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The Human Utility: How a Twitter discussion started a movement

Design News > Information Design / Interaction Design

What started out as a Twitter discussion soon became a way to address the water affordability and access issue in the United States. >

26 Sep 18
On the first national memorial to victims of lynching in the US

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography

Designed by MASS Design Group, who have offices in Boston and in Kigali, the memorial relies on sculpture, art, and design to contextualise racial terror. >

26 Sep 18
The Slave Calendar retells the story of South Africa’s slave trade

Design News > African Design / Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration

This award-winning campaign highlights the overlooked descendants of South Africa’s slave trade. >

26 Sep 18
AGI Open México City speakers contemplate design on 'the other side'

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Alejandro Paul, Alejandro Magallanes, Flávia Nalon and Fábio Prata on how they will broach the topic in their talks this week. >

25 Sep 18
This Guinea Bissau artist uses his art to draw attention to social injustice

Design Frontiers > African Design / Art & Photography

"Design should be used as a tool to improve lives and harmonise situations,” says artist Nu Barreto. >

24 Sep 18
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
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
A' Design Awards & Competition is calling for submissions

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Industrial Design / Product Design

The awards aim to highlight, advertise and advocate good design, designers and design-oriented companies. >

20 Sep 18
Harnessing the power of urine

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

Researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient way to generate power from organic waste. >

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
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
Indelibl wants to make art by Africans more accessible

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

Both online and offline, the platform is committed to taking art beyond the gallery space. >

17 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
On designing spaces with people's mental health in mind

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

Siphilele Magagula on life after her conceptual Empathy Museum, fundraising to continue her studies and creating more spaces that heal. >

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
MIT audio & text system could detect depression in everyday conversations

Design News > Design Activism

A 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
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

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