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Meet Dutch designer, artist and entrepreneur, Joris Laarman
Design Frontiers
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1 Aug 18
“I don’t do things with a goal in my head. I just do them to discover things.”
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Artist imagines colossal vertical slums in Lagos
Design News
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2 Aug 18
Are slums shaping the face of Africa? Nigerian-born artist Lekan Jeyifo conceptualises the future of slums in Lagos.
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These striking images offer an alternative view of Nigerian diversity
Design News
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2 Aug 18
“One of the biggest statements I try to make with my work is that there is no single Nigerian culture.”
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Design Indaba x Radisson Blu Hotel
Festival News
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2 Aug 18
Design Indaba Conference 2018 delegates can take advantage of this special accommodation offer
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These five creative women are using fashion, food and more to challenge and inspire
Design Frontiers
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2 Aug 18
This Women’s Month, we take a look back at some of the fiercely creative women who have graced the Design Indaba stage.
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Drop Drop app helps water conservation in drought-stricken South Africa
Design News
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3 Aug 18
A new app makes every drop of water count as South Africa’s water crisis continues.
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Gourmet Grubb on making ice cream from insect milk
Design News
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3 Aug 18
Food designer Leah Bessa was part of this year's Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme.
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Entries for the second Future Food Design Awards are now open
Design Frontiers
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3 Aug 18
Set to be held during this year’s annual Dutch Design Week, the competition is seeking to solidify the connection between the worlds of food and design.
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9 creatives to look out for this Women's Month
Design News
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6 Aug 18
To celebrate Women's Month, we're highlighting the work of some of our former participants in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme.
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Check out the creatives participating in this year's GrigriPixel workshop
Design Frontiers
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7 Aug 18
The annual programme is developing a wealth of experimental practices through inter-continental collaboration.
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Advice from past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives
Design Frontiers
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8 Aug 18
Here's what illustrator Daniel Ting Chong, director Anthony Silverston, artist Paul Senyol and furniture designer Neil Grantham have to say.
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Morag Myerscough's Design Indaba installation brings vibrant colour to two Cape Town schools
Design Frontiers
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8 Aug 18
Design Indaba worked with stakeholders including SeeSawDo on two projects giving a second life to the Embrace the Unknown installation.
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Bridging the gap between architecture and entrepreneurship in Lesotho
Design Frontiers
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10 Aug 18
Daniela Gusman talks about the project as well as their international architecture competition, Rise In The City.
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Roshnee Desai is pushing for a research-led approach to design in India
Design Frontiers
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12 Aug 18
The importance of designing for the everyday person, and democratising design.
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Somali Architecture students are stitching back the country's built heritage digitally
Design Frontiers
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12 Aug 18
The collective has been invited to represent the country at this year's London Design Biennale.
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Indian artists interpret what Urdu will look like in 2050
Design Frontiers
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13 Aug 18
'Will young girls drop Rumi bombs on the 2050 version of social media to passive aggressively call out lousy lovers?"
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Architect Annabelle Selldorf announced as Design Indaba speaker for 2019
Design Frontiers
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14 Aug 18
The founder of Selldorf Architects’ design language is quietly classic and highly considered.
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Rajni Perera’s embellished photography explores identity alongside surreal dreamworlds
Design Frontiers
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14 Aug 18
“After all, immigrants are the first travellers in time and space.”
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Gale Maimane on her new short film, starring Zoe Modiga, called Me
Design News
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15 Aug 18
“We wanted to make a piece that encapsulates fashion and music in a skilful way. A tender way. A femme way.”
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What does it take to make it as a creative?
Design News
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16 Aug 18
We looked to a new book by Creative Nestlings to find some clues from women featured in the book.
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A New Zealand company is making raincoats out of recycled fibres
Design News
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20 Aug 18
The Humble Raincoat is made of recycled plastic bottles.
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Architect Dong-Ping Wong to speak at Design Indaba 2019
Design News
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21 Aug 18
With several companies under his belt, Dong-Ping Wong’s work represents a new wave of architecture.
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Design Indaba alumni V. Sunil and Mohit Jayal are injecting creativity into India's spaces
Design News
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22 Aug 18
In what may be their most ambitious project yet, Motherland have embarked on the task of reinventing a city.
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Here are our not-to-be-missed A’ Design Award winners
Design News
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22 Aug 18
The global platform has announced its best designers and designs for 2017 to 2018.
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