed animals challenge the way life is reproduced
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Design Thinking
Life can’t be reproduced. Y&R Paris' series of images shows the fragile circumstances of wildlife.
19 May 16
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Photographer documents the last nomadic people of Nepal
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Art & Photography
The Raute are Nepal’s last nomadic people nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas. This photo series captures their resistance to the modern word.
19 May 16
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Pentagram’s typographic installation draws attention to animal and plant conservation
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Interaction Design
Designed in response to a call by artists Ackroyd & Harvey, Pentagram’s typographic installation lets viewers highlight endangered species.
18 May 16
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Tony Gum on nourishing and celebrating your personal art
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Art & Photography
Still an undergraduate, Tony Gum calls herself an “artist in learning” and talks about how she is still learning to celebrate and understand her art.
18 May 16
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Mimicking the womb
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Product Design
An artificial placenta could revolutionise care for premature babies.
18 May 16
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21st Century farming technology to address global food crisis
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Urban & Landscape Design
Urban Produce is a sustainable vertical farming system that looks toward the future of agriculture.
18 May 16
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Brad Harris’ illustrations capture the innocence of everyday childhood
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Art & Photography
South African artist Brad Harris draws from childhood experience to create stories and illustrations that capture child-like innocence.
18 May 16
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Florine Demosthene explores the black female form using mixed media art
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Art & Photography
Inspired by her travels in Africa, Florine Demosthene has created a new black heroine.
18 May 16
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Recycled materials unite on a grand scale with Collage House
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Architecture & Interiors
The Mumbai home is made from a collection of recycled and found materials.
17 May 16
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Now they’re 3D printing bones
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Product Design
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new material that can be used in bone replacement surgery.
17 May 16
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Livi brings nature indoors
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Product Design
The portable planter has a new take on interacting with nature.
17 May 16
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Thomas Chapman on reconnecting a fractured city
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Architecture & Interiors
South African architect Thomas Chapman is fixing the past using layers of new design.
17 May 16
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Claudia Liebenberg explores masculine themes through delicate watercolour illustration
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Art & Photography
Illustrator Claudia Liebenberg uses her passion for art to mentor some of South Africa’s disadvantaged kids.
17 May 16
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Edible insects: Won’t you pass the bugs?
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Graphic Design & Illustration
NB Studio reimagines major food brands and chains with insects as their main ingredients.
17 May 16
00:06:41
Pia Nyakairu on products that help form connections
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Interaction Design
Ugandan industrial designer Pia Nyakairu shares her work on products that aid connection as part of Design Indaba’s Global Graduates programme.
16 May 16
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Open Eyes: The social ad campaign with a vision
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Film & Animation
Following the moving advertising campaign #OpenEyes, we talk to FoxP2 at about why a brand needs to make people feel something in order to be relevant.
16 May 16
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Wear Your Label wants a stigma-free society
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Product Design
Wear Your Label gets people talking about mental health through fashion and jewellery design.
16 May 16
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Pop-up sweatshop appears in Amsterdam
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Customers face the harsh reality of where their clothes come from in this pop-up sweatshop.
16 May 16
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A farming and recreational space designed to bring a community together
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Architecture & Interiors
Bottle Seedling House is a multipurpose shelter that aims to improve the quality of life for a farming community affected by HIV/AIDS.
16 May 16
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