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Alice Rawsthorn on bad design

Talks • 6 May 19 • Sponsored Content

“We desperately need good design in this world and we desperately don't need bad design. That's why it's so important that we should come to terms with it.” >
Sticklit is democratising literature and art

Design Frontiers • 3 May 19 • Sponsored Content

How a reading culture can be fostered by means of public art. >
John Pawson on the discipline of minimalism

Talks • 3 May 19 • Sponsored Content

“It takes great discipline to reduce until you can't further subtract anymore." >
Pixeland is China’s pixel-inspired park

Design Frontiers • 3 May 19 • Sponsored Content

Created for the people of Mianyang, China, this multifunctional public space looks at how digital pixels can be used as functional art. >
Omar Nagati on renegotiating Downtown Cairo through design

Design News • 3 May 19 • Sponsored Content

“You need to include in any plan or revision for Downtown or any neighbourhood, the local community, which is not necessarily the case so far." >
Meet Botswana's Queens of Marok

Design News • 2 May 19 • Sponsored Content

South African photographer Paul Shiakallis documents the leather-wearing women of Botswana’s heavy metal scene. >
Sudan: the symbolic significance of the space protesters made their own

Opinion • 2 May 19 • Sponsored Content

Amira Osman takes a look at how Khartoum's military complex became a public space for protest that toppled the Sudanese government. >
Accra's Arch Xenus is redefining what it means to be a successful architectural firm

Design Frontiers • 1 May 19 • Sponsored Content

We met the founder and principal architect who shared more about their approach to business. >
Dong-Ping Wong on his ambitious work at FOOD architecture studio

Talks • 1 May 19 • Sponsored Content

The architect's projects include an idea for a pool that also purifies the East River as well as collaborations with Kanye West and Virgil Abloh. >
What will food look like in the future, especially for the elderly

Design Frontiers • Duration: 00:10:04 • 1 May 19 • Sponsored Content

Himori Kimoto believes dignity and play should form a big part of the way we design our future meals. >
This photographer gave homeless people cameras to document their lives

Design News • 30 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

After five days, 45 of the cameras were returned and over 600 images developed. The results were astonishing. >
Nicole Nomsa Moyo on building self-sufficient townships

Talks • 30 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

Her thesis project Ukubutha looks at service delivery solutions in Mamelodi, a township in Pretoria. >
Architecture's ability to alter narratives with Mariam Kamara

Talks • 29 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

At Design Indaba Conference 2019, the Niger-born architect shared how she is using her work to shift perceptions of her home country. >
What landscape architects and urban designers can learn about public space from Cuba

Opinion • 29 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

Landscape architect Sam Valentine takes a look at how the totalitarian state hosts some of the most democratic public spaces. >
Federico Babina uses architecture to explain mental illness

Design News • 29 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

Babina cleverly represents what different mental illnesses look like. >
Can the architecture of a prison contribute to the rehabilitation of its inmates?

Design Frontiers • 29 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

"Every inmate in Norwegian prisons are going back to the society. Do you want people who are angry — or people who are rehabilitated?” >
The all-woman band taking over a space traditionally reserved for men

Design News • 26 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

New York’s Flor de Toloache talk preserving culture, women empowerment and taking on the male-dominated world of Mariachi. >
AZEEMA is here to display beauty and dispel myths

Design News • 26 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

“It is a celebration of heritage, culture and diversity, yet equally a champion for empowerment and progressive change." >
Lucas De Man on being a creator and following your gut

Talks • 26 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

“Designing shows that there’s so many possibilities because there is no one truth. There is power in not knowing.” >
Ane Crabtree’s labour of creative love

Talks • 25 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

“What I do is act like a kind of connector or conduit of emotion. Emotion in words, in pace, in visuals across the screen.” >
This Angolan innovation hub is helping to transform the nation’s creative sector

Design Frontiers • 25 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

We chat to some of the Fábrica de Sabão team about innovation, community upliftment and serving Africa first. >
Joy Buolamwini uses art and research to show the social implications of AI

Design Frontiers • 25 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

The Ghanaian-American computer scientist and digital activist spoke to us during her Cape Town visit. >
The potential future of food is growing all around us

Next Generation • Duration: 00:10:29 • 24 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

Lichen, a cryptogram or type of plant, can be made in several tasty ways. So why aren’t we eating it? >
Afrominima is a Nigerian lifestyle brand inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics

Design News • 24 Apr 19 • Sponsored Content

The Olubunmi Adeyemi-helmed brand brings the minimalist movement to Africa. >

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