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Olof Schybergson on the influence of design on our society
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"With the help of technology, with the help of design, we are improving the world".
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18 Apr 19
Harmonia Rosales is creating new narratives around the classic art paintings
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"By creating positive works of art using black women we can begin to deconstruct our power structure."
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18 Apr 19
Keenan Wyrobek on saving lives with drones
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“Doctors shared with us their torment at losing patients they knew how to save. They knew the treatments. They just didn’t have the supplies.”
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15 Apr 19
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez on tackling the world’s problems with creativity
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Gonzalez shares his method to coming up with creative solutions to everyday problems.
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12 Apr 19
SA artist uses cow dung to explore questions on perception and aesthetics
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Mawande Ka Zenzile explains how his reliance on intuition has made his work a lot more honest over the years.
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12 Apr 19
The eco-friendly benefits of a busted smartphone
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“This project takes the seemingly catastrophic moment in which the smartphone breaks as an opportunity to redefine the value of the expired object.”
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11 Apr 19
Yuri Suzuki on combining his passion for music and design
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The Japanese sound designer shares how he finds “order in the noise.”
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11 Apr 19
How ostrich feathers are uplifting Oudtshoorn's economy through design
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Pascale Theron's work looks at breathing life into the vulnerable ostrich farming industry in Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
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8 Apr 19
Dave Hakkens on tackling the planet's waste
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“When I start something I like to start with a problem.”
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5 Apr 19
David Droga on why he is still optimistic about advertising
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“Linear and logical people make the world go round, but it’s the creative people who make it worth living in."
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4 Apr 19
Wanuri Kahiu on using film to talk about Africans as joyful and radiant
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“I realised that there is more images and more stories of joy than there is of remorse,” Kahiu says of her search for African stories of joy.
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3 Apr 19
Lemn Sissay on the importance of daily acts of creativity
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Sissay talks to us about taking creative risks and where he finds inspiration to write a new poem every morning.
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20 Mar 19
Jalila Essaïdi’s project turns cow dung into textiles
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Designer and entrepreneur Jalila Essaïdi says we have an untapped natural resource in manure.
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14 Mar 19
Dezeen Awards 2019 are encouraging African designers to enter
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Dezeen Awards is the benchmark for international design excellence and the ultimate accolade for architects and designers everywhere.
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11 Mar 19
Keenan Wyrobek presents his revolutionary drone system at Design Indaba Festival 2019
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The world's only drone delivery service gets life-saving medical supplies and blood to the most remote and difficult to reach places on Earth.
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27 Feb 19
A vote for ‘beauty’: What does it mean to you?
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As Design Indaba 2019 kicks off, voting for the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa is still open! Make your choice now.
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27 Feb 19
A' Design Awards & Competition - Last Call for Entries
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Entries for the A' Design Awards close on February 28
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20 Feb 19
GoGirlsICT is preparing the next generation of coders in South Sudan
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The initiative was founded to help fight stereotypes among the youth, especially girls and women using ICT.
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20 Feb 19
Reform Studio
Reform is an award-winning design studio based in Cairo, Egypt.
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18 Feb 19
designboom
Founded in Milan in 1999, designboom is the world's first and most popular digital architecture and design magazine.
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14 Feb 19
Omenka
Omenka is Africa’s premium art, business and luxury-lifestyle magazine.
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14 Feb 19
AIGA
Eye on Design publishes stories about the world's most exciting designers—and the issues they care about.
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13 Feb 19
Domus
Domus. Empowering inspirational thinkers. Since 1928.
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13 Feb 19
These designers will present the IKEA x Design Indaba ÖVERALLT collection on the Conference stage
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Two years after the project started, the designers return to the Design Indaba stage to showcase their final project.
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13 Feb 19
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