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