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The art of being here now
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Urban & Landscape Design
We’re taking the ultimate journey – one of self-exploration – to equip ourselves with know-how for now.
15 Apr 20
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What is the new normal?
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Urban & Landscape Design
There’s no doubt the pandemic has wrought indelible shifts. Here, we map just a few of them…
8 Apr 20
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The Department of Audacious Projects
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Urban & Landscape Design
A Design Indaba initiative for South African Tourism.
10 Mar 20
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It's HERE! #DI2020 speaker programme announced
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Urban & Landscape Design
Come experience the magic! Here’s your 3-Day programme for the 2020 Design Indaba Conference.
21 Feb 20
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Measurable impact | Robert Wong explores humanity’s possible futures at Google
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Creative Economy
Chief creative officer of Google Creative Lab, Robert Wong spoke at Design Indaba 2020.
4 Feb 20
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The Most Beautiful Object in South Africa
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Urban & Landscape Design
Brought to you by Mercedes-Benz.
3 Feb 20
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Exploring the connection between aromas and our memory
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Information Design
“It’s really important for us to make emotion that could differentiate smell in how something makes you feel when you smell it.”
6 Dec 19
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Antya Waegemann redesigns the rape kit
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Product Design
The 'When No One Believes You' rape kit includes six different design interventions for use by victims, nurses and the police.
2 Dec 19
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Ignis uses household materials to create a safe, reliable source of energy
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Product Design
Antenna 2019 speaker Tobias Trubenbacher created Ignis to help provide clean and affordable energy to those without access to electricity.
2 Dec 19
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Camila Chiriboga on fashion that brings dignity to differently-abled people
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Product Design
The antenna 2019 speaker created Veº, an inclusive system of fashion for the blind and visually impaired.
2 Dec 19
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Interdisciplinary architectural design practice Neri&Hu use research as a design tool
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Shanghai-based Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu spoke at Design Indaba 2020.
2 Dec 19
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Using art activism to fight gender-based violence
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Artists and creatives came together for the 'Rise' exhibition to raise awareness about gender-based violence in South Africa.
2 Dec 19
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Natsai Audrey Chieza is pioneering new models for design and technology that are driven by ecological thinking
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The biodesigner spoke at the 2020 Design Indaba Conference.
2 Dec 19
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Sunny Dolat is opening up the space for a more nuanced discussion on African fashion
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Creative Economy
The creative director and cultural producer will be speaking at Design Indaba 2020.
29 Nov 19
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Sum Waste turns waste into functional products like pens
Next Generation
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Industrial Design
Pratt University graduate Garret Benisch says he wanted to show what happens when one sees waste as an asset rather than a problem.
29 Nov 19
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The Coral Farm allows you to grow algae at home
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Design Thinking
Hyun Seok An's project was inspired by a UN World Food Conference that named algae ‘the most ideal food for mankind.’
29 Nov 19
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P Bank is a public toilet facility that offers a solution to the phosphorus scarcity
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Design Activism
P Bank allows visitors to make a donation of Phosphorus, which is currently endangered due to high consumption levels.
28 Nov 19
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6 clever design solutions for pressing healthcare issues
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Product Design
We highlight some of the design solutions aimed at healthcare sector.
28 Nov 19
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The Sumo Diaper is an eco-friendly and fully biodegradable diaper
Next Generation
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Product Design
The product was created by Luisa Kahlfeldt using a cellulose fiber that is made from eucalyptus wood pulp and brown algae extracts.
28 Nov 19
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Re:flex is a material that can be reprogrammed using heat
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Product Design
Dutch product designer Karlijn Sibbel says she and her team wanted to create a material that adapts to changes the way nature does.
28 Nov 19
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Zana Masombuka on Ndebele Superhero as a process of reimagination
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Creative Economy
“Africans need to interpret their history themselves and seek to reinvent Africa according to their own terms.”
26 Nov 19
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Jack Newbury has designed an inclusive sexual education kit
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Product Design
The design student says this new kit and curriculum, a first for the UK, is inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community and other types of sexual practices.
25 Nov 19
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Kinya Tagawa on threading humanity into the tech world
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Product Design
The Japanese designer and engineer will be speaking at Design Indaba 2020.
20 Nov 19
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Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama will be speaking at Design Indaba 2020
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Design Thinking
The artist and author is famed for draping buildings in materials, like jute sacks, as a comment on our complicated colonial histories.
20 Nov 19
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