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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 23 Mar 18By Neo MaditlaArchitecture & Interiors• Art & Photography• Design...
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Morag Myerscough designs revived at Cape Town primary school to inspire kids
Spearheaded by See-Saw-Do, this project gives a second life to the ‘Embrace the Unknown’ structure that was erected at Design Indaba Festival 2018.Posted 23 Mar 18By Emile UysUrban & Landscape...
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IBM wants to use the world’s smallest computer to stop fraud
Smaller than a grain of salt, the tiny computer is part of a family of cryptographic anchors which includes edible ink dots and mobile sensors.Posted 23 Mar 18By Design IndabaCreative EconomyCreative...
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UK agency launches playful Anti-Brexit Campaign
"The idea of ordering a burger and not receiving what was expected is a feeling that everyone can relate to.”Posted 26 Mar 18By Lindsay SamsonGraphic Design & IllustrationCreative Work / Design...
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Lonny van Ryswyck on the importance of looking after the Earth's diminishing...
The Dutch designer on why we need to be rethink the way we use the earth’s raw material. .field-name-field-video { width: 100%; } Dutch designer Lonny van Ryswyck is concerned by the earth’s rapidly...
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Three innovative buildings that show the way forward in architecture
Take a look at the cutting-edge solutions designers have used to solve modern problems of the built world on three different continents. Posted 26 Mar 18By Design IndabaArchitecture & Interiors•...
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This design duo is exploring ‘stardust’ as an alternative raw matter
As Above, So Below uses micrometeorites to communicate an important message.Posted 26 Mar 18By Lindsay SamsonDesign ThinkingCreative Work / Design FrontiersCommentsThanks to the legacies of apocalyptic...
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Cairo architect Nada Elhadedy on architecture driven by circumstance
“So instead of using the building as a barrier… we used it to promote openings and interaction.” Posted 26 Mar 18By Design IndabaAfrican Design• Architecture & InteriorsCreative Work / Design...
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Jacque Njeri’s vibrant graphic art reimagines the Maasai people in outer space
The Kenyan artist’s MaaSci series is a vivid example of Afrofuturism.Posted 27 Mar 18By Lindsay SamsonAfrican Design• Graphic Design & IllustrationCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsWhile the...
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Wacy Zacarias on taking back the African textile market
The Mozambican entrepreneur started Karingana Wa Karingana Textiles to create authentic African prints. Posted 27 Mar 18By Jamie MatroosAfrican Design• Fashion & Jewellery DesignCreative Work /...
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Nairobi’s GoDown Art Centre gets a redesign from Sweden’s White Arkitekter
Scandinavia's largest architecture firm reimagines Kenya’s leading centre for arts and culture.Posted 27 Mar 18By Lindsay SamsonArchitecture & InteriorsCreative Work / Design...
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Feather sculpture honours bond between Ireland and a Native American nation
Towering 20 feet into the Irish sky, Kindred Spirits recognises the Choctaw Nation for their generosity during Ireland's Great Famine. Posted 27 Mar 18By Bongani ShweniUrban & Landscape...
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Spaces designed not for cars, but for people
Is an underground, automated road tunnel the answer to the nightmare that is traffic congestion? Posted 27 Mar 18By Jamie MatroosUrban & Landscape DesignCreative Work / Design...
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Using textile design to track the history of nutmeg
Marta Velasco Valesco on what inspired her #Antenna2017 project, Pulau Banda. .field-name-field-video { width: 100%; } Marta Velasco Velasco's work is driven by narrative and materiality and she works...
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Designer Roba Mostafa on creating a market for interactive media in Egypt
“I believe that interactive media would become a fundamental medium used in the future. It makes the science fiction of yesterday the possibility of today” Posted 27 Mar 18By Jamie MatroosAfrican...
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Fernando Laposse on using design to find value in new materials
The design graduate explained how he used design to change perceptions, changing waste into a new profit system. .field-name-field-video { width: 100%; } Central Saint Martins graduate and Future Food...
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A new preservative-free way to protect food from spoiling
This plant-based food design can extend the freshness of fruits and vegetables up to four times.Posted 28 Mar 18By Design IndabaFood DesignCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsFood design studio Apeel...
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Artist Olayami Dabls has devoted an entire museum to African Beads
The Detroit art attraction explores the African-American experiencePosted 28 Mar 18By Lindsay SamsonArt & PhotographyCreative Work / Design FrontiersCommentsHaving worked as a visual storyteller...
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Nigerian writer Ziki Nelson is crowdsourcing a comic book featuring 15...
"From our perspective, there's no point publishing a Spiderman-esque superhero story. The DCs and the Marvels of this world already do that so well.”Posted 28 Mar 18By Emile UysAfrican Design• Graphic...
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The Unmasked Women project tackles mental health among black women
The creative project is prioritising the work of young black women artists.Posted 28 Mar 18By Lindsay SamsonArt & Photography• Creative EconomyCreative Work / Design NewsCommentsConceived of and...
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