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Industrial design student introduces a refillable, more sustainable mascara
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The refillable mascara that can be applied using a 3D printed fingertip, saving an estimated 25 mascara bottles from landfill per person over ten years.
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11 Apr 18
Thabisa Mjo on using bold product design to tell stories
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"I consider design a form of story-telling and design is the medium through which those stories are told."
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5 Apr 18
Meet the world's first drone costume designer
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Before industrial designer, Léa Pereyre, started working at Verity Studios the job description of "drone costume designer" did not exist.
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4 Apr 18
13 crafty creatives of product, interiors and industrial design
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Insects, bottle caps, shapes and colours, are just some of the inspirations behind the work of these 2018 Emerging Creatives.
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2 Apr 18
Empathy Bridge for Autism is a toolkit for building meaningful connections
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The social challenge for people with autism is that it can make it difficult to form meaningful connections, often leading to isolation.
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1 Apr 18
Smart glasses help kids with autism recognise facial expressions and emotions
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Stanford researchers develop artificially intelligent glasses for autistic children using Google Glass technology.
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31 Mar 18
On the future of food, fashion and eating our environmental problems away
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The world is changing rapidly, this means our fashion and food choices need to keep up.
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30 Mar 18
The Beecosystem brings the art and science of beekeeping straight into your home
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Product Design
Its size means that it is ideal for use in the home, the classroom and other important educational spaces.
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29 Mar 18
On creating unique ceramics out of sand collected from all over the world
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Lonny van Ryswyck talks about using sand from the depleted Theewaterskloof Dam to make the Design Indaba 2018 speakers gift, her process and more.
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26 Mar 18
Hayoung Kim’s lamps draw inspiration from handheld fans
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As a user moves them, much in the same way one would fold and unfold a handheld fan, the light dims.
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22 Mar 18
Cape Town entrepreneur is designing a new language around menstruation
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Entrepreneur Zizipho Ntobongwana challenges everything from the packaging to ads to sustainability.
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22 Mar 18
The Calmingstone counters panic attacks and stress
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Product Design
This hand-held design emits soothing signals that target anxiety, bringing you back to a state of zen.
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21 Mar 18
These contact lenses deliver medicine straight to your eye
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The lenses can deliver drugs to the back of the eye to treat macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion, and other diseases.
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20 Mar 18
On transforming diarrhoea treatment in Zambia with a simple solution
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The award-winning innovator, Simon Berry says he hopes in the next ten years there won’t be a need for ColaLife to exist.
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19 Mar 18
Young scientist develops possible solution for shack fires
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Gabriella Mogale’s innovation won gold at the 2017 Eskom Expo for Young Scientists.
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16 Mar 18
Dina Amin on stop animation, upcycling in Cairo and her inspiration
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African Design
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“I kept thinking, questioning whether we actually need all the things that we produce..."
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16 Mar 18
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | March 2018
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Find out why this design made the cut in this month's crowdfunding round-up.
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14 Mar 18
The Paper Water Bottle sits at the intersection of branding and sustainable design
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Another product you could be using instead of plastic. Check out The Paper Water Bottle.
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13 Mar 18
Tatsuya Honda's hairpin enables you to feel sounds
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This graduate of the Future University Hakode has designed a more intuitive aid for hearing impaired users that translates sound to vibration.
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13 Mar 18
27 young South African creatives to watch
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Part of our Emerging Creatives 2018, these are just some of the young designers you should have on your radar for South African talent.
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12 Mar 18
An industrial design graduate has created an Emotional First Aid Kit
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Rui Sun tackles the question, “Why do so many products ease physical pain and so few treat emotional stress?”
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12 Mar 18
Nike designs shoebox made out of recycled milk containers and coffee lids
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The sportswear giant teamed up with Taiwanese architect and engineer Arthur Huang to create multi-functional shoe boxes.
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9 Mar 18
Replace pads, tampons and cups with this eco-friendly alternative
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One WUKA is said to replace 100 tampons or pads from polluting the planet.
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8 Mar 18
Swedish design gallery celebrates the monumental failures of the product design world
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Product Design
We so often learn about the breakthroughs, the triumphs and innovations of creativity – what about the blunders?
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7 Mar 18
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