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All Love Is Equal takes a fairytale approach to LGBTIQ relationships
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All love is iconic and all love should be viewed as a fairytale, says LGBTIQ photographer Braden Summers.
3 May 16
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Slut-shaming: Changing minds through photography
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Art & Photography
Local photographer’s campaign to stop slut-shaming looks at the pain of the victim.
3 May 16
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Khanya Njalo brings solar lighting to rural communities
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The project, initiated in rural KwaZulu-Natal, provides solar powered lighting solutions to rural communities.
3 May 16
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Green Product: Harvest Cart is a solution to backyard farming
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The small-scale harvesting cart makes collecting produce easier.
3 May 16
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Green Product: Citycropps virtually helps create a functional garden
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Citycropps is an urban agricultural project that virtually assists app users as they cultivate their own organic gardens.
3 May 16
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Humanoid robot recovers sunken treasure
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OceanOne is Stanford’s mermaid-like robot that can stand in for a human driver.
3 May 16
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Backpacks made from blankets
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Sibusiso Mokhachane makes backpacks from blankets to celebrate his heritage and help the world unlearn African stereotypes.
2 May 16
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Conceptual fashion by Bokang Lehabe
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Bokang Lehabe, one of Design Indaba Emerging Creative 2016, creates award winning, conceptual fashion.
2 May 16
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EVOLVE: Egypt’s local artists interpret Phobia
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Cairo-based art project, EVOLVE calls local artists together to contemplate and share their digital interpretations of phobia.
2 May 16
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Child’s Cup Full: Toys and accessories handmade by refugees
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Creative Economy
Non-profit social enterprise Child’s Cup Full encourages women in the West Bank to be makers.
2 May 16
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Swale: the floating food forest
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The Brooklyn-based project is a self-sustaining ecosystem, created to redesign our relationship with food.
29 Apr 16
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BeSeens: LED imbedded, hand-signalling cycling gloves
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BeSeens use motion detection and LED lighting to make indicating safer for cyclists.
29 Apr 16
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Abai Schulze: Stylish leather goods, handmade in Ethiopia
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African Design
ZAAF is a collection of Ethiopian handbags and scarfs, hand loomed using traditional patterns and practices.
29 Apr 16
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Floating solar panels take to the seas
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Industrial Design
Heliofloat solar farm is designed to generate clean energy out at sea and preserve water in arid regions.
29 Apr 16
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Skyscraper made out of wooden numbers
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Architecture & Interiors
Anders Berensson Architects is set to transform an old parking lot in Stockholm into a multi-use wooden skyscraper.
29 Apr 16
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Wikkelhouse: A house made of 24 layers of cardboard
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Architecture & Interiors
A marvel of sustainable design, Wikkelhouse is fully customisable and environmentally friendly.
29 Apr 16
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EnerGaia’s rival new production method for Spirulina
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Food Design
Thailand-based EnerGaia has created a unique bioreactor to manufacture a purer Spirulina sustainably.
28 Apr 16
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Skull echoes offer solution to current password systems
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Information Design
German research team look into skull echoes as new passwords to access private accounts or devices.
28 Apr 16
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Search engine uses ad revenue to plant trees
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Information Design
Ecosia is a search engine and social initiative that uses income generated from search ads to fight global deforestation.
28 Apr 16
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South African creative Menzi Ndlovu isn’t just a one-minute man
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Johannesburg-based illustrator Menzi Ndlovu immortalises everyday people in one minute sketches.
28 Apr 16
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Pockulus: Smartphone free, affordable VR
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Product Design
Based on open-source tech, Pockulus is a DIY way into virtual reality.
28 Apr 16
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Bioo: A plant that is also a charging station
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Charging your electronic devices could be done in the easiest, greenest way possible with the Bioo plant.
28 Apr 16
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Anna Raimondo’s latest collection – NOIR
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Cape Town’s Anna Raimondo releases her latest range, NOIR, for her jewellery design company, Smith.
27 Apr 16
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Michael Shiferaw: Digital design with a positive impact
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It’s a good time to be a creative in Africa, says creative director Michael Shiferaw
27 Apr 16
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