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Alfredo Brillembourg: Architecture as a response to social issues

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Alfredo Brillembourg’s work addresses the housing crisis and poverty through architecture. >

13 May 16
Artist’s mock machine guns are sculpted from old typewriters

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Denver-based Ravi Zupa brings gun violence to the fore in “Mightier Than”. >

12 May 16
Three innovative solutions to water shortage in South Africa

Design Frontiers > African Design / Design Activism / Product Design

These three ideas were submitted to Hack4Water, an initiative aimed to help solve some of SAs water challenges. >

11 May 16
The FoodShare Truck: Fresh produce at affordable prices

Design News > Design Activism

The travelling food market offers fresh produce at cheaper prices to locals that otherwise can’t access or afford it. >

11 May 16
Photographer documents the unseen life of Senegal’s talibes

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Photojournalist Mario Cruz’s photobook explores the harsh lives of Senegal’s modern child slaves. >

11 May 16
Revitalising Detroit by giving homes to writers

Design News > Design Activism

Write A House is a non-profit that provides vocational training to Detroit locals while trying to stabilise a city in decline. >

11 May 16
Immersive online museum campaigns for social and environmental issues

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Interaction Design

Using contemporary art, Art Works For Change inspires active engagement around environmental issues. >

9 May 16
All Love Is Equal takes a fairytale approach to LGBTIQ relationships

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

All love is iconic and all love should be viewed as a fairytale, says LGBTIQ photographer Braden Summers. >

3 May 16
Khanya Njalo brings solar lighting to rural communities

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

The project, initiated in rural KwaZulu-Natal, provides solar powered lighting solutions to rural communities. >

3 May 16
Green Product: Citycropps virtually helps create a functional garden

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

Citycropps is an urban agricultural project that virtually assists app users as they cultivate their own organic gardens. >

3 May 16
Backpacks made from blankets

Product Spotlight > African Design / Design Activism / Product Design

Sibusiso Mokhachane makes backpacks from blankets to celebrate his heritage and help the world unlearn African stereotypes. >

2 May 16
Swale: the floating food forest

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

The Brooklyn-based project is a self-sustaining ecosystem, created to redesign our relationship with food. >

29 Apr 16
Recycle India finds a solution to dangerous waste materials

Design Frontiers > Craft / Design Activism

Recycle India turns oil drums and tyres into furniture. >

26 Apr 16
“Where is the ‘ME’ in Media?” asks a black woman in photography

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Design Activism

South African-based, Kenyan Stephanie Mzee’s new photographic series interrogates the representation of black women in media. >

25 Apr 16
South Africa joins the Fashion Revolution

Design News > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Sunday 24 April 2016 is Fashion Revolution Day. South African designers join the movement to spread the word on the dangerous implications of fast fashion. >

22 Apr 16
Thai architects develop a building typology for disaster-resistant schools

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Vin Varavarn Architects, a Bangkok-based firm, developed a new architectural typology for earthquake resistant schools. >

19 Apr 16
Off-grid library encourages education in remote Tanzania

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Humanitarian architect Patricia Erimescu designed an off-grid library built with recycled and locally sourced materials. >

18 Apr 16
Art as a tool for integration in India

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

The Aravani Art Project’s painted murals work to integrate India’s transgender community. >

18 Apr 16
Water, energy, and internet all in one system

Design News > Design Activism

The Watly system aims to bring the necessities to the developing world using one device. >

13 Apr 16
Campaign reconnects refugees with their moms

Design News > Design Activism

Refugee Phones turns commercial radio into personal media for refugees to contact their mothers. >

11 Apr 16
Smart tampons could be the future of home diagnostics

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Researchers are creating a tampon testing system that helps women monitor their own health and fertility. >

7 Apr 16
Gau Gas creates energy from animal waste

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Cooking with fossil fuels over an open flame is harmful to people and the environment, SustainEarth offers a biogas alternative. >

7 Apr 16
Syria’s refugee children tell their stories in an animated series

Design News > Design Activism / Film & Animation

Once upon a time, Syria’s refugee children had families and homes. Now, they’re telling their stories as they flee ongoing conflict. >

6 Apr 16
A mobile sterilisation box for safe surgeries in rural areas

Design News > Design Activism

A sterile pod built into a modified container may be suitable for maternal and neonatal care, oral health care and post-disaster relief. >

4 Apr 16

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