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World's first automated farm will recycle 98 per cent of its water usage
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Industrial Design
While the seeds at this farm will still be planted by people, SPREAD's automated systems will take care of the rest.
9 Feb 16
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A multilingual keyboard promotes the preservation of 12 Nigerian dialects
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Information Design
Nigerian linguist designs a digital keyboard to address the possible extinction of Nigeria’s multiple dialects.
9 Feb 16
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A rural South African farmhouse clad in 1000 shimmering CDs
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Art & Photography
South African-based artist r1 used 1000 recycled CDs to clad an abandoned farmhouse in Randfontein, a mining city in western Gauteng.
8 Feb 16
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Inspiring an anti-pollution revolution one brick at a time
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Industrial Design
MIT students develop a low-cost, eco-friendly brick made out of industrial waste to reduce pollution in India.
8 Feb 16
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Design Indaba's Global Graduates – these are the ones to watch
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Design Thinking
We'd like to introduce you to the talented Global Graduates who’ll be presenting their work at the Design Indaba Conference 2016.
8 Feb 16
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Miniature reading gets Brazilians excited about books
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Information Design
The Leitura de Bolso campaign sends mini-reading instalments to smartphones to get Brazilians excited about reading.
8 Feb 16
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Uganda’s clay and rice husk water filtration system
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Product Design
Access to safe drinking water in rural Uganda is a major health concern, but two graduates may have found a way to help.
8 Feb 16
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Photographer looks at history through a feminist lens
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Art & Photography
Bristol-based photographer Chloe Massey’s representations of women focus on their heroic contributions to history.
8 Feb 16
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A new home for the fine wines of Babylonstoren
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Architecture & Interiors
Babylonstoren have added a modern, purpose-built tasting centre to their Cape winelands estate for visitors to enjoy their wine tasting experience.
8 Feb 16
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Dutch students 3D print steel frame for Arc Bicycle
Next Generation
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Industrial Design
A team of students at the Delft University of Technology have printed the first stainless steel bike using a welding-based 3D-printing technique.
8 Feb 16
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Martin Kharumwa: Making images for an African audience
Video Interviews
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Art & Photography
Ugandan photographer Martin Kharumwa constructs images that appeal to different cultural contexts.
8 Feb 16
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The first survey of the photographic landscape in contemporary Africa
Design News
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Art & Photography
Based on five years of exhibitions hosted by the LagosPhoto Festival, “Africa Under the Prism” beautifully documents contemporary photography in Africa.
5 Feb 16
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Tropical utopian city proposed for Malaysian coastline
Design News
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Urban & Landscape Design
Sasaki imagines a thriving mangrove marina, rooftop park network and global hub for Forest City.
5 Feb 16
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Short film highlights the Cape's wasted spring waters as SA runs dry
Design News
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Film & Animation
Filmmaker Sven Harding's short film considers South Africa's water crisis in a visually poetic, ethereal manner.
5 Feb 16
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A burka made from sugar challenges modern perceptions
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
Worn by Muslim women all over the world, the burka has been a controversial topic for centuries.
5 Feb 16
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Pan-African collective debuts with visuals shot in the Mozambican savannah
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Music & Sound Design
Batuk, a Pan-African collective pioneering a new tribal and electronic sound has debuted with a music video shot in the sparse Mozambican savannah.
5 Feb 16
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Gecko-like grip soon to be within reach of humans
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
Engineers at Stanford University have developed adhesive materials that mimic a gecko’s gripping power.
5 Feb 16
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Affordable exoskeleton could help paraplegic kids walk, sit or stand
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
The Phoenix, the world’s lightest exoskeleton for the disabled, will be adapted to help disabled children.
5 Feb 16
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Stickybones: Animation made easy with this intuitive puppet
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
The Stickybones puppet is a revolutionary animation-art figure perfectly calibrated to bring your ideas to life.
4 Feb 16
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The Dencity Competition co-founders on rethinking slums
Inside View
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Urban & Landscape Design
The social architects behind non-profit organisation, Shelter Global share their experiences on confronting the world’s shelter crisis.
4 Feb 16
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Lava Lab believes we are all in for a surprise from the tech-savvy Millennials
Q&A
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Interaction Design
Lava Lab is made up of interdisciplinary designers who are working to develop technological interactions.
4 Feb 16
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A burial suit to better decompose your body
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
The Infinity Burial Project greens-up your funeral with a suit that devours your corpse.
4 Feb 16
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E-waste jewellery that looks like marble
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
An upcycled jewellery collection fashioned from discarded cables and wires.
4 Feb 16
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"Shop" for clothes by commenting on Instagram
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Clothes sharing initiative ShareWear shows that something borrowed is like something new.
4 Feb 16
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