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Add Colour teaches design thinking to South Africa’s youth
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Design Activism
A pilot project by Sk8 for Gr8 aims to uplift through creativity in some of South Africa’s historically disadvantaged areas.
28 Jun 17
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French astronaut shares captivating images of Earth
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Art & Photography
While they might look like fungi under a microscope, these photographs are actually of mountain ranges and cityscapes.
27 Jun 17
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Design Commons is a new kind of bespoke, global, portable conference
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Creative Economy
The deconstructed conference where design is the tool with which to face the challenges in our cities.
27 Jun 17
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Kenyan photographer behind renegade grannies series chats Afrofuturism
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Film & Animation
For Osborne Macharia, Afrofuturism is about recreating a different Africa based on fantasy, fiction and history.
26 Jun 17
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Bare Technology uses E-waste to make accessible computers for the elderly
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Product Design
The award-winning product was designed by two students with no design background
26 Jun 17
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Dough Universe: the children’s toy range inspiring future inventors
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Product Design
Technology Will Save Us launches three new Electro Dough inspired activities.
26 Jun 17
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Ilya Kalimulin's Unexpected Products are a quirky jab at brands we love
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Product Design
What would an air horn made by Pampers look like? How about bullet casings made by M&M?
23 Jun 17
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The way you draw a circle depends on where you’re from
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Design Thinking
This study analysed 100 000 circles to determine what their creators have in common.
23 Jun 17
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Inside designer Margot Molyneux’s mixed use boutique
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The art-deco inspired store is where you can buy clothes, attend a clothing workshop as well as go for a gin tasting.
23 Jun 17
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A satirical look at life through the eyes of Al Margen
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Graphic Design & Illustration
This artist holds a mirror up to society to reveal the dark side of our habits.
22 Jun 17
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Students create furniture for people living with Alzheimer’s
Next Generation
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Product Design
The collection, Design for the Mind, was created with help from medical and social experts.
22 Jun 17
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40 South African designers exhibit their goods in Paris
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Architecture & Interiors
The Le BHV/ Marais department store is located in an area which attracts around 60 000 visitors daily.
21 Jun 17
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This futuristic cultural centre is inspired by the sea
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Architecture & Interiors
Vincent Callebaut Architects’ latest conceptual project draws inspiration from the manta ray to make a floating cultural hub in Seoul.
21 Jun 17
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Peru seaside home in the running for leading architectural prize
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Design Thinking
Ancon House is located on a rocky-mountainside and is built to blend in with the landscape
21 Jun 17
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A look inside Bright Creative Space in Cape Town
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Art & Photography
This collaborative studio plays host to weekly drawing sessions and freelance artists from around the globe.
20 Jun 17
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Indie band, The XX, take you behind the scenes with new limited-edition photo book
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Music & Sound Design
Shot by photographer Alasdair McLellan, the photo book will only have one print run of 1000 copies.
20 Jun 17
00:03:51
Reimagining public spaces in Monwabisi Park
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Design Activism
The Reclaiming the Night project is about getting residents involved in creating their own solutions
19 Jun 17
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Introducing MobyMart, the autonomous grocery store on wheels
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Interaction Design
“It is the store that comes to you, instead of you coming to the store.”
19 Jun 17
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Is this the world’s cheapest solar lamp?
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Product Design
UK firm designs cheap solar lamp for clean, reliable lighting.
16 Jun 17
00:03:33
On making theatre specifically for kids below the age of 2
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Film & Animation
Children at such an early age can still decide to stop paying attention, which is the harshest criticism of all
16 Jun 17
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Dutch designers use human waste to make electricity
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Product Design
The Compost Kliko Toilet could lead to people getting away from flushing potential down the toilet
15 Jun 17
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15 Southern African artists tell us what it's like to be Young Now
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African Design
Johannesburg’s Hazard Gallery is hosting a number of prolific, young African artists in their latest exhibition.
15 Jun 17
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Self-financing modular homes for the rural poor
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Architecture & Interiors
Globally, access to adequate housing remains a huge problem that governments battle to solve, billionBricks provides a self-financing solution
14 Jun 17
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Pichulik looks to Japan for inspiration behind her latest range
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Flower arrangements created in the Japanese art of Ikebana make striking combo next to her latest range
14 Jun 17
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