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The design squadron of the future
Design News
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25 Jun 20
Meet the bright young creatives who have surfaced through our three longstanding youth programmes: Emerging Creatives, Global Graduates and antenna.
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Kathryn Larsen on why seaweed is the building material of the future
Next Generation
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19 Jun 20
Larsen looked to an ancient method from the Middle Ages used to thatch roofs out of seaweed and brought it back to the present.
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Healthcare revolution | Mazbahul Islam’s Safewheel brings emergency medical care to rural areas
Festival News
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19 Jun 20
Mazbahul Islam is one of the young global graduates who presented at the 2020 Design Indaba Conference.
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Sacha Buliard’s responsive mat lets users connect with their bodies
Festival News
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19 Jun 20
Global graduate, Sacha Buliard spoke at the 2020 Design Indaba Conference.
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Rethinking rape kits with Antya Waegemann
Festival News
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19 Jun 20
The global graduate designs solutions for sexual assault survivors and will speaking at #DI2020.
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Designing for justice | Communication designer Ananya Khaitan tackles social issues in India
Festival News
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19 Jun 20
Communication designer Ananya Khaitan is driven to confront sociopolitical issues head-on in his native India.
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Building sustainably | Design Indaba 2020 speaker Vukheta Mukhari’s bio-bricks help save the planet
Festival News
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19 Jun 20
Vukheta Mukhari and his team members created the world’s first bio-brick made from human urine.
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Meet the Emerging Creatives who exhibited at Design Indaba 2020
Design Frontiers
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19 Jun 20
The Emerging Creatives programme is a product of creative inclusion created by Design Indaba and supported by the Department of Arts and Culture.
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Designers Leta and Wade on living and working together successfully
Talks
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19 Jun 20
The couple talked about honesty, creativity, their project Complements and the universal strangeness of love.
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Nando’s Clout Fires Up The Ravi Naidoo Residency for Emerging Creatives, declaring Mmamotsatsi Masike its First-ever Recipient
Festival News
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18 Jun 20
The announcement of the new Ravi Naidoo Residency for Emerging Creatives was made at the recent Design Indaba Conference.
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The new face of collaboration #BetterTogether
Design Frontiers
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17 Jun 20
This week, we’re exploring unconventional collaborations and combinations that show how diverse partnerships can present new opportunities.
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The drum machine by Nicolás Kisic Aguirre
Design News
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12 Jun 20
The Peruvian designer’s open-source projects are a combination of sound, architecture and the mind.
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Taking online learning into the physical realm
Design News
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12 Jun 20
China’s most successful online learning platform, Qkids is taking learning into the physical realm with newly designed space.
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Kathryn Larsen on using kelp to create sustainable furniture and fashion
Design Frontiers
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12 Jun 20
“Using the final processed material, I am creating a puzzle lampshade series inspired by the classic IQ Light and aim to create other forms."
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This luxury sustainable micro unit utilizes solar and wind energy
Design News
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11 Jun 20
“Ecocapsule is your design way to independent living. It can become a pop-up hotel, caravan, mobile office, research station or anything you want it to."
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MIT Media Lab presents Cyborg Botany
Design News
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11 Jun 20
“Our goal is to merge and power our electronic functionalities with existing biological functions of living plants.”
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BioBombola: An algae garden made for inside your home
Design Frontiers
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11 Jun 20
This project explores interaction and collaboration between high-tech cultivation and peoples' everyday lives.
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Artist Olafur Eliasson tackles freedom of press with new artwork
Design Frontiers
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11 Jun 20
Olafur Eliasson has teamed up with Kumi Naidoo to create artwork that highlights the collaboration between press freedom and its reader.
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Expressing solidarity through design
Design News
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9 Jun 20
In the wake of #blackouttuesday we look to the everyday work needed to right the social wrongs.
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Design hacks for the new normal
Design News
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2 Jun 20
Taking a leaf out of hack’s own book, we’re finding ways to thrive by seeking out design solutions from around the world.
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