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Lebo Mashile on her life and how poetry and books became a lifeline
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Music & Sound Design
“Criss-crossing, jumping identities has been the story of my life.”
9 May 18
00:10:32
Caroline Smeenk on designing products to help pregnant women who can't access hospitals
Next Generation
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Product Design
"17% of rural Canadians live over 2 hours away from their nearest hospital."
8 May 18
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Ukubutha: A waste-to-energy solution to mobilise residents in informal settlements
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Urban & Landscape Design
Architecture graduate Nicole Moyo shares her idea on how informal communities can create their own water, energy and waste systems.
8 May 18
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Childish Gambino forcefully unpacks race and violence in America
Design News
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Music & Sound Design
The multitalented artist’s new music video delivers a striking social commentary.
7 May 18
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This shelter is a response to forced immigration
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
An eco-friendly modular shelter for displaced immigrants created by design firm DMOA.
7 May 18
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Will AI be our new co-dependent relationship?
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Product Design
Nicole Pérez’s annoying robots ponder the future of automated intimacy.
7 May 18
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Students explore bamboo as sustainable alternative to conventional building
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Design Activism
Combining traditional weaving techniques with digital design.
4 May 18
00:05:36
Brynjar Sigurðarson on the relationship between objects and stories
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Product Design
The Design Indaba #GlobalGrad alumnus has been awarded with the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize 2018.
3 May 18
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Learn how these wearables serve the hearing impaired
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
"How can the deaf and hearing-impaired community experience music, without actually hearing it?"
3 May 18
00:01:53
These Senegalese rappers found an ingenious way to report on politics
Video Interviews
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Music & Sound Design
“There is a long tradition in hip hop here [Senegal], particularly hip hop being political."
3 May 18
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This is the world's first biodegradable home pregnancy test
Design News
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Product Design
The lightweight, ultra-thin invention can be sent in an envelope and biodegrades in three months.
2 May 18
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An ostomy bag for health, beauty and function
Design News
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Product Design
We look back at some impactful design from a UK graduate who sought to combat stigma in health care.
2 May 18
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A photo series on colourism in Haiti, the first black republic
Design News
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Art & Photography
“They used to put me down so much because I was this dark and now, I fucking love myself.”
1 May 18
00:36:37
Sunu Gonera on finding his voice, afrofuturism and making heroes out of ordinary people
Talks
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Film & Animation
In this opening talk of Design Indaba 2018 that brought the audience to its feet, the filmmaker talks about his career high and lows.
1 May 18
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Plastic-infused concrete could cut cement industry’s carbon emissions
Design News
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Industrial Design
After water, concrete is the second most widely used material on Earth.
30 Apr 18
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This design festival is stitching together India's design community
Design Frontiers
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"It was one of its kind in the Indian design history. I’m not aware of any other festivals organised on such a massive scale."
30 Apr 18
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This device can keep opened wine fresh for 12 days
Design News
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Product Design
“It was my urge to solve the problem through design, coupled with my love of wine, that first prompted me to create Eto,” says the designer.
29 Apr 18
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Burkinabe women are channeling the spirit of a 12th century princess
Design News
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African Design
Burkinabe women working in careers traditionally dominated by men, all draw inspiration and courage from one source: Princess Yennenga.
29 Apr 18
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FrailTea analyses kettle grip data to monitor the health of the elderly
Next Generation
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Product Design
Callum Smith’s project FrailTea uses grip data from a kettle to monitor the health of elderly people and the state of their of frailty.
28 Apr 18
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This warning system could detect a drought earlier than ever before
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
Here's how MIT researchers are using the leaf surface to detect drought conditions.
28 Apr 18
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Aboubakar Fofana on the hypocrisy of the fashion industry
Design News
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Design Activism
The textile designer, artist and natural dyer calls out the trend forecasters and designers to take more responsibility.
27 Apr 18
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How these Barcelona creatives are helping brands to connect more with people
Inside View
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Creative Economy
"We help them increase profit, because they genuinely connect to their users and customers with our services that address empathy.”
27 Apr 18
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The Freedom Day reading list
Design News
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Design Activism
These projects highlight the complicated matter of South Africa's "freedom" through the eyes of creatives.
27 Apr 18
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Grigri Pixel is uniting creatives on two continents through urban interventions
Design Frontiers
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Design Activism
The projects, which brings together African and European artists, was recently selected in the culture category for the FAD design prize.
27 Apr 18
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