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How Nelly Ben Hayoun is challenging the music and film industry

Design Frontiers > Film & Animation

Her new documentary, informed by the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, explores what are the origins of knowledge.

1 Oct 19
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We're proud to announce the £5,000 winner of the Dundeed Challenge!

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Debalina Bera's project The Welcome Tent impressed the judges with its focus on food as a catalyst for communities to find a voice.

1 Oct 19
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IKEA & Design Indaba launched ÖVERALLT collection at Design Indaba Festival 2019

Design News > Craft

Two years ago, IKEA teamed up with a group of designers from five African countries curated by Design Indaba to create a one-of-a-kind collection.

1 Oct 19
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These designers are merging tech and product design for more inclusive products

Design Frontiers > Product Design

We look at the work of designers who are trying to make products that tackle access for those with disabilities.

30 Sep 19
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3 Ways to save the planet with urine

Design News > Design Activism

Researchers call it organic waste and we’re just trying to keep it off the streets.

29 Sep 19
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Behind antenna and its impact on future changemakers in design

Next Generation > Design Thinking

“Antenna gave us a platform to share a story and to be bold about it. I don’t know if other graduate programmes like this exist.”

27 Sep 19
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Mpho Vackier’s journey to international acclaim

Design News > Product Design

The former Design Indaba Emerging Creative recently exhibited her furniture brand, Urbanative, at Milan Design Week.

27 Sep 19
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Biodesign, tech and the future of sustainable fashion

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

We look at some of the designers working at the intersection of technology, biology and fashion to make more sustainable garments.

26 Sep 19
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On why design cannot be divorced from economic development in Africa

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Architect Mariam Kamara, says she believes that design stands to open up new avenues for solving problems on the continent.

25 Sep 19
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On building African smart cities

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou: "The problems we will face tomorrow in Africa are so big that we can’t count only on the politicians and experts to find solutions."

25 Sep 19
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On designing resilient African cities

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

Award-winning Cameroonianian architect, Hermann Kamte, was recently named as one of Quartz' African Innovators for 2019.

25 Sep 19
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Architects design a crematorium situated in the middle of a lake

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Wrapped in a layer of rusty steel, this elongated crematorium is made of earth-coloured stone and also appears to be floating on water.

25 Sep 19
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This monument combines history, art and architecture

Design News > Design Activism

The architects worked in collaboration with photographer Edward Burtynsky, Holocaust scholar Doris Bergen and landscape architect Claude Comier.

23 Sep 19
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Tiffany Chu on redesigning the way cities build their transport routes

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

"If you’re trying to help a city, you need people who are from there and who are invested in the city over time."

22 Sep 19
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Pili is using bacteria to make a more sustainable dye

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

Could this spell a more sustainable solution to using petrochemical dyes in the textile industry?

21 Sep 19
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Vietnamese designers create sneakers from coffee beans

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Rens Originals is the sneaker brand that is taking your ground coffee waste and turning it into some of the freshest sneakers out there.

20 Sep 19
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Three creatives on the importance of dabbling in different sectors

Design News > Creative Economy

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creatives reflect on their journeys since leaving the incubator programme.

20 Sep 19
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BioSolar Leaf is cleaning the air and putting food on the table

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

Experimenting with alternative ways to grow food, Arborea is tackling climate change one BioSolar Leaf at a time.

20 Sep 19
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April Greiman: "If you have a good idea there aren't any boundaries."

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration

The transmedia artist talks about designing for visual communication in multiple mediums.

18 Sep 19
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Carlo Ratti's juice bar ensures that no drop goes to waste

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Italian innovation and design firm Carlo Ratti Associati’s ‘Feel the Peel’ juice bar creates bioplastic cups made from oranges.

18 Sep 19
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The DisOrdinary Architecture Project is creating inclusive urban spaces

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

“People are only disabled when they are confronted with a barrier. If those barriers are removed, the disability ceases to exist.”

17 Sep 19
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How AeroDelft is saving the skies

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

Student researchers from the Delft University of Technology are making aviation a little greener by trading in jet fuel for hydrogen-powered cells.

16 Sep 19
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Aida Mulokozi on her mission to salvage Dar es Salaam’s built heritage

Design News > Design Activism

The CEO of the Dar es Salaam Centre for Architectural Heritage talks about the importance of architectural conservation.

14 Sep 19
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Here are the five shortlisted candidates for the DUNDEED competition

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

One of these projects will walk away with £5,000 to further develop their project.

13 Sep 19

From the Archives

Hilary Cottam: Fixing social services through design

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:01:48 • 21 Oct 16

Hilary Cottam, a social entrepreneur and "accidental designer" from the UK, talks about how design and technology can be used to fix serious social problems. >
Redesigning the British Welfare State with Hilary Cottam

Talks • 21 Oct 16

British social entrepreneur Hilary Cottam is working to innovate and update the Welfare State. >
A non-mechanical water device designed for rural South Africa

Design News • 21 Oct 16

This 2016 design graduate designed a non-mechanical solution to hand washing in rural South Africa and is exhibiting it as part of the Dubai Global Grad Show. >
New clothes using old materials

Design News • 21 Oct 16

Discarded clothes should occupy your wardrobe instead of a landfill. >

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