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Salt and a car battery can provide clean water with this community device
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Portable chlorine maker provides easy access to clean, drinkable water in low resource communities.
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20 Nov 15
Photographer captures the tensions revealed by devastating floods
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Art & Photography
Floodwaters are both devastating and inspirational for photographer Gideon Mendel.
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5 Nov 15
Empty plastic water bottles make the ideal insulated roof tiles
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'A'Gua water bottles by Donald Thomson are custom-designed plastic water bottles that turn into roofing tiles when empty.
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4 Nov 15
Solar power brings clean water to remote Mexican village
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The introduction of a solar powered water purification system sparked a new economy in a remote Mexican village.
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2 Nov 15
Myanmar: Battling poverty with human-centred design
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Proximity Design’s creations help people in Myanmar survive in extreme poverty.
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7 Sep 15
Masixole Feni's photographs show how dignity and sanitation are inextricably linked
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Activist photographer Masixole Feni has won the Ernst Cole award for his images, which show that inadequate sanitation robs people of their dignity.
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3 Sep 15
ATMs in Kenya dispense water to the people living in slums who need it
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These water dispensing ATMs are transforming the water and sanitation landscape in Nairobi’s slums by increasing access to clean, affordable water.
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2 Sep 15
Studio Ayaskan's indoor ecosystem mimics the sensory experience of nature
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The twin designers at London's Studio Ayaskan have designed Flow, an indoor ecosystem that captures the sensory experience of Mother Nature
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27 Jul 15
Architecture and Water (Part 2): Gentrification machine?
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The second of a three-part documentary series explores the gentrification along the Thames driven by desirable riverside living.
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31 Oct 14
Architecture and Water (Part 1): A River Runs Through It
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The first of a three-part documentary series asserts that water management is as much a political issue as it is an urban planning one.
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24 Oct 14
Focus On: Water
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The total usable freshwater supply for ecosystems and humans is less than 1% of all freshwater resources. We roundup designs that are water wise.
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10 Aug 14
Designer water
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Industrial Design
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Water is on everyone's lips today so we look to our back garden to see how the design world is utilising this natural resource in innovative ways.
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22 Mar 12
Pure air
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Product Design
The design of Nendo's new Arobo air purifier highlights the essence of water and air in its purest form.
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5 Mar 12
Earth poetry
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Craft
Tamarillo Ceramics create elegant and functional pieces, with more than just touch of local craftsmanship.
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7 Feb 12
Strijdom van der Merwe at Design Indabar
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Land artist Strijdom van der Merwe shows how creativity can help to draw attention to and facilitate understanding of issues around climate change.
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14 Dec 11
Lego for life
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The UNICEF Brick serves the dual purpose of providing food and water for victims of natural disasters, and can be used for constructing temporary shelters.
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24 Nov 11
Story of an African farm
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Food Design
The untapped natural resources of the African continent are not easily assimilated into global food security issues.
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16 Nov 11
Design and urbanisation exhibition
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Urban & Landscape Design
Design with the Other 90%: Cities looks at how design can help to manage the complex issues arising from rapid urbanisation in the global south.
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13 Oct 11
Tap stand
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Product Design
Nendo's new stand for smartphones and tablets resembles water dripping from a tap.
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10 Aug 11
Light by plastic
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Industrial Design
Plastic bottles, water and bleach are working to bring light into the lives of people living in a Manila slum.
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5 Aug 11
O my
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The new “O” watch by Issey Miyake reflects the environmental surroundings of the wearer.
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12 May 11
Wall flowers
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Craft
Hennie Meyer and Clementina van der Walt’s wall of flower vases are certainly not wall flowers like we know it.
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27 Feb 11
Carl Lamprecht interview by Marius vd Merwe
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Marius van der Merwe interviews Carl Lamprecht for his contribution to the Design Indaba Film Crew 2011.
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8 Feb 11
Algae energy
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Design Thinking
The Latro Algae Lamp uses algae to transform carbon dioxide into light.
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13 Dec 10
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