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Self-taught Mexican artist on creating artwork that speaks to the masses
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“I am totally self-taught, which gives me full freedom of experimentation."
19 Nov 19
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Kenyan fashion designer Anyango Mpinga on how she uses fashion to inspire change
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Mpinga tells us how soap operas, dragonflies and sound waves all came together to create the Anyango Mpinga label.
19 Nov 19
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Nassia Inglessis’ unique approach to interactive installations
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Interaction Design
The designer is known for her innovative approach in transforming design as we know it.
15 Nov 19
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SPACE10 set to launch research and design lab in Delhi
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Urban & Landscape Design
“We want to be where the future is...Innovation doesn’t happen in isolation, so we want to anchor our research and design process closer to the people."
14 Nov 19
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Could VR create space for people of colour in the film industry?
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Information Design
Emerging technology may be the answer to the ongoing question of representation.
12 Nov 19
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Making the world a little more colourful with Olimpia Zagnoli
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Italian illustrator lives by the philosophy being kind and creating beautiful things.
12 Nov 19
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Here is a look at some innovative design coming out of Iceland
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Product Design
The Iceland Design Award 2019 nominees include a wearable MIDI controller in the shape of a ring that sits on your index finger.
12 Nov 19
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Cape Town school built with its pupils unique needs in mind
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Urban & Landscape Design
Cheré Botha School provides pupils with a learning environment that limits excess stimuli and distraction.
11 Nov 19
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West Africa through the lens of photographer Sierra Nallo
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Art & Photography
“I want people to really see the human connection and that's the most important aspect of my photography.”
7 Nov 19
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5 surprisingly sustainable fashion fabrics
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
It's not just organic cotton and hemp on the sustainable fabrics line up. Here are five of the most curious eco-friendly textiles.
6 Nov 19
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An outsider's critique of the American Dream
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Art & Photography
Zimbabwean-born photographer Barry Salzman talks to us about his latest project as well as his award-winning series on the Rwandan genocide.
6 Nov 19
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Material World is a film that gives form to the sustainable fashion debate
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Film & Animation
This short invites you to question the stories and ethics behind your clothing.
5 Nov 19
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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Information Design
Terms last updated on 4 November 2019
5 Nov 19
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Southapedia aims to transform Durban with street art
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We catch up with former Design Indaba Emerging Creative, Wesley van Eeden, following the launch of his new festival called Southapedia Mural Festival.
4 Nov 19
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STEAM not STEM: Why scientists need arts training
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Design Thinking
Associate Professor Richard Lachman explains the importance of including the arts into STEM
3 Nov 19
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Face This is fostering collaboration between kids and the world's street artists
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Graphic Design & Illustration
This initiative turns Indonesian kids' drawings into school funding through international collaboration.
1 Nov 19
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The magic of Indian urbanism
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Urban & Landscape Design
Dennis Pieprz recounts the beauty of the Indian cities he's visited in a vibrant series of photos.
1 Nov 19
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This new process could create emission-free cement
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Industrial Design
This electrochemical process developed by MIT researchers could eliminate the current fossil-fuel-dependent system
31 Oct 19
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Temple graffiti reveals stories from ancient Sudan
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Architecture & Interiors
Researchers discover ancient graffiti believed to belong to the powerful ancient Kush civilisation.
31 Oct 19
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Generative design creates new ways to form a brand's identity
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Information Design
From wine, dance and even voice, designer Patrik Hübner chats us through how he uses creative algorithms to tell new stories.
30 Oct 19
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These awards recognise excellence in design, architecture and interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
We take you through some of the 2019 Dezeen Award winners working to create a better world through creativity.
30 Oct 19
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How this stroke survivor inspired a new typeface
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Interaction Design
Kristina.Bold is the typeface developed from the handwriting of Kristina Hellgren.
30 Oct 19
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3 projects that predict the future of food, travel and architecture
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Interaction Design
These three young graduates formed part of the inaugural Antenna event organised by Design Indaba and Dutch Design Week.
30 Oct 19
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Two artists use video and sculpture to explore perceptions of history and memory
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Art & Photography
Kyu Sang Lee and Martin Wilson talk to us about their project, Still-life with Three Suspended Bodies.
30 Oct 19
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