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  • Tackling sanitation taboos with panache
    Jasmine Burton’s creative approach to WASH challenges can change the world for billions. >
  • Cat Tongue
    3D printed cat tongue inspires Georgia Tech scientists
    The remarkably capable felines have another lesson in efficiency for their humans. >
  • Georgia-tech institute power textile
    New energy material harnesses both sunlight and wind
    Eight Georgia Institute of Technology engineers pioneered a new type of hybrid textile that can harvest energy from two sources: the sun and wind. >
  • Nanofarm
    Replantable: The start-up striving to make an urban farmer out of anyone
    See the novel solution to maintaining fresh produce without garden space. >
  • Plastic grass
    Harvesting energy from the wind using plastic grass
    University researchers present a possible alternative to solar panels and bulky wind turbines. >
  • David Butler on why design is critical to business
    David Butler on why design is critical to business
    David Butler believes that design goes beyond making something pretty; it is about designing systems that start a movement. >
  • David Butler. Photo: Brett Falcon.
    David Butler
    Brand Specialist
    David Butler is responsible for leading the global design vision and strategy for the Coca-Cola Company. >
  • Brad Copeland
    Brad Copeland
    Creative Director
    Design director for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Brad Copeland was a keynote speaker at the first Design Indaba in 1995 and returned in 1997. >
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