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Sleeping with Snøhetta under the Scandinavian sky

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Snøhetta explores the evolving relationship between handicraft and digital technology. Architect and co-founder Kjetil Thorsen will speak at Design Indaba 2017.

18 Jan 17
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Your dead body in a dinner set and other ceramics

Design News > Product Design

Chronicle Cremation Designs combines human remains and ceramic art.

18 Jan 17
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Walk the walk: Accra's most stylish creatives

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Meet three of Accra’s best-dressed creatives – DJ Steloo, Neal Davids and Daniel Mawuli Quist, all recently featured on London-based publication Nataal.

18 Jan 17
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Electronics meet street wire art

Design News > Creative Economy

Artist Ralph Borland takes street wire art to a new level.

18 Jan 17
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Nomad Life: A kit for the modern wanderer

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Mexican designer Geraldo Osio tapped into Japanese craft to create a kit for the millennial who can’t be tied down.

18 Jan 17
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This video game challenges societal expectations of women

Design News > Art & Photography

“You look awkward. You feel ridiculous, but that’s the toll of contorting yourself to fit in.”

18 Jan 17
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Check out these unorthodox bridges from around the world

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

From the Netherlands to China, architects are envisioning increasingly imaginative pathways.

17 Jan 17
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Watch: South Africa's Spinach King talks healthy living

Video Interviews > Food Design

South African social entrepreneur Lufefe Nomjana, known as the Spinach King, opened the first health food cafe in Khayelitsha township.

17 Jan 17
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Nigerian artist Ojo Agi on ‘authentic’ African art and Daughters of Diaspora

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

What does it mean to be “black enough”?

17 Jan 17
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Smart glasses to help people living with dyslexia

Design News > Design Thinking

University student designs a pair of smart glasses for people who have difficulty reading

17 Jan 17
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A Ritual of Exile by Poulomi Basu

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

Inside the patriarchal, centuries-old Nepalese ritual.

17 Jan 17
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Man vs machine: The power of human computation

Design News > Product Design

Despite rumours that AI will take over the world, there's still a lot machines can’t do without man. At Design Indaba 2017, tech genius Luis von Ahn shows why.

16 Jan 17
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This fashion collection features hidden braille messages

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Fashion student Babette Sperling experiments with the possibilities of 3D printing.

16 Jan 17
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Now and Then: Tracing the city of Detroit’s decay

Design News > Art & Photography

This photo collection depicts two contrasting points in the lifespan of a city.

16 Jan 17
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Playful and powerful illustrations by Nokwanda Themba

Design News > Art & Photography

The self-taught artist puts pen to paper in celebration of black women.

16 Jan 17
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Antoine Tempé: Documenting West African culture

Video Interviews > Art & Photography

French photographer Antoine Tempé has been living in Dakar, Senegal and works on portraits and documenting contemporary West African culture.

13 Jan 17
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Step into the harsh realities of This War Of Mine

Design News > Interaction Design

This video game provides a sobering view of living under war-time conditions.

13 Jan 17
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A lightweight material that is 10 times stronger than steel

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

MIT researchers created 3-D printed forms of graphene that are ten times stronger than steel

13 Jan 17
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Insulating a building with chicken feathers

Design News > Product Design

A student-led startup called Aeropowder leads the charge in sustainable insulation made of chicken feathers.

13 Jan 17
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How can we help you feel data?

Design News > Music & Sound Design

At Design Indaba 2017 information designer Giorgia Lupi will collaborate with guitarist Kaki King on an unimaginable journey through data and the senses.

12 Jan 17
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These illustrations are a little bit crazy and a little bit spiritual

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Step into the weird world of 18-year-old visual artist Maya Ajani

12 Jan 17
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South African filmmakers reimagine an apartheid identity

Q&A > Film & Animation

Filmmakers Kelly-Eve Koopman and Sarah Summers on their new webseries Coloured Mentality

12 Jan 17
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All Dutch trains now run on wind energy

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

The European country has reached its goal a little earlier than planned.

12 Jan 17
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The MIT Cheetah: A bio-inspired robot that could save lives in the future

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

This quadrupedal robot could one day become a valuable first responder in situations that are hazardous to humans.

12 Jan 17

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