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Award-winning director Siphiwe Myeza-Mhlambi on his approach to storytelling
Design Frontiers
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19 Jul 18
“I want everything that l do to allow me to change the world."
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Can you deliver affordable housing while increasing the quality?
Design News
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19 Jul 18
The Casas Melhoradas aims to do this in Maputo where 80 per cent of the population is estimated to be living in informal settlements.
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Pentagram’s Natasha Jen: “Design is not a monster you ‘unleash’ to fix the world”
Festival News
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17 Jul 18
Pentagram partner Natasha Jen makes her feelings on business buzzwords, simplistic flow diagrams and sticky note brainstorm sessions very clear...
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#DesignIndaba: Notes on Design Indaba 2018
Festival News
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17 Jul 18
In spite of the physical space feeling more dreary than usual, Design Indaba 2018 ensured a number of strong and critical speakers.
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Lebo Mashile
Festival News
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17 Jul 18
The much-loved poet tells Nataal about her new theatre piece, which re-examines the story of Saartjie Baartman.
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Design Indaba 2018: More than a soundbite
Festival News
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17 Jul 18
Seven speakers whose insights transcended a character limit at Cape Town's annual festival of creativity
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Finding our humanity and breaking barriers through artistic intervention
Festival News
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17 Jul 18
The global travelling exhibition Tolerance comes to Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg
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Peter Veenstra to build dome of plants at Design Indaba venue in Cape Town
Festival News
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17 Jul 18
Dutch landscape architect Peter Veenstra has revealed plans to build a plant-covered bamboo sphere in Cape Town's Luthuli Plaza.
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6 trail-blazing design graduates you should know
Festival News
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17 Jul 18
Design Indaba 2018: These exciting young designers are pushing creative boundaries.
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24 hours with Morag Myerscough at Design Indaba
Festival News
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17 Jul 18
Here, exclusively for It’s Nice That, Morag shares her Design Indaba highlights.
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How I got here: Edel Rodriguez
Festival News
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17 Jul 18
Creative Review's Salonee Gadgil speaks to Design Indaba Conference speaker, Edel Rodriguez
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Design Indaba 2018: A copywriter's expert opinion
Festival News
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17 Jul 18
Jeff Harvey details his experience of Design Indaba Conference 2018 for Bizcommunity.
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The world’s most awarded “Adman” to headline at Design Indaba Conference 2019
Festival News
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16 Jul 18
Global advertising superstar David Droga will take centre stage at the renowned Design Indaba Conference.
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Emerging Creative alumna Thabo Makhetha launches crowdfunder
Festival News
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16 Jul 18
Design Indaba Emerging Creatives alumna Thabo Makhetha is now crowdfunding to produce her own textile designs.
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Visi favourites: Design Indaba 2018
Festival News
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16 Jul 18
Here is a selection of just some of the inspiring things we saw and heard about during the three-day festival of creativity in Cape Town.
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From Design Indaba to a youthful population: Africa is on (creative) fire!
Festival News
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16 Jul 18
At WGSN last week, we held intense seminars and workshops sharing trends from our global editors, and, from these, one thing became certain:
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5 key trends from Design Indaba
Festival News
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16 Jul 18
And what brands can learn from Africa's most creative conference.
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Design Indaba 2018: A festival of optimism in the face of ecological turmoil
Festival News
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16 Jul 18
Design Indaba 2018 once again lured a roster of international designers, filmmakers, musicians and other artists to Cape Town.
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The Tolerance Traveling Poster Show heads to Johannesburg's Constitution Hill
Design News
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16 Jul 18
Mirko Ilić's inspired exhibition continues its tour around South Africa.
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Faith XLVII unveils new mural and Peace Manifesto in San Fransisco
Design Frontiers
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16 Jul 18
"We formulated our own Manifesto, keeping the perspective as inclusive as possible. For me, the main objective is empathy. "
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5 things to know about GetSmarter as e-learning firm turns 10
Festival News
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13 Jul 18
Here's what you need to know about online education company GetSmarter.
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Design Indaba 2018's celebration of creativity
Festival News
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13 Jul 18
Design Indaba 2018 welcomed creative minds from around the world to a colourful celebration of creativity
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Décor trends say we'll be buying less and spending more time making our homes our sanctuaries
Festival News
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13 Jul 18
Our nesting instincts are strong.
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Before Beyoncé there was Saartjie Baartman
Festival News
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13 Jul 18
Spoken word artist, performer & poet Lebo Mashile speaks with Charl Blignaut about Saartjie vs Venus, a stage production that rewrites the Sarah Baartman story.
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Braille clothing is making it easier for the visually impaired to get dressed
Festival News
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13 Jul 18
Getting dressed when you’re blind presents challenges that those of us privileged enough to have sight don’t understand.
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Eliminating the enormous energy cost of mining cryptocurrencies
Design Frontiers
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13 Jul 18
Estonian company Nordcoin is changing the game and making crypto-farms mobile
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The untold history behind William Kentridge’s most ambitious project to date
Design News
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12 Jul 18
“The colonial logic toward the black participants could be summed up by: ‘Lest their actions merit recognition, their deeds must not be recorded’.”
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Leading local fashion designer Thabo Makhetha takes her blanket approach to the next level
Design News
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12 Jul 18
Design Indaba Emerging Creatives alumna Thabo Makhetha is now crowdfunding to produce her own textile designs.
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How can we adjust our world to accommodate an ever-expanding global population?
Design Frontiers
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11 Jul 18
These interventions could help relieve the enormous pressures felt by cities in a crowded world.
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How drones are helping in the fight against malaria
Design Frontiers
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10 Jul 18
“Where do mosquitoes go in the dry season?”
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