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The Socio-Technical City combats the key challenges of our future cities

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

UNStudio designs a speculative cityscape for The Hague, aimed to address rapid urban growth and sustainability.

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Oliber is a low-cost solution for people suffering from a debilitating condition

Next Generation > Product Design

Chilean design graduate Bárbara López designed a low-cost tool to give new hands to those in need.

12 hours 44 min ago
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Design Indaba 2019: Where business and design meet

Design News > Product Design

From advertising legend David Droga to 3M's Eric Quint, the next Design Indaba Conference is set to tackle various topics across business and design.

13 Dec 18
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The 5 most searched designers in 2018

Design News > Design Thinking

Spanning across diverse ages, nationalities and disciplines, these were the most searched Design Indaba speakers in 2018

12 Dec 18
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From scrap to robot: This unlikely creation is one man's livelihood

Design News > Craft

I’ve always been good with my hands, says South Africa's “Robot Man”.

12 Dec 18
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Reviving the history of cocoa production in Ghana

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

At one point the country was responsible for more than half of the world’s cocoa production.

11 Dec 18
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Emerging Creative Chad Hanning on the importance of street art

Next Generation > Graphic Design & Illustration

He is set to exhibit his work at the 2019 Design Indaba Conference among 49 other South African up-and-coming creatives.

11 Dec 18
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William Kentridge: the barbarity of the 'Great War' told through an African lens

Design News > Design Thinking

Kentridge underlines the lunacy of the project in every part of the production – from ruined landscapes to caricatural imagery to ironic captions

10 Dec 18
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It isn’t really a plant, it isn’t moss, it isn’t an insect but it could be the future of food

Next Generation > Food Design

Lichen, a cryptogram or type of plant, can be made in several tasty ways. So why aren’t we eating it?

10 Dec 18
00:06:05

Turning refugee bunkers into privacy pods using minimalist design

Next Generation > Product Design

“I tried to create a kind of privacy pod around the only space the individual has: their beds.”

7 Dec 18
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Could self-examination rape kits curb sexual violence in Kenya?

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

A team of researchers are developing a tool much like a tampon that rape survivors can apply themselves after an attack.

7 Dec 18
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Smart Havens Africa uses human-centered business models to help the poor build homes

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The company looks at developing green houses by promoting sustainable building and also tackling housing poverty.

6 Dec 18
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Design Indaba 2019 presents: Architecture driven by social responsibility

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

From Mariam Kamara to Dong Ping-Wong, the 2019 Design Indaba Conference will host a list of renowned architects.

5 Dec 18
00:10:19

If the Moon made music, how would it sound?

Design Frontiers > Music & Sound Design

University of Iceland graduate Halldór Eldjárn uses images and algorithms to create otherworldly tracks at a click of a button.

5 Dec 18
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Mapping the complexity of access and ethics in Johannesburg

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

We fail to think of residents, particularly if they happen to be poor, as full and complex human beings whose passions and needs morph over time

4 Dec 18
00:11:21

The Arctic Commons: creating a new network for future stability in the Arctic

Design News > Design Thinking

“This project looks to create composite maps which illuminate specific areas in the Arctic that offer opportunities for design intervention.”

3 Dec 18
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The way we build homes is wrong, says Joe Gebbia, and here's how he wants to fix it

Design News > Design Activism

"In order to meet the demands of the future, whether it be climate displacement or rural-urban migration, the home needs to evolve, to think forward.”

30 Nov 18
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Putting service delivery in the hands of the people

Design News > Design Activism

Graduate designer Nicole Nomsa Moyo envisions a way to empower people to build for themselves.

30 Nov 18
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People, design and the identity of Maseru

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

“In addition to the identity of the citizens, cities are shaped by their historical, climatic and sociopolitical conditions.”

30 Nov 18
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The 2019 Design Indaba Emerging Creatives are here

Design News > Design Activism

Each year we select 50 up and coming South African creatives and each year they surprise and beguile us.

29 Nov 18
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Converting historical sites into modern architecture with John Pawson

Design News > Product Design

Set to speak at Design Indaba 2019, architect and interior designer, John Pawson is known for his minimalist approach.

29 Nov 18
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Design is as crucial as politics and economic development, says architect Mariam Kamara

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The Design Indaba 2019 speaker on her work and why design cannot be divorced from economic development in Africa.

28 Nov 18
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Fight against malaria needs combination of innovative science and communities

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

One promising solution includes reducing the population of malaria mosquitoes through genetic modification to help reach the target of ending transmission.

28 Nov 18
00:10:04

What will food look like in the future, especially for the elderly

Design Frontiers > Food Design

Himori Kimoto believes dignity and play should form a big part of the way we design our future meals.

27 Nov 18

From the Archives

The "boat people" of the Rohingya refugee camps

Design News • 14 Sep 15

Photojournalist Andrew Stanbridge captures emotive images of the Tuang Pyo camps in Myanmar, home of the detained Rohingya boat refugees. >
Zero-waste, ethical fashion is possible

Design News • 14 Sep 15

Rachel Faller's clothing manufacturing company Tonlé succeeds on scraps and she says other businesses can do it too. >
Forget cracking art codes – Sandy Little breaks them

Design News • 14 Sep 15

The music and visual art produced by Bloemfontein-based artist and musician Sandy Little is a beautiful mess. >
Yasser Booley: Out from behind the lens (Part 2)

Design News • Duration: 00:07:06 • 14 Sep 15

Among other projects, photographer Yasser Booley has covered gangs in the infamous Pollsmoor prison with Ross Kemp and dying fishing communities with the WWF. >

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