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An exhibition challenging the stereotypes that diminish black female bodies

Design News > Design Activism

“Abandoned Margins” is an exhibition tackling Western beauty standards, cultural identity, historical erasure, trauma, and the representation of black bodies.

4 Feb 16
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Kids taught to design their own superpowers in prosthetics workshop

Design News > Product Design

NGO KIDmob’s Superhero Cyborgs 2.0 workshop teaches kids about 3D printing and design.

3 Feb 16
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Copenhagen plans to adapt its architecture for flood-resistance

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Copenhagen rethinks existing city infrastructure to double as water catchment areas.

3 Feb 16
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Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones are known for their surreal approach to photography

Design News > Film & Animation

Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones turn photography on its head with their unique artistic process.

3 Feb 16
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Young Mexico City architecture practice will knit a neon canopy over the MoMA

Next Generation > Art & Photography

Escobedo Solíz Studio, a Mexico City-based studio has won MoMA’s Young Architecture Program with their bid to knit a neon canopy over the museum’s garden.

3 Feb 16
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Austin’s low-cost but effective pedestrian crossing system

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A dangerous intersection in Texas gets a quick makeover thanks to resourceful urban planning.

3 Feb 16
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We talk to the elusive Danish artist and "social designer" known as FOS

Design News > Art & Photography

Copenhagen-based artist FOS, a.k.a. Thomas Poulsen, is responsible for an eclectic mix of projects – from social housing to floating bars.

3 Feb 16
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Teddy Ruge: Frustrations are an opportunity to innovate

Video Interviews > Product Design

Kampala-based innovation hub, HiveColab supports forward-thinking, African innovation through an incubator and mentorship programme.

3 Feb 16/ Brand Collaboration
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This device charges your mobile using saltwater and oxygen

Design News > Product Design

A Swedish start-up has invented a smartphone charger that only needs saltwater and oxygen to generate electricity.

2 Feb 16
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Flower House: Bringing the dead to life

Design News > Design Thinking

Abandoned for 15 years, this Detroit home became an internationally acclaimed art project called Flower House.

2 Feb 16
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The world's most environmentally conscious restaurant?

Design News > Food Design

The Perennial in San Francisco is founded on sustainable principles that inform everything from its farming methods to its design.

2 Feb 16
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Human tissue, smart textiles could follow these 4D-printed flowers

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Researchers take 3D printing to the next level with printed objects that mimic the way plants move in nature.

2 Feb 16
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An environmentally friendly battery made with a leaf

Design News > Industrial Design

University of Maryland scientists prove that a leaf can store energy just like a battery.

2 Feb 16
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All female Nigerian legal start-up makes legal advice accessible

Design News > Design Activism

Nigerian start-up, DIY Law, aims to make access to legal services and resources simple and affordable through its online portal.

2 Feb 16
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Flipflops or gumboots? A hackathon will help African countries communicate weather information clearly

Design News > Design Thinking

CIRDA is holding a hackathon to brainstorm ways to help African countries improve weather information products, communicating in clear language not statistics.

1 Feb 16
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Kids' craziest inventions become reality

Design News > Product Design

In a world where we think nothing new can be created, inventors like Dominic Wilcox come and shatter that thought to pieces.

1 Feb 16
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Alfredo Brillembourg is the rebellious architect tackling South Africa’s housing crisis

Design News > Design Activism

Alfredo Brillembourg has designed and built the Empower Shack, an innovative, urban design solution to the housing crisis in South Africa’s townships.

1 Feb 16
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Gloria Wavamunno: Fashion that responds to the surroundings

Video Interviews > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Ugandan designer Gloria Wavamunno draws from her environment to create local fashion with international appeal.

1 Feb 16/ Brand Collaboration
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World’s largest floating solar farm to be built in Japan

Design News > Design Activism

Starved for space, Japan’s best solar options lie on the water.

1 Feb 16
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Flying ambulance drone proposed for time-sensitive emergencies

Design News > Industrial Design

Argodesign’s ambulance quadcopter is designed to improve emergency response times in critical medical situations.

1 Feb 16
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South African nuclear physicist designs bag to charge your phone wirelessly

Next Generation > Product Design

Shalton Mothwa is prototyping Aeon Power, a laptop bag capable of harnessing ambient telecoms signals and converting them into electrical energy.

1 Feb 16
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An alternative, eco-friendly bicycle helmet

Design News > Product Design

This bicycle helmet is made from a wood-based foam, making it a biodegradable alternative to regular plastic protection.

29 Jan 16
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Kites could generate energy underwater

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Kites moored to the ocean floor could harvest energy from ocean currents.

29 Jan 16
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Huerta del Valle urban farm inspires sustainable community building

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Ontaria’s first community garden is a hub of organic farming, community support and education.

29 Jan 16

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Hopeful romantic

Q&A • 24 Oct 22

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Head above water

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October. >
Parking off

Design News • 24 Oct 22

Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet. >
Modern classics

Design News • 24 Oct 22

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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