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Tatsuya Honda's hairpin enables you to feel sounds

Next Generation > Product Design

This graduate of the Future University Hakode has designed a more intuitive aid for hearing impaired users that translates sound to vibration.

13 Mar 18
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Photographer Victoria Krundysheva breaks down social media culture in latest collection

Design News > Art & Photography

In the age of publishing retouched moments of life online and curating our appearances, how connected to each other are we really?

13 Mar 18
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27 young South African creatives to watch

Design News > Product Design

Part of our Emerging Creatives 2018, these are just some of the young designers you should have on your radar for South African talent.

12 Mar 18
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Oxygene is the plant-based green tyre of the future

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, this innovation could become the norm for automobile design in years to come.

12 Mar 18
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Food designer Chloé Rutzerveld turns waste into healthy treats

Design News > Food Design

This edible innovation addresses wastage in the food industry – with delicious results.

12 Mar 18
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Code artist Zach Lieberman launches Weird Type in collaboration with Design Indaba

Design News > Interaction Design

“How does typography change when it is spatial, when we can move around it and it exists in 3D space?”

12 Mar 18
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An industrial design graduate has created an Emotional First Aid Kit

Design News > Product Design

Rui Sun tackles the question, “Why do so many products ease physical pain and so few treat emotional stress?”

12 Mar 18
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Art as an exploration of the self and an interrogation of the world with Buhlebezwe Siwani

Design News > Art & Photography

"I’ve always said if art doesn’t engage socially what are you making it for?"

10 Mar 18
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Thomas Heatherwick on why the Zeitz MOCAA is unlike any other museum

Video Interviews > Design Thinking

“Some of the most incredible work is done on this continent and it felt bonkers that many of those artists have to relocate to other parts of the world”

9 Mar 18
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Sweden’s Self-Built City offers solutions to the country’s housing shortage

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

The collaborative project seeks to turn refugees into self-sufficient builders.

9 Mar 18
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Michael Candy’s 3D-printed flowers could save dwindling bee populations

Design News > Industrial Design

This design intervenes in the risk-prone world of pollination using robotic flowers.

9 Mar 18
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Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi awarded the 2018 Pritzker Prize

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Doshi believes the award will draw attention to the capacity for architecture to trigger social upliftment.

9 Mar 18
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Nike designs shoebox made out of recycled milk containers and coffee lids

Design News > Product Design

The sportswear giant teamed up with Taiwanese architect and engineer Arthur Huang to create multi-functional shoe boxes.

9 Mar 18
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Waterstudio’s Parthenon seawall doubles as natural energy generator

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

This Dutch design company explores water-based solutions for urban planning.

9 Mar 18
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Aiming for Democratic Architecture exhibition taps into the role of architecture in democracy

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

At the exhibition, held in Stockholm recently, Design Indaba chatted to MYCKET, a women-led design firm.

8 Mar 18
00:02:43

Two Cape Town brothers on starting one of the world's biggest online learning platforms

Design Frontiers > Information Design

"Rather than tearing down the structures that exist, it is far better to use the best of the old and the best of the new."

8 Mar 18
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On the dying practice of female facial tattoos in North Africa

Design News > Art & Photography

Photographer Yumna Al-Arashi travelled to villages in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia to document the disappearing custom of female facial tattoos.

8 Mar 18
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Replace pads, tampons and cups with this eco-friendly alternative

Design News > Product Design

One WUKA is said to replace 100 tampons or pads from polluting the planet.

8 Mar 18
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Lebo Mashile breathes inner life into the story of Saartjie Baartman

Design News > Art & Photography

“For the first time, Saartjie's life as an artist and as a performer – because she defined herself as an artist – made a lot of sense to me."

7 Mar 18
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Swedish design gallery celebrates the monumental failures of the product design world

Design News > Product Design

We so often learn about the breakthroughs, the triumphs and innovations of creativity – what about the blunders?

7 Mar 18
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Yannis Davy Guibinga interrogates the colour black and its relation to death

Design News > Art & Photography

The artist’s new photo series unpacks the colour black as a symbol of darkness, mourning and death.

7 Mar 18
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Here are some highlights from Design Indaba 2018!

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

This year's Design Indaba was a multi-sensory event that brought together creatives from all over the world.

7 Mar 18
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This stylish and smart clothing range stretches as your children grow

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Redesigning children's garments to lower costs and minimise environmental impact.

7 Mar 18
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This enhanced man-made skin graft helps burn victims heal

Design News > Design Thinking

By combining collagen skin grafts with healthy skin cells, an MIT researcher created a scaffold that heals burn victims faster.

6 Mar 18

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