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HIV

  • How can storytelling help alleviate the effects of disease?
    Design Frontiers > Information Design
    Researchers are experimenting with various methods of engagement to gain insights in AIDS and antiretroviral treatment adherence. >
    29 Mar 19
  • HIV USB
    This USB stick doubles as an HIV testing kit
    Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design
    Scientists based in the UK have developed a USB device that can quickly and accurately determine one's HIV status. >
    17 Nov 16
  • A new system for the packaging of AIDS-related virus medication in Sub-Saharan Africa thinks more holistically about the user's needs
    A new human-centred packaging system for ARV medication in Africa
    Next Generation > African Design / Industrial Design / Product Design
    A new system for the packaging of AIDS-related virus medication in Sub-Saharan Africa thinks more holistically about the user's needs. >
    29 Jun 16
  • Exatype: Changing the face of ARV treatments
    Design News > African Design / Design Thinking / Interaction Design
    The Exatype software offers tailored treatments for HIV/AIDS. >
    10 Jun 16
  • Judith Kaine: Taking art to the streets of Rwanda
    Judith Kaine: Taking art to the streets of Rwanda
    Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography
    Kurema Kureba Kwiga uses street art to tackle social issues and expose ordinary Rwandans to the creativity of its artists. >
    4 Mar 16
  • PHAU uses multiple creative platforms to bring change to Uganda.
    This non-profit uses creative arts to empower the youth of Uganda
    African Report > African Design / Design Activism
    PHAU is a non-profit organisation geared towards the youth of Uganda using multiple creative platforms to reach out. >
    2 Dec 15
  • This mural was done to mark World Aids Day 2015.
    World Aids Day: The making of the #LifeBeyondHIV mural in Khayelitsha
    Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism
    Activists, artists, and survivors come together to create a #LifeBeyondHIV mural in Khayelitsha. >
    1 Dec 15
  • Aviro app.
    Designing better HIV treatment
    Opinion > African Design / Design Activism / Information Design / Interaction Design
    Digital designer Jepchumba tells us about the making of Aviro, a mobile app for HIV clinicians to accurately prescribe ARV medication. >
    1 Oct 14
  • Kulinda by Emily Riggs.
    Flash solution
    Design News > Design Thinking
    The winner in the social impact category of the 2013 Core77 Design Awards student category is Kulinda by Emily Riggs of Brunel University in the UK. >
    12 Jun 13
  • Aids poster: USA. Image via https://jump.dexigner.com/news/2202.
    Visual protest
    Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration
    On World Aids Day we take a look at some of the most thought-provoking posters aimed at educating people about the disease. >
    1 Dec 10
  • Exhibitor success story: Woza Moya / Hillcrest Aids
    Design News > Craft / Design Thinking
    The Hillcrest Aids Centre Trust was established in 1991 offering testing and counselling to the local communities outside Durban. >
    30 May 10
  • Courtesy of Roelf Mulder.
    Fun in four seconds
    Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design
    Targeting the claim that applying a condom “kills the vibe”, 4secs:condoms were designed by Roelf Mulder of ...XYZ design. >
    2 May 10
  • Creative activism takes to the road
    Design News > Urban & Landscape Design
    A group of five artists participated in the recent Write on Africa roadtrip through the Transkei. >
    24 Nov 09
  • Less can be better
    Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking
    Lisbon-based design, architecture and creativity biennale, ExperimentaDesign, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009. >
    29 Oct 09
  • SA "tjunes" the world about change
    Digital News > Design Thinking
    Guest of ExperimentaDesign Lisbon, Design Indaba will be presenting a unique view of SA's creativity from 9 September to 8 November. >
    9 Sep 09
  • Suss’t: An alternative to mall culture
    Do Tank News > Craft / Design Thinking
    The KZNSA Gallery, in collaboration with Design Indaba, are presenting an exhibition of the best local sustainable design. >
    1 Nov 08
  • Hulger’s reformation of the CFL was part of the [re]design’s Lighten Up exhibition.
    Hot or cold?
    Opinion > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Product Design
    Visiting the London Design Festival, Nadine Botha finds herself torn between sustainable and pop. >
    1 Nov 08
  • Beads go ape
    Reviews > Craft / Creative Economy
    Bead by Bead presents the uplifting story of Monkeybiz, from original lightbulb moment to the beacon of social upliftment it is today. >
    2 May 08
  • Seamstory
    Profiling > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Amanda Laird Cherry talks about how the fabric of society has changed through her past few collections. >
    1 May 08
  • Don't feed the animators
    Design News > Film & Animation
    Lauren Beukes gives the inside scoop on South Africa's maverick animation studio, Clockwork Zoo. >
    1 Feb 08
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