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This flower takes its own selfies
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Interaction Design
The Selfie Plant, a project by CIID students, takes photographs of itself and shares them on social media.
20 Jul 15
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Eduvator is a new crowd-funding platform for educational needs
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Design Activism
A new crowd-funding platform is hoping to help a little school in the township of Philippi realise the big dreams of its principal and her pupils.
20 Jul 15
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Check into the robot-run Weird Hotel
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Interaction Design
The Henn na Hotel – or Weird Hotel – just opened in Japan. There’s a dinosaur at reception and robots that will carry your bags.
17 Jul 15
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Kingii is a water-wearable that can save you from drowning
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Product Design
Kingii, a new type of water-safety device for your wrist, doesn't need an app to save your life – it will inflate when you're at risk of drowning.
17 Jul 15
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A lamp powered by salt water
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Product Design
This salt-water lamp is an alternative source of lighting for communities in the Philippines with no access to electricity.
17 Jul 15
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Akiko Shinzato’s art of identity theft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Using bits of brass, laser engraved leather, reflective plastic and design acumen; Akiko Shinzato’s jewellery can give you someone else’s identity.
17 Jul 15
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Sowetan art curator Zanele Mashumi gets down to business
Inside View
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Creative Economy
Soweto-based curator Zanele Mashumi makes art accessible by bridging the gap between emerging artists and inexperienced art buyers.
17 Jul 15
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Elliot Schultz’s animation involves strobe lights and a turntable
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Film & Animation
Elliot Schultz flashes a strobe light on embroidered discs to create an animated sequence that can be played on a standard turntable.
17 Jul 15
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How low-tech Ethiopian environmentalism is saving the planet and creating jobs
African Report
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Design Activism
A rural Ethiopian village has been fighting climate change with a low-tech, innovative practice and selling carbon credits to fund local businesses.
17 Jul 15
00:04:06
Robbie Brozin: Nando’s is serving up local
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Product Design
The world's biggest collection of African art outside Africa is owned by fast-food chain Nando’s, who are now investing in South African design.
16 Jul 15
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Wieden+Kennedy Delhi’s Make in India campaign signifies big change for the country
Design News
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Creative Economy
The independent ad agency Wieden+Kennedy Delhi gives India an international platform to showcase its diverse investment areas.
16 Jul 15
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Romeo, the helpful companion robot
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Interaction Design
French robotics company Aldebaran could change the future of elderly care with the development of a robot companion called Romeo.
16 Jul 15
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Art and science collide in "What’s in Your DNA?"
Design News
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Design Activism
Cancer Research UK teamed up with 21 designers to raise funds for an advanced research facility in the heart of London.
16 Jul 15
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The search for talented African animators begins
Design News
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Film & Animation
Triggerfish Animation Studio’s new Story Lab could have a far-reaching impact on the animation industry in Africa.
16 Jul 15
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Eat an ice cream then grow a tree
Product Spotlight
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Music & Sound Design
This ice-lolly stick can be planted when you finish eating it and it will grow into a tree.
16 Jul 15
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What would you do on Mandela Day if we gave you R1000 to make it happen?
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Design Activism
We are giving 67 South Africans R1000 each towards making their communities better through a creative intervention this Mandela Day with. What's your idea?
15 Jul 15
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A new bridge across the Mzamba River connects a rural community to infrastructure
Design News
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Design Activism
NPO buildCollective is collaborating with Austrian thesis students to build a sustainable bridge across the Mzamba River in the Eastern Cape.
15 Jul 15
00:03:53
Paper Planes: A merry band of illustrators
Video Interviews
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We interview the two creative entrepreneurs who founded Alexander’s Band, a South African collective of illustrators.
15 Jul 15
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Two Italian craftsmen create glass inspired by bubble wrap
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
Maya Lapp and Denis Perera subvert the irresistible desire to play with bubble wrap by casting it in glass.
15 Jul 15
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Exhibition "Gare du Nord" offers a new perspective on anatomical theatre
Design News
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Interaction Design
The oddly shaped de Waag building in Amsterdam is host to “Gare du Nord”, a collaboration that connects old and new perceptions of the human body.
15 Jul 15
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Pepe Marais shares his takeaways from judging at Cannes
Inside View
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Creative Economy
The co-founder of creative agency Joe Public discusses the various dynamics shaping the advertising industry right now.
15 Jul 15
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Maasai women are leading the solar revolution in rural Kenya
Design News
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Design Thinking
A new project spearheaded by Green Energy Africa sees Maasai women delivering simple solar technology to improve the lives of rural Kenyans.
14 Jul 15
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NATS create a colourful visualisation of the busy London skies
Design News
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Information Design
Air traffic service NATS shares a striking visualisation of the flights over London’s airports in “London 24”.
14 Jul 15
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Trailer: Robbie Brozin on art, creativity and chicken
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Product Design
Nando’s co-founder Robbie Brozin emphasizes the global fast-food chain’s relationship with local South African art and design.
14 Jul 15
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