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This photo series is a 10-year snapshot of African youth and culture
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“Africa is many fascinating and ambiguous things, but it is certainly not a poor continent.”
23 May 18
00:18:08
How GetSmarter’s distance learning overhaul created a $100m company
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Design Thinking
The brothers Sam & Rob Paddock explain the "deliberate design" behind the e-learning empire's success.
22 May 18
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NexLoop looks to nature to create a remarkable water generator
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Industrial Design
The company’s AquaWeb development is a self-sufficient and adaptable water management system.
21 May 18
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On resisting gentrification, social housing and the removal of statues in Central Park
Design News
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Urban & Landscape Design
Justin Garrett Moore also talks about the delicate job of balancing the varied needs of New York residents.
21 May 18
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A museum where your emotions are the main attraction
Next Generation
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Architecture & Interiors
Siphilele Magagula’s conceptual design asks participants to lay their prejudices bare.
18 May 18
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Xhosa culture, heritage, colour inspires Thandazani Nofingxana's designs
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The South African fashion designer exhibited at the Design Indaba Festival 2018 as one of 40 Emerging Creatives.
18 May 18
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Rovik tells the story of Kenyan migrant warrior in a far away galaxy
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Art & Photography
“The desire to place [the story] in the Star Wars universe was because we felt there was no African, cultural representation in an apparent galaxy."
17 May 18
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3D-printing tech for the marine world could save coral reefs
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Design Thinking
Coral reefs are among the most fragile ecosystems on the planet and are essential to marine life.
17 May 18
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VR tool takes viewers inside Gaza to create empathy for those affected by oppression and war
Design News
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Product Design
"By leveraging breakthrough technologies, such as virtual reality, we can create solidarity with those who are normally excluded"
16 May 18
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Future forms of concrete, plastic could be both sustainable and eco-friendly
Design Frontiers
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Industrial Design
“The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.”
16 May 18
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A Digital Drum is bringing computer skills to the youth in rural Uganda
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
Design without Borders has developed a way to bridge the information gap between urban and rural youth of Uganda.
15 May 18
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Rwanda-based photographer Chris Schwagga on photography as language
African Report
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Art & Photography
Burundian photographer Chris Schwagga uses photography as his language – and, just like words, an image can be very ambiguous.
15 May 18
00:19:06
Conscious fashion: Amna Elshandaweely’s take on fashion and revolution
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The Cairo designer makes a moving case for social impact with something as simple as the clothes we wear.
15 May 18
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The WikiCell: Nature-inspired edible packaging
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Product Design
WikiFoods aims to eliminate the overuse of plastic in food packaging.
14 May 18
00:03:36
On landscape architecture as the lifeblood of a city
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Urban & Landscape Design
Cees van der Veeken gives us his take on the unscripted nature of landscape design at the inaugural Design Commons.
14 May 18
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Letters from a Birmingham Girl
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Film & Animation
A documentary about intersectionality, identity and family.
11 May 18
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Go ahead and take your selfies girl
Design News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Body-positive artist Zola Lovette is the creative behind a series of illustrations celebrating bathroom selfies.
11 May 18
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Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga celebrates Congo's Mangbetu culture
Design News
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Art & Photography
A dying warrior culture is remembered through the modern paintings created by this Congolese artist.
10 May 18
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Playgrounds that feed war-torn Syria's kids in more ways than one
Design News
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Design Activism
It’s a healthy space where children are taught how to plant, grow and harvest fruits and vegetables.
10 May 18
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How will climate change affect our eating habits in 30 years time?
Design News
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Food Design
Researchers and scientists say we'll need to intensify the use of drought-tolerant food sources such as seaweed and more.
10 May 18
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Neri Oxman wins at Cooper Hewitt 2018 National Design Awards
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Product Design
“All ten of this year’s winners present a powerful design perspective and body of work that is at once inclusive and deeply personal..."
9 May 18
00:28:41
Lebo Mashile on her life and how poetry and books became a lifeline
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Music & Sound Design
“Criss-crossing, jumping identities has been the story of my life.”
9 May 18
00:10:32
Caroline Smeenk on designing products to help pregnant women who can't access hospitals
Next Generation
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Product Design
"17% of rural Canadians live over 2 hours away from their nearest hospital."
8 May 18
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Ukubutha: A waste-to-energy solution to mobilise residents in informal settlements
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Urban & Landscape Design
Architecture graduate Nicole Moyo shares her idea on how informal communities can create their own water, energy and waste systems.
8 May 18
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In honour of Human Rights Day on 21 March, we take a look at human-centred innovations from South Africa.
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Sumayya Vally is shaping and shifting architectural discourses for the future.
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Something fishy
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This floating pavilion, which resembles a fish eye, is dedicated to sustainable fishing.
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Full of beans
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Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture lies ‘squashed’ under a high-rise building.
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