Creative Economy | Design Indaba

New supermarket in Denmark only stocks food past its sell by date

Design News > Creative Economy

WeFood is reducing food waste in Denmark by selling the food that mainstream supermarkets throw out. >

9 Mar 16
Saphon Energy creates new wind-harnessing technology

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Product Design

This Tunisian startup didn’t reinvent the wind turbine; instead, they created a new technology. >

3 Mar 16
Six things you might not know about Airbnb and its co-founder Joe Gebbia

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Airbnb's co-founder Joe Gebbia will be speaking at Design Indaba 2017. Here are some things you might not know about this peer-to-peer home-rental start up. >

3 Mar 16
A garden that stretches across Africa

Design Frontiers > African Design / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

The Great Green Wall of Africa will be the biggest man-made marvel in the world once completed. >

3 Mar 16
Tech groups rally in support of migrants

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism

Techfugees is a global movement pooling together their resources and skill to aid refugees. >

29 Feb 16
Empowering women with skills and business acumen

Product Spotlight > Creative Economy / Product Design

WomenWeave is a charitable trust helping artisan weavers trade on the global Market. >

29 Feb 16
Naresh Ramchandani’s eight all-time favourite words

Design News > Creative Economy

“Eight Words” is Naresh Ramchandani’s ode to the words he likes best in the English language. >

19 Feb 16
A high-tech, microwavable notebook

Design News > Creative Economy / Information Design

Rocket Innovations gave the traditional notebook a much needed tech upgrade. >

16 Feb 16
The Lake

THE LAKE is a new LP-sized free bimonthly publication available nationwide at selected outlets. >

11 Feb 16
Q&A with Naresh Ramchandani

Inside View > Creative Economy

The Pentagram partner shares his thoughts on jargon, the power of words and writing as a form of design. >

11 Feb 16
World's first automated farm will recycle 98 per cent of its water usage

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Industrial Design

While the seeds at this farm will still be planted by people, SPREAD's automated systems will take care of the rest. >

9 Feb 16
Design IndaBar, presented by Chivas, like you've never seen it before!

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Design IndaBar, presented by Chivas, is the creative catalyst for great ideas and connections, formed to the sights and sounds of performance art and music. >

5 Feb 16
What we're looking forward to at DI2016

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

From stimulating speakers, surprise performances and exclusive jazzy tunes, Design Indaba Festival 2016 is set to be one for the books. >

3 Feb 16
Quartz

Quartz is a digitally native, global, business news brand launched by Atlantic Media in September 2012. >

3 Feb 16
World’s largest floating solar farm to be built in Japan

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism

Starved for space, Japan’s best solar options lie on the water. >

1 Feb 16
ogilvydo

ogilvydo is Ogilvy & Mather's global, award-winning home for ideas, event reporting, debate, and analysis, and was conceived to showcase broad-based creativity. >

26 Jan 16
Malaika Honey aims to alleviate poverty in Uganda with bees

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy

The Malaika Honey programme is providing skills training and education to allow poor communities in Uganda to make a steady income through beekeeping. >

22 Jan 16
Carla Latsky

"While Carla appreciates messy art and abstraction, she takes pride in her perfectionism and chooses to keep things clean – for the most part." >

20 Jan 16
Smart scooters that run on swappable batteries

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Product Design

Gogoro Smartscooters are the world's first and only scooter that run on batteries that you can exchange when yours is flat. >

20 Jan 16
Pentagram's Naresh Ramchandani slates corporate jargon with a two minute rap

Design News > Creative Economy

Corporate slang is named and shamed in Pentagram partner Naresh Ramchandani's Gamechanger video. >

19 Jan 16
Naresh Ramchandani

Naresh Ramchandani is the first ever communications and advertising partner at Pentagram. >

19 Jan 16
Poo pill designed to combat obesity

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Scientists at a United States hospital are using a freeze-dried pill made of faecal matter to treat obesity. >

15 Jan 16
LishaBora helps Kenya’s farmers increase annual dairy production

Design News > Creative Economy

Social enterprise, LishaBora uses hydroponic technology to offer farmers a low-cost way of improving milk production. >

13 Jan 16
Skateboards build communities in Ethiopia

Design News > African Design / Creative Economy

Ethiopia Skate is an initiative that uses skateboarding to help youth make connections in Addis Ababa. >

21 Dec 15

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