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Minutiae: The ‘anti-social’ app gives your more mundane moments meaning
“YOU ARE NOT YOUR TIMELINE.”Posted 5 Jun 17By Lindsay SamsonProduct DesignCreative Work / Design FrontiersCommentsWhile social media has become a part of modern life, we’re steadily learning more about...
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A photographer is building a photographic ark of animals before they go extinct
National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore's project The Photo Ark currently holds photos of over 6500 distinct animal species1234PreviousPauseNextPosted 5 Jun 17By Emile UysArt & Photography•...
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Is wearing jeans bad for the environment?
According to researchers, the answer is a bit more complicated than thatPosted 5 Jun 17By Design IndabaDesign Activism• Fashion & Jewellery DesignCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsThere is nothing...
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Atang Tshikare collaborated with Lesotho weavers to revive an old tradition
Multidisciplinary artist and designer Atang Tshikare has gone from murals to furniture to exploring African mythology through weavingPosted 6 Jun 17By Bongani ShweniAfrican Design• CraftCreative Work /...
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Haunting black and white images capture forced removals in Johannesburg
Behind urban renewal is often the untold stories of poor families who are put out with nowhere else to go.Posted 6 Jun 17By Staff WriterAfrican Design• Art & PhotographyCreative Work / Design...
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A look inside the new island museum in Abu Dhabi
Louvre Abu Dhabi combines breathtaking architecture that is at once futuristic yet informed by ancient Arabian practices.1234567© TDIC, Design: Ateliers Jean Nouvel © TDIC, Design: Ateliers Jean Nouvel...
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Matsidiso makes handmade shoes for modern customers
The Cape Town-based label makes one-of-a-kind shoes while also giving back to its workersPosted 7 Jun 17By Design IndabaAfrican Design• Craft• Fashion & Jewellery DesignCreative Work / Product...
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Street artist Nardstar is painting women of colour in public spaces
Nardstar's murals can be found in New York, Paris and her hometown, Cape TownPosted 7 Jun 17By Jamie MatroosAfrican Design• Art & Photography• Design ActivismCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsThe...
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The colour-changing T-shirt using red cabbage to detect the presence of water...
From THEUNSEEN, this t-shirt line reveals some of the more shocking effects of climate change.Posted 7 Jun 17By Lindsay SamsonFashion & Jewellery Design• Product DesignCreative Work / Design...
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Make Care products give teens with butterfly skin back their independence
The project won Best of the Best at the Chile Design, 2017 Design Biennial. Posted 8 Jun 17By Design IndabaDesign Activism• Product DesignCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsEveryday utensils and tools...
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Can you redevelop a big city like Lagos without displacing the poor?
Urban planner Lookman Oshodi seems to think it is possiblePosted 8 Jun 17By Staff WriterAfrican Design• Urban & Landscape DesignCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsWith a population of 21 million...
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LocoL provides community support through food
Roy Choi’s revolutionary fast food joint is changing what it means to be a great restaurant.Posted 8 Jun 17By Lindsay SamsonFood DesignCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsWhile he’s classically trained...
View ArticleWacom Creatives: A look into the experimental digital art of Miss Led
“If you want something really badly, then you don’t feel like you’re making sacrifices.”Video of 4Kk0086LfRMIn this instalment of Wacom Creatives, we take a look at the studio of Joanna Henley, a...
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This web-series tackles social justice through the eyes of a 9-year old girl
Little Apple takes on racism, sexism and gentrification in this sci-fi drama.Posted 9 Jun 17By Lindsay SamsonFilm & AnimationCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsFrom the imaginations of Riley S....
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Anti-Trump patrons put their money where their politics are
This New York bar donates 100 per cent of their profit to causes that are fighting TrumpPosted 9 Jun 17By Bongani ShweniArchitecture & InteriorsCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsAs a response to...
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Spanish mural artist, Okuda, uses art to bridge cultural borders
His murals have transformed degraded and abandoned buildings into unique colourful spaces around the worldPosted 12 Jun 17By Design IndabaArchitecture & Interiors• Art & Photography• Design...
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From harvesting fungi from the body to hormone infused cocktails, are these...
Beirut Design Week's Speculative Needs exhibition is not as far-fetched as one might think.Posted 12 Jun 17By Design IndabaProduct DesignCreative Work / Design FrontiersCommentsStories, both books and...
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Photographer Imraan Christian teams up with Faith XLVII
South African artists Imraan Christian and Faith XLVII deconstruct a pivotal moment in the country’s 2015 student uprising. Posted 12 Jun 17By Staff WriterArt & Photography• Design ActivismCreative...
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Alia Youssef’s The Sisters Project disrupts tired perceptions of Muslim women
The photographer explores the diverse narratives of the Canadian Muslim community.Posted 13 Jun 17By Lindsay SamsonArt & PhotographyCreative Work / Design FrontiersCommentsIn the wake of Trump’s...
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An art invention to encourage more silence in our cities
The Silent Room invites people to come in, for up to 30 minutes and “not perform or achieve anything, but just to be”.Posted 13 Jun 17By Design IndabaArchitecture & Interiors• Design...
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