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Five talented young designers to watch at antenna 2018

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking

From communication to food to medical care, these graduates are redesigning our world multiple industries at a time. >

9 Oct 18
These graduates want to change the world in ways we never thought possible

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Antenna 2018 is here! Meet the first five speakers for the global design platform. >

28 Sep 18
Cultivating mini farms aboard cargo ships

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking

This student-designed collapsible farm could help utilise the massive amounts of wasted space created by shipping containers. >

19 Sep 18
Big blue: Three designs that tackle problems of the ocean

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

On #WorldOceansDay we take a look at three designs that address problems caused by pollution and fishing in our vulnerable oceans. >

8 Jun 18
A museum where your emotions are the main attraction

Next Generation > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Siphilele Magagula’s conceptual design asks participants to lay their prejudices bare. >

18 May 18
Caroline Smeenk on designing products to help pregnant women who can't access hospitals

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

"17% of rural Canadians live over 2 hours away from their nearest hospital." >

8 May 18
FrailTea analyses kettle grip data to monitor the health of the elderly

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

Callum Smith’s project FrailTea uses grip data from a kettle to monitor the health of elderly people and the state of their of frailty. >

28 Apr 18
This Polish designer created a book that puts you in the shoes of someone with dementia

Next Generation > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

The Polish photographer and communication designer turned her frustration into art. >

31 Mar 18
On the future of food, fashion and eating our environmental problems away

Next Generation > Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Food Design / Product Design

The world is changing rapidly, this means our fashion and food choices need to keep up. >

30 Mar 18
Tatsuya Honda's hairpin enables you to feel sounds

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

This graduate of the Future University Hakode has designed a more intuitive aid for hearing impaired users that translates sound to vibration. >

13 Mar 18
Meet the 9 Global Graduates that presented at Design Indaba Conference 2018

Next Generation > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

These young graduates presented projects that speak to the water crisis, the power of sound, social entrepreneurship and so much more. >

6 Feb 18
Two young designers tackle what it will mean to age in 2050

Next Generation > Information Design

Mar Ginot Blanco and Aaron Garlick aim to design for future challenges based on present and past movements in design. >

10 Jan 18
Revolutionising food production with edible fungi made from plastic

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

LIVIN Studio and Utrecht University transform plastic waste into gourmet fungi food. >

5 Jan 18
The super lightweight Mars Chair by Thomas Missé

Next Generation > Product Design

ECAL student designs first piece of furniture optimised for Mars colonisation. >

15 Dec 17
This urban designer tracks down where the energy in our cities comes from

Next Generation > Design Thinking

Could her singing manhole covers advocate for energy systems and the humans who use them? >

12 Dec 17
Thomy is an insulin kit designed with the needs of diabetic children in mind

Next Generation > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Product designer Renata Souza talks about the inspiration and process behind her award-winning insulin kit. >

4 Dec 17
How discarded bananas led these two designers into looking at consumerism and food waste

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

By tracking how bananas make it to Iceland, where there are no plantations, these designers shine a spotlight on waste and consumerism. >

4 Dec 17
Imagine a future where your car window is a way for you to control your driving experience

Next Generation > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Sebastien Gier talks us through his project where your car window lets you manipulate what you see outside, take pictures, bookmark and more. >

4 Dec 17
Awundiboni looks at how rape culture reduces women's everyday experiences

Next Generation > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

Thandiwe Msebenzi talks about her photography work as well as how she wants to use VR to further explore the topic. >

4 Dec 17
This MIT sound artist is exploring the power of sound in public spaces

Next Generation > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Music & Sound Design

Nicolas Kisic Aguirre developed the Modular Rhythm Machine, an algorithmically controlled machine inspired by the Peruvian Cajon. >

4 Dec 17
Myles Loftin explores racial profiling of black men wearing hoodies

Next Generation > Art & Photography

The photographer says his project was partly inspired by the killing of Trayvon Martin. >

4 Dec 17
Designer Kazuya Kawasaki on the future of zero-waste fashion design

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

What is the alternative role of the fashion designer in the age of biotechnology? >

4 Dec 17
Providing accommodation for tourists does not have to come at the expense of locals

Next Generation > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy

Using one of Cuba's oldest and rapidly gentrifying neighbourhoods as a lens, architect Iwo Borkowicz explores tourism and social housing. >

4 Dec 17
An impactful project inspired by the designer's own experience recovering in hospital

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

Alissa Rees is reinventing the IV pole often used in hospitals for a more dynamic, dignified experience. >

1 Dec 17

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