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Leroy Mwasaru on renewable energy and creating solutions for African people
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Industrial Design
“If I don’t, then who will?” asks the social entrepreneur.
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6 Jun 18
Making the music video great again
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Film & Animation
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Music & Sound Design
As musicians continue to push the boundaries visually, we examine the evolution of their relationship with film.
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5 Jun 18
Could flies be used to treat rare diseases?
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Design Thinking
Experimental designer Frank Kolkman puts the treatment of rare conditions into the hands of those afflicted.
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1 Jun 18
South African designer Thaakierah Abdul exhibits Cape Malay culture at Emerging Creatives 2018
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Entries for the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme 2019 are now open. Watch 2018 alumna Thaakierah Abdul's creative journey.
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1 Jun 18
The Unusual Football Field challenges the boundaries of existing areas
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Urban & Landscape Design
As the world gears up for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, we take a look at this curious soccer pitch designed for space-starved urban areas.
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31 May 18
LifeArk off-grid housing is focused on sustainable community transformation
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Activism
The affordable, emergency housing system is aimed at disaster prone areas and displaced peoples.
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29 May 18
What blockchain means for art and ownership
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Art & Photography
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Creative Economy
The framework technology could make digital art less vulnerable to fraud and theft.
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28 May 18
This British Nigerian artist's films celebrate the full spectrum of blackness
Design Frontiers
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Art & Photography
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Film & Animation
Seye Isikalu’s work thoughtfully captures black bodies on screen.
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24 May 18
Blockchain in Africa, the leapfrog continent
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African Design
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Creative Economy
Africa’s embrace of the technology could put it in a position to take a developmental detour.
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17 May 18
Future forms of concrete, plastic could be both sustainable and eco-friendly
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
“The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.”
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16 May 18
A Digital Drum is bringing computer skills to the youth in rural Uganda
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Product Design
Design without Borders has developed a way to bridge the information gap between urban and rural youth of Uganda.
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15 May 18
Could augmented reality systems create space for people of colour in the film industry?
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Film & Animation
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Information Design
Emerging technology may be the answer to the ongoing question of representation.
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9 May 18
Will AI be our new co-dependent relationship?
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Product Design
Nicole Pérez’s annoying robots ponder the future of automated intimacy.
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7 May 18
Learn how these wearables serve the hearing impaired
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
"How can the deaf and hearing-impaired community experience music, without actually hearing it?"
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3 May 18
This Swedish firm builds multiple-storey homes entirely from wood
Design Frontiers
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Architecture & Interiors
Folkhem is leading the charge when it comes to this environmentally-minded mandate.
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30 Apr 18
This design festival is stitching together India's design community
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Craft
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"It was one of its kind in the Indian design history. I’m not aware of any other festivals organised on such a massive scale."
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30 Apr 18
This warning system could detect a drought earlier than ever before
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
Here's how MIT researchers are using the leaf surface to detect drought conditions.
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28 Apr 18
Grigri Pixel is uniting creatives on two continents through urban interventions
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Creative Economy
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Design Activism
The projects, which brings together African and European artists, was recently selected in the culture category for the FAD design prize.
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27 Apr 18
Could this convenient bug harvesting design make insect-based diets popular?
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
Living Farms is being spearheaded by Austrian multidisciplinary designer, Katharina Unger.
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25 Apr 18
Life Kitchen offers free cooking lessons for people living with cancer
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Food Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Product Design
Life Kitchen is extending classes and has teamed up with designers to create a special range of plates, totes, and t-shirts.
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25 Apr 18
Vibrant designs teach sign language in India’s iconic taxis
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Art & Photography
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Design Thinking
"Taxi Fabric was an opportunity to create a fun, engaging way for deaf as well as hearing individuals to learn..."
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24 Apr 18
Feel people smile with Simon Dogger’s handheld device for the visually impaired
Design Frontiers
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Interaction Design
“Being able to understand other people is about the quality of dialogue which is actually about the quality of life.”
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23 Apr 18
Robotic traffic officers direct cars on Kinshasa’s roads
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African Design
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
Solar-powered robotic traffic cops have been “hired” to regulate the disorderly traffic in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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18 Apr 18
Iwo Borkowicz on finding housing solutions that serve both tourists and locals
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Activism
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Urban & Landscape Design
The young architect who was a Global Graduate at Design Indaba 2018 talks about his upcoming project in Tanzania.
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18 Apr 18
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