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Damon Davis explores Ghana's slave past and its impact on black America

Design News > African Design / Film & Animation

“...the world tells us that our identity doesn’t matter and our story doesn’t matter and our lives don’t matter.” >

24 Sep 18
On being a young creative dealing with mental health

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

We spoke to past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives to unpack the way creativity and mental health co-exist in their lives. >

21 Sep 18
Indian graphic design studios reviving their heritage

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

We look at a few artists who represent their Indian Heritage through their designs. >

20 Sep 18
Threads of Peru shines a spotlight on traditional Quechua weaving culture

Design News > Craft / Creative Economy

The non-profit organisation economically empowers skilled women artisans from Peru. >

19 Sep 18
Acknowledging Ghana's slave trade history with sculptor Kwame Akoto-Bamfo

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

“As a Ghanaian who is interested and inspired by Ghanaian and African culture, I'm a living witness to the knowledge that is being lost to time.” >

14 Sep 18
How two researchers hacked software to create a functional AI for their diabetic son

Design News > Design Activism

"Not one of those companies allowed me to directly access the data that was literally coming out of my son’s body. So I hacked it." >

12 Sep 18
Woebot: A smart, accessible mental healthcare solution

Design News > Design Activism / Interaction Design

Created by a group of Stanford psychologists, WoeBot is used in over 120 countries and has generated over 2 million messages since its launch. >

12 Sep 18
Afrolitt founder Pamela Ohene-Nyako on the importance of having black literature voiced and heard

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking

“I feel like some works can really open up one’s imagination and help us envision inclusive and liberated futures.” >

11 Sep 18
Two must-see projects by Design Indaba 2019 speaker Gordon Reid

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The graphic designer is among several speakers announced for our upcoming festival of creativity. >

11 Sep 18
New audio & text system could detect depression in everyday conversations

Design News > Design Activism

A new model by researchers at MIT is able to detect depression in context-free interactions. >

10 Sep 18
This speculative project seamlessly collects water from the air around it

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Design student Ivy Yan Ying Tai's concept could be easy enough to replicate in water scarce countries. >

10 Sep 18
Four literacy projects changing the world as we know it

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

See how these projects use literacy as a tool for positive change. >

7 Sep 18
Self-taught Malawian photographer grapples with ancestry in new photo series

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

“Who Will Bury You?” depicts a young, faceless woman ready to die. >

5 Sep 18
Two urban initiatives tackle housing & energy in Ghana

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

Urban development specialist Farouk Braimah's design projects hope to make life easier for the poor. >

5 Sep 18
Lucia Bakulumpagi-Wamala on new ways to tackle electricity shortage in Uganda

Design News > African Design

The CEO of Bakulu Power takes us through their work in Bavuma, one of the only districts without electricity in the country. >

4 Sep 18
Nikki Gonnissen on building a united AGI in a divided world

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

“Good design is not only about good form, it’s also about a better world.” >

3 Sep 18
Sebastian Gier's futuristic Xplore project nominated for Dezeen Award

Design News > Design Thinking

Since his presentation at Antenna in 2017, the German designer has been making big waves. >

29 Aug 18
Elaine Ramos: "A good cover captures the essence of the book.”

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The former art director at Cosac Naify, Ramos uses the production of books as an exercise in experimental design. >

27 Aug 18
A collective of artists are preserving Mexico's linguistic diversity

Design News > Film & Animation

“No one can love what he does not know.” >

23 Aug 18
Selva Hernandez on design and independent book publishing in Mexico

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

“Studying design allowed me to design books. After more than twenty years designing for cultural institutions, I decided to open my own label.” >

23 Aug 18
Here are our not-to-be-missed A’ Design Award winners

Design News > Product Design

The global platform has announced its best designers and designs for 2017 to 2018. >

22 Aug 18
Design Indaba alumni V. Sunil and Mohit Jayal are injecting creativity into India's spaces

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

In what may be their most ambitious project yet, Motherland have embarked on the task of reinventing a city. >

22 Aug 18
This women-led tech school has an innovative curriculum at its core

Design News > Design Activism

"I make it a priority to work with women and persons from under-represented communities in the tech world because times have changed..." >

22 Aug 18
Architect Dong-Ping Wong to speak at Design Indaba 2019

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Industrial Design

With several companies under his belt, Dong-Ping Wong’s work represents a new wave of architecture. >

21 Aug 18

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