This tampon packaging brings an important part of menstruation out of hiding
Thinx Tampons has gone where no tampon maker has dared go before.Posted 13 Mar 17By Lindsay SamsonDesign Activism• Product DesignCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsMost of us – even those who don’t...
View ArticleThe carbon cost of your cocaine
In the sixth edition of Do The Green Thing, the eco-warriors reveal the carbon footprint associated with every line of cocaine. Posted 13 Mar 17By Do The Green ThingDesign Activism• Design...
View ArticleThe Scene of Childhood
Photographer Lionel Jusseret captures the magical ways that autistic children communicate. Posted 13 Mar 17By Jamie MatroosArt & PhotographyCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsBelgian photographer...
View ArticleNew subversive hip hop from Kenyan artist Muthoni Drummer Queen
Kenyan rapper and singer, Muthoni Drummer Queen’s latest song is hip-hop activism at its finest. Video of CveeHBmKa5MAs doctors and university lecturers continue to strike in Kenya, rapper Muthoni...
View ArticleFalling: Representing depression through art
This artist depicts her longstanding experience of mental disorder in disturbing style.12345678PreviousPauseNextPosted 13 Mar 17By Emile UysArt & PhotographyCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsClara...
View ArticlePermanent Alien focuses on stories from the Asian American diaspora
“What if we made a comic featuring people who looked like us for people who look like us?”Posted 14 Mar 17By Lindsay SamsonArt & PhotographyCreative Work / Design FrontiersCommentsA group of four...
View ArticleA look into the volume of the internet
How much do you know about the design of the worldwide web?Video of 120957975This animated promotional short film of Onward Internet illustrates the often forgotten reach of the internet in totality....
View Article(P)residant: Those who don't let go of power
"I call them 'les presidents residants' because they never want to leave power once in the seat." – Fabrice Monteiro, photographer, Dakar. Posted 16 Mar 17By Katie de KleeAfrican Design• Art &...
View ArticleThe Iota Project: blending bespoke furniture creation with social upliftment
These beautiful handmade objects are creating jobs for unemployed women.Posted 17 Mar 17By Lindsay SamsonDesign Activism• Industrial DesignCreative Work / Design FrontiersCommentsFounded in 2014, the...
View ArticleA conceptualised take on gendered domestic bliss
Photographer Patty Carroll’s Anonymous Women addresses our gendered view of domesticity. Posted 17 Mar 17By Design IndabaArt & PhotographyCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsUS-based photographer...
View ArticleStories of feral children told through photography
This photographer sheds light on the cruelty faced by children as they are abandoned by society absolutely.123456789101112131415PreviousPauseNextPosted 17 Mar 17By Emile UysArt &...
View ArticleThe physicist who folds
Physicist Robert lang left NASA to practice origami. Great Big Story tells us why. Video of 208665073Great Big Story is a US-based media house with storytellers who span the globe to document the...
View ArticleBuddibox: A community-driven courier network in South Africa
This organisation tackles local unemployment by facilitating small-scale courier services.Posted 20 Mar 17By Emile UysAfrican Design• Design ActivismCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsBuddibox is a...
View ArticleArch for Arch commemorates Archbishop Tutu and the freedom of South Africa
Arch for Arch celebrates the free South Africa that Tutu and his peers fought to build, and plays on his country’s affectionate nickname for him – ‘The...
View ArticleWhy wastewater?
World Water Day 2017 will look at the way we manage the precious resource during every part of the water cycle. Posted 20 Mar 17By Jamie MatroosDesign ActivismCreative Work / Design...
View ArticleHooded: Subversion through photography
Myles Loftin confronts the stereotype of the hooded black man in a new multimedia project. Video of 19625173519-year-old artist Myles Loftin uses film and a playful photographic essay to challenge the...
View ArticleWaves for Water
This new documentary, released on World Water Day, follows former pro surfer Jon Rose and his mission to help bring clean drinking water to those in need.Video of ifjRsoI4Fe0Today, Red Bull TV...
View ArticlePlan Bee
This could be the pollination process of tomorrow.123PreviousPauseNextPosted 22 Mar 17By Emile UysDesign Activism• Industrial DesignCreative Work / Next GenerationCommentsIn an effort to address the...
View ArticleGiving back with ethical fashion
Eco-friendly and ethically made, Allmade pushes the boundaries of the ordinary t-shirt. Posted 23 Mar 17By Jamie MatroosAfrican Design• Fashion & Jewellery DesignCreative Work / Design...
View ArticleA delicate portrayal of brutality
This artist depicts the subject of sex inequality in a stylised and all-encompassing way.12345© Bhargavi Joshi© Bhargavi Joshi© Bhargavi Joshi© Bhargavi Joshi© Bhargavi JoshiPreviousPauseNextPosted 23...
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