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Svein Gunnar Kjøde designs with a humanitarian conscience

Inside View > Design Activism

As lead designer at Design without Borders, Svein Gunnar Kjøde’s job revolves around creating human-centred design with meaningful social impact.

26 Aug 15
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Dazin's renewable cooking fuel saves lives

Design News > Design Activism

Bhutan-based group Dazin are using fuel cookies and smokeless stoves to eliminate deadly cooking smoke.

25 Aug 15
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Mushrooms from rice straw in rural Vietnam

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

A social entrepreneur in Vietnam uses mushrooms to help the environment and provide the local farming community with a sustainable income.

25 Aug 15
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Mushrooming with bio-waste is booming in Ghana

Design News > Creative Economy

The cultivation of mushrooms from vegetable peels could improve health and economy in Ghana.

25 Aug 15
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Géraldine Biard's designs relieve dementia sufferers

Product Spotlight > Design Activism

French designer Géraldine Biard’s new furniture collection aims to relieve the stress of dementia.

25 Aug 15
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The late Larry Harvey on the creation of Burning Man Festival

Talks > Art & Photography

It's Burning Man this week. The festival's 2018 iteration takes place between 25 August and 3 September. We look back at the founder's Design Indaba Talk.

25 Aug 15 / Design Indaba Conference 2015
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Trailer: Larry Harvey on how Burning Man festival created art with a social purpose

Trailers > Art & Photography

Burning Man’s founder Larry Harvey describes how the festival of arts is driven by a strange combination of jeopardy and awe.

25 Aug 15 / Design Indaba Conference 2015
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Lisa Firer creates organic forms in her handcrafted porcelain designs

Design News > Craft

Woodstock-based potter Lisa Firer creates ceramics that are inspired by the tactility of hand-rolling and hand-embossing clay.

25 Aug 15
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Infiniti's incredible From Pencil to Metal 360° video

Design News > Product Design

Sit in the driver's seat as the QX30 concept car is created around you.

24 Aug 15 / Advertorial
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Ali Ali: Unconventional Advertising

Video Interviews > Creative Economy

Ali Ali, film director and founder of Egyptian agency Elephant, explains how small, unconventional agencies can leave the bigger advertising agencies behind.

24 Aug 15

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