Innovation can be big or small, but for Luke Pearson design is about simplifying the world around us.

David Kester talks about how design can be applied to positively nudge social behaviour, save time and lives, and boost the economy.

Exercise your idea-creating capacity by throwing away good ideas. Michael Wolff explains how this works.

With her Taller Flora label, Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernandez incorporates elements of her country’s heritage into the garments she designs.

Lowery Stokes Sims tells of the Global Africa Project, which unpacked the notion of a "global Africa" and its meaning in terms of art, design and craft.

Fibra are using design as a tool to change perceptions and ultimately change the world.

Founder of Improv Everywhere, Charlie Todd, talks about creating scenes of joy and chaos in public places to make people smile.

Lindsay Kinkade talks about using open source methodology to to make public policy, particularly the American healthcare system, more understandable.

Poetry and art meet function in Alessi’s extensive range of consumer products. Alberto Alessi shares the story.

Dirk van der Kooij taught a robot to make comfortable chairs using 3D printing techniques and recycled plastic from discarded fridges.

Jens Martin Skibsted, founding partner of Skibsted Ideation, KiBiSi and Biomega, is one of most inspiring and creative Danish designers.

Pedro Reyes tells of his “Palas por Pistolas” project that saw weapons being voluntarily turned in and transformed into garden shovels.

Food is the only creative act that we put into our bodies. Ferran Adrià talks about the significance of this.

Laduma Ngxokolo incorporates traditional Xhosa beadwork designs into his range of wool and mohair garments for men.

Animators The Blackheart Gang talk about their diverse creative influences and the commercial value of animation.

Barbara Cilliers makes information design relevant in a South African context.

Sandhya Lalloo’s work looks at the spiritual experience of designing clothing.

There are different artistic formats through which to tell stories in a visual way, discovers Lauren Mackler .