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Newsletter week 11
What it Means to Be Afghan
Gen Z Afghan women have mastered the art of living their lives on social media. As digital natives, they are sharing over Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook. The Post 9/11 generation, as they've been labelled for 20 years, showing another side of their country and culture. Read more here
Let the Sun in
Energy can be beautiful. Designer Marjan van Aubel has developed Sunne, a self-powered solar light that captures, stores and produces light indoors. By day, it harvests energy from the sun, by night, it brings sunlight into your home. See the kickstarter here
Dressing Up Again
The nature of human beings is that they want to feel good, tired of the sameness, some brands and designers are foreseeing feel-good purchasing. People long for freshness and to feel positive about going out again or maybe just sitting in the park in a dress. Read more here
The Wilding of Mars
Paola Antonelli spoke with Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg about her project The Wilding of Mars. She questions what our intentions with Mars should be, should it be colonized or could we imagine Mars inhabited only by plants, flourishing without us? Listen here
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Banner image, Sunne by Marjan van Aubel