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Marko Ahtisaari explains two revolutionary projects

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:53 • 18 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

The tech guru wants to replace medicine with music and use the Bitcoin system to overhaul the way artists are paid by streaming services. >
Everything you always wanted to know about toilets, but were afraid to ask

Design Frontiers • 18 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

The Cube Design Museum in the Netherlands is hosting an interesting new exhibition. >
Cook This Page wants to make cooking new things easy and fun

Design News • 17 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

Interactive IKEA recipes demonstrate just how deliciously simple creativity can be. >
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has found a novel way to share its vast artwork

Design News • 17 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

US art lovers can text keywords or an emoji and receive matching pictures from the museum's database >
New vertical residences in Eindhoven to be designed by MVRDV

Design News • 17 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

This mosaic-like structure combines urban farming, housing and more in the Eindhoven city centre. >
Unwind: Music as an alternative to traditional medicine

Talks • Duration: 00:22:12 • 17 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

Marko Ahtisaari presents Unwind, a global experiment in drug-free ways to treat physical and mental health. >
Cape Town décor label Mia Mélange revitalises with fresh look and feel

Design News • 16 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

“Our intention was to express the diverse ways in which our products can be used in and around the home.” >
Daan Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Bicycles clean the air as you ride

Design Frontiers • 14 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

The next phase of Smog Free Project China is almost here. >
A golden way to draw attention to an overlooked piece of female anatomy

Design News • 14 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

Alli Sebastian Wolf hopes that her work will spur more conversations about the fascinating magic and underappreciated aspects of the clitoris. >
Punk designer Kate Moross on breaking the rules and rebelling against polarities

Talks • Duration: 00:39:01 • 14 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

On the Design Indaba Conference stage, the multi-tasking creative discusses her unconventional approach to design. >
Dutch photographer captures candid moments of life on the streets of Christian Village

Lookbook • 13 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

“Photography helps me to see more, to connect with strangers and listen to their stories.” >
Scientists get innovative in the fight against glacier melt

Design Frontiers • 13 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

Halting the effects of global warming with artificial ice and massive blankets. >
A floating public pool designed to revive Melbourne’s Yarra River

Design News • 13 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

London-based architects Studio Octopi proposed a floating pool to activate community interest around the cleanup of the Yarra River. >
Poor Billionaires photo series satirises the deep social void of Brazil

Design News • 13 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

This Kolor Art Collective project uses glamour and absurdity to criticise profound income inequality. >
Jabu Nadia Newman talks about the importance of womxn in film

Talks • Duration: 00:18:08 • 13 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

“My design method is film, specifically telling stories through images.” >
Johannesburg designer brings boomboxes back into the future

Design News • 12 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

His unconventional portable boomboxes make it simple for those who are nostalgic for boomboxes but also appreciate slick design. >
Growing mushrooms in camel dung to raise planetary chickens

Talks • Duration: 00:27:55 • 12 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

Belgian chicken artist Koen Vanmechelen and Zimbabwean activist Chido Govera talk about the Planetary Community Chicken Project at Design Indaba 2017. >
Studio Lani's versatile Talking Tables win at the NYC WantedDesign Launch Pad

Design News • 11 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

"Hand-welded steel, hand-turned wood and woven leather unite to form the sculptural and versatile nature of these pieces." >
Yinka Ilori on telling stories through furniture design

Talks • Duration: 00:20:30 • 10 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

“If the chair you are sitting on could tell your story, would it be a dangerous or good thing?” >
Filmmaker Jessie Zinn on telling truthful and sincere stories

Design Frontiers • 10 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

The director is one of a growing list of young female Cape Town filmmakers making their mark in the industry. >
Jabu Newman and The Foxy Five on representation and visibility

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:01:48 • 7 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

The team behind the explosive web series talk about the importance of female-led filmmaking. >
Beautiful Boy by Lissa Rivera explores the visual language of gender

Design News • 7 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

Celebrating gender identity as a repertoire, not a classification. >
Winy Maas on innovating into the future of architecture

Talks • Duration: 00:40:08 • 5 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

The Dutch architect chats about how he is unlocking the potential of buildings in overcrowded cities. >
Living canopy changes its appearance throughout the day

Design News • 5 Jul 17 • Sponsored Content

This responsive design merges biology, architecture and maths to form a canopy that responds to light. >

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