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Yasser Booley is listening with his lens

Lookbook > Art & Photography

Yasser Booley has been taking photos since he was seventeen. Today, he has an impressive repertoire of photographs stretching over a number of artistic genres.

10 Sep 15
00:03:55

Tia Blassingame: Combating racism through letter press printing

Video Interviews > Product Design

Designer and book artist Tia Blassingame uses the printed word to give her thoughts on racism in the United States a form of authority.

10 Sep 15
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Forced to flee: Visual tales of Myanmar's child refugees

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Erika Berg's book is a visual representation of the plight of Myanmar's minorities who are forced to flee ongoing violence in the country.

10 Sep 15
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Embroidering African women's artisanal skills onto international runways

African Report > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Through the Ethical Fashion Initiative, African women artisans in rural communities lend their desirable and unique talent to high-end fashion designers.

10 Sep 15
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Africa's cleanest city is officially a car-free zone

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The Rwandan city of Kigali is a beacon of clean living as its recently implemented car-free policy makes way for a new green transport system.

10 Sep 15
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Inventors use gravity to create safe, clean light

Design News > Product Design

A light powered by gravity is GravityLight’s solution to the health and environmental hazards of kerosene lamps.

10 Sep 15
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Fruit and veggie waste is transformed into leathery material

Design News > Food Design

A group of design students in Rotterdam have created a new type of leather from discarded fresh produce.

10 Sep 15
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SnooCode gives addresses to Ghanaians that don't have one

Design News > Design Thinking

Using a computer algorithm to generate a unique code, SnooCode is a simple and effective solution for the lack of formal addresses in Ghana.

10 Sep 15
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Miniature 3D-printed refugees in art project Moving People

Design News > Design Activism

The Moving People guerrilla art installation by the Power of Art House collective sees miniature 3D-printed refugees in cities in Europe.

9 Sep 15
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Cristina de Middel on her signature brand of filmic photography

Inside View > Art & Photography

The work of Spanish photographer Cristina de Middel has been exhibited worldwide – we found out what goes into her cinematic-style images.

9 Sep 15
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Eatwell is tailor-made for people with Alzheimer's disease

Design News > Product Design

Something as simple as tableware could ease the everyday troubles of Alzheimer's patients.

9 Sep 15
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The unknown modernist gems of Myanmar's architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The soon-to-be-published "Architectural Guide: Yangon" exposes the hidden modernist treasures of Myanmar's largest city's architectural landscape.

9 Sep 15
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James Boock's 3-way sound system puts the performance back into music

Next Generation > Music & Sound Design

Royal College of Art graduate James Boock has designed a sound system, which allows listeners to see how music is created by making it a more tangible process.

9 Sep 15
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Marije Vogelzang imagines meat growing on plants for her food design project

Design News > Food Design

Plant Bones is Dutch food designer Marije Vogelzang’s exploration into culinary creativity.

9 Sep 15
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Surviving severe drought is top of this designer’s priorities

Design News > Product Design

Design graduate Jaime Tai uses a natural sugar to help ensure drought survival.

9 Sep 15
00:04:36

Rich Mnisi: Fashion forward and business savvy

Video Interviews > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Just out of varsity and fashion school, designer Rich Mnisi has already launched his own critically-acclaimed fashion brand.

9 Sep 15
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Three innovative ways to combat toxic air

Design News > Product Design

Three student designers have proposed interactive, health conscious ways to deal with air pollution.

8 Sep 15
00:00:48

Trailer: Tia Blassingame on the texture of racism in the United States

Trailers > Product Design

Recent graduate Tia Blassingame explores the relationships between race, history and perception in her work.

8 Sep 15
00:08:44

The texture of racism & slavery in the United States – a talk by Tia Blassingame

Talks > Product Design

"I made a headscarf that talks about the accumulation of wealth through slavery, as the black body as gold but also seeming worthless."

8 Sep 15
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Htein Lin immortalises 1000 of Myanmar's political prisoners

Design News > Design Activism

Myanmese artist and former political prisoner Htein Lin aims to cast the hands of 1000 political prisoners in plaster of Paris as a reminder of Myanmar's past.

8 Sep 15
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Koe Koe, Myanmar's first health app, is going to revolutionise healthcare in the country

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Koe Koe Tech founder Michael Lwin says he is going to fix Myanmar's healthcare with this comprehensive mobile app.

8 Sep 15
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Self-sustaining kitchen teaches kids about healthy living

Design News > Food Design

Interactive, self-sustaining kitchen teaches kids how to grow and cook food.

8 Sep 15
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Step into Erik Spiekermann's world

Profiling > Graphic Design & Illustration

Find out what makes prolific typographer and graphic designer Erik Spiekermann tick as Freunde von Freunden take us into his home and studio in Berlin.

8 Sep 15
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Three housing solutions that tackle hyper-urbanisation in Africa

Design News > Design Thinking

Ethiopian and Bauhaus students collaborate on experimental urban housing prototypes to accommodate the massive growth of Africa's urban population.

8 Sep 15

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