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Architecture's ability to alter narratives with Mariam Kamara
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Architecture & Interiors
At Design Indaba Conference 2019, the Niger-born architect shared how she is using her work to shift perceptions of her home country.
29 Apr 19
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What landscape architects and urban designers can learn about public space from Cuba
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Urban & Landscape Design
Landscape architect Sam Valentine takes a look at how the totalitarian state hosts some of the most democratic public spaces.
29 Apr 19
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Federico Babina uses architecture to explain mental illness
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Film & Animation
Babina cleverly represents what different mental illnesses look like.
29 Apr 19
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Can the architecture of a prison contribute to the rehabilitation of its inmates?
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Architecture & Interiors
"Every inmate in Norwegian prisons are going back to the society. Do you want people who are angry — or people who are rehabilitated?”
29 Apr 19
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The all-woman band taking over a space traditionally reserved for men
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Music & Sound Design
New York’s Flor de Toloache talk preserving culture, women empowerment and taking on the male-dominated world of Mariachi.
26 Apr 19
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AZEEMA is here to display beauty and dispel myths
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Design Activism
“It is a celebration of heritage, culture and diversity, yet equally a champion for empowerment and progressive change."
26 Apr 19
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Lucas De Man on being a creator and following your gut
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Interaction Design
“Designing shows that there’s so many possibilities because there is no one truth. There is power in not knowing.”
26 Apr 19
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Ane Crabtree’s labour of creative love
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Film & Animation
“What I do is act like a kind of connector or conduit of emotion. Emotion in words, in pace, in visuals across the screen.”
25 Apr 19
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This Angolan innovation hub is helping to transform the nation’s creative sector
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Product Design
We chat to some of the Fábrica de Sabão team about innovation, community upliftment and serving Africa first.
25 Apr 19
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Joy Buolamwini uses art and research to show the social implications of AI
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Interaction Design
The Ghanaian-American computer scientist and digital activist spoke to us during her Cape Town visit.
25 Apr 19
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The potential future of food is growing all around us
Next Generation
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Food Design
Lichen, a cryptogram or type of plant, can be made in several tasty ways. So why aren’t we eating it?
24 Apr 19
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Afrominima is a Nigerian lifestyle brand inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics
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Product Design
The Olubunmi Adeyemi-helmed brand brings the minimalist movement to Africa.
24 Apr 19
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Spanish mural artist, Okuda, uses art to bridge cultural borders
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Design Activism
His murals have transformed degraded and abandoned buildings into unique colourful spaces around the world
24 Apr 19
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Sierra Leonean artist explores identity and human expression
Design Frontiers
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Ngadi Smart, a photographer from Sierra Leone, captures the diverse ways people express their identity.
23 Apr 19
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Toyin Ojih Odutola’s portraits show black skin as textured and diverse
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Art & Photography
“We have enough about what my skin looks like but what does it feel like?’
23 Apr 19
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Feyi Olubodun on what international brands get wrong about the African consumer
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Information Design
"I argue very strongly that sophistication and westernisation don’t mean the same thing. You can be sophisticated and not be westernised."
23 Apr 19
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Kagiso Lediga on storytelling, failure and staying true to who you are
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Interaction Design
“You need to be honest when you’re telling your story…it has to be a truth from inside.”
23 Apr 19
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Designer Anne Kiwia upcycles discarded cloths to create high fashion headbands
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
“We have enough clothes. The world is full of it. We need to start protecting our environment and stop being needless consumers.”
22 Apr 19
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On blockchain and art
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Creative Economy
The framework technology could make digital art less vulnerable to fraud and theft.
19 Apr 19
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Tech to empower marginalised communities
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Design Activism
Human rights activist and storyteller Thenmozhi Soundararajan on the power of knowledge creation in the hands of the oppressed.
18 Apr 19
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Harmonia Rosales is creating new narratives around the classic art paintings
Design Frontiers
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"By creating positive works of art using black women we can begin to deconstruct our power structure."
18 Apr 19
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Olof Schybergson on the influence of design on our society
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Design Thinking
"With the help of technology, with the help of design, we are improving the world".
18 Apr 19
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Meet the cyborg artists who have merged themselves with technology
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Interaction Design
Neil Harbisson has an antenna implanted in his skull that allows him to feel colour, while Moon Ribas has sensors in her feet that allow her to feel earthquakes
17 Apr 19
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Markus Kayser's work enables collaboration between tech and biology
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Product Design
“The promise of design is to inspire industry to follow suit in the quest for better methods to produce using solar energy and abundant resources.”
16 Apr 19
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