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Q409: Protofarm 2050

The Protofarm 2050 edition dismisses the notion of a monolithic answer to the future, rather celebrating a multi-platform approach.


Stuart McMillen presents a cartoon visualisation of two of the best-known futurist doctrines.

Designer Amy Franceschini tells Design Indaba how to turn a keyboard into a pitchfork.

Design Indaba will be presenting Protofarm 2050 at the ICSID World Design Congress in Singapore from 23 to 25 November.

Batandwa Alperstein evaluates the pros and cons of vertical farming.

Multiple award-winning designer David Davidson believes gardening is as good for our minds as it is for the planet.

Frank Tjepkema tells Design Indaba about the new frontiers of design.

Photographer Ross Garrett and stylist Caroline Olavarrieta evoke an austere vision of the future pastoral.

Designindaba.com caught up with Massimo Vignelli in Cape Town and discovered a man for whom design is a way of life.

Design Indaba speaks to designer Revital Cohen about her design provocations.

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