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Tackling unemployment through a holistic approach to design

Design Frontiers > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Devised by service designer Hazel Scrimgeour, LINKUP is a platform set to make a difference to South Africa's unemployed youth. >

31 Jul 19
Arjun Harrison-Mann

Arjun Harrison-Mann is a London-based designer, activist and advocate for dialogue. He is also the co-founder of Studio Hyte. >

9 Feb 17
The Current collection integrates solar energy in everyday objects

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Current Table by Dutch design studio Caventou uses solar-integrated glass to generate energy from light in a process similar to photosynthesis. >

27 Sep 16
Design Indaba's Global Graduates – these are the ones to watch

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Design Thinking

We'd like to introduce you to the talented Global Graduates who’ll be presenting their work at the Design Indaba Conference 2016. >

8 Feb 16
A coat that doubles as a shelter for refugees

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Students at the Royal College of Art have designed a garment that can turn into a shelter for an adult and a child. >

28 Jan 16
Trailer: Kathryn Fleming on designing future species

Trailers > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

RCA graduate Kathryn Fleming imagines using the endless potential of biology to create future species with unusual characteristics. >

12 Nov 15
Kathryn Fleming on designing future species

Talks > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

RCA graduate Kathryn Fleming imagines using the endless potential of biology to create future species with unusual characteristics. >

12 Nov 15
This wearable uses your skin to enhance your body awareness

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Flair is a wearable that uses the sensors in your skin to enhance your perception of your body and the world around you. >

5 Aug 15
Toast and a hug from RCA graduate

Product Spotlight > Product Design

London-based designer Ted Wiles designed a toaster that only works when you give it a hug in an attempt to make its users happy. >

7 Jul 15
Belly

FilmFestFriday > Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

British illustrator Julia Pott tells a melancholic tale about a pair of sparring boys, a kindly monster and an undersea trip that goes awry. >

27 Jun 14
Ekasi Water Cap

Design Frontiers > African Design / Design Activism / Industrial Design

Peter Krige has prototyped a pressure-tight closure that can be fitted onto easily available parts to create a shower for unplumbed homes. >

17 Jun 14
Nairobi dispatch

Q&A > African Design / Film & Animation

Award-winning filmmaker, animator and director Ng'endo Mukii gives Design Indaba the lowdown on the experience of returning to Kenya after eight years abroad. >

2 Dec 13
Blog: Students push materials at Milan2011

Design News > Product Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Students from Bezalel, Royal College of Arts and Central St Martins show how to push the parameters of materials at Ventura Lambrate. >

11 Apr 11
First hand at Milan2011

Design News > Product Design / Interaction Design

The RCA's exhibition at Ventura Lambrate during the Milan Furniture Fair will address the gap between great design and commercial viability. >

19 Mar 11
New name for design research centre

Design News > Design Thinking

The Royal College of Art's largest research centre has been renamed to the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design. >

15 Mar 11
David Kester

David Kester is the chief executive of the Design Council in the UK. He leads programmes and policies for industry, education and the public sector. >

6 Feb 11
Nelly Ben Hayoun

Known as the Willy Wonka of design and science, experience designer Nelly Ben Hayoun is a director and creator of the impossible. >

6 Feb 11
Alberto Alessi

Alberto Alessi is widely regarded as the godfather of Italian design. He believes that design and beauty can help save the world. >

28 Jan 11
Michael Wolff

Michael Wolff is a co-founder of one of the world’s most iconic design companies – Wolff Olins – and is recognised today as a leader in thinking on brands. >

20 Dec 10
Doshi Levien

Talks > Product Design

At the design intersection of culture and technology some very interesting things are possible, as Doshi Levien have discovered. >

1 Dec 10
The Synthetic Kingdom

Design News > Interaction Design

The Synthetic Kingdom by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg considers how natural or unnatural life will be classified when life is built by humans. >

24 May 10
Bedroom Biology for Teenagers

Design News > Interaction Design

Dearbhaile Heaney’s Bedroom Biology for Teenagers is a guide to biological experimentation within the home using engineered bacteria. >

24 May 10
Cellularity

Design News > Interaction Design

Cellularity by James King explores the development of cell-like structures, or “chells” that mimic the features of biological cells. >

24 May 10
Softest words

Design News > Interaction Design

Softest Words by Kevin Grennan proposes a private love letter written in unique ink made of the saliva of two lovers. >

24 May 10

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