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Tom Hulme on technology as a design tool (trailer)

Trailers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The founder of OpenIDEO debunks some myths about technology and shows us how it brings people together to solve the world's biggest challenges. >

12 Nov 14
A travel guide to social design

Profiling > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Dutch author Anne van der Zwaag hopes her new book will help businesses and governments see the power of design to address key challenges facing the world. >

11 Nov 14
It takes more than one

Focus On > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Many designers have shifted the perception that good design is born from the spark of brilliance from the lone genius to one of collaborative creativity. >

26 Oct 14
Take Five

Take Five > African Design / Craft / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

A global call to design out Ebola drew readers' attention this week. >

24 Oct 14
Lauren Beukes on confronting the monsters around us (trailer)

Trailers > Design Activism

The award-winning sci-fi writer shows how South Africa's dark past transforms into her fiction in this unusual presentation at Design Indaba Conference. >

23 Oct 14
Using design thinking to help fight Ebola

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

OpenIDEO and USAID launch global call for innovative tools to help health-care workers on the frontlines of the virus. >

15 Oct 14
Designing better HIV treatment

Opinion > African Design / Design Activism / Information Design / Interaction Design

Digital designer Jepchumba tells us about the making of Aviro, a mobile app for HIV clinicians to accurately prescribe ARV medication. >

1 Oct 14
Working on Water

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Watch the full episode from Al Jazeera's Rebel Architecture series on Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi's groundbreaking projects in Lagos and Port Harcourt. >

16 Sep 14
Paradigm city

African Report > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

For architecture agency Beyond Entropy Africa, Luanda is a kind of muse inspiring bold, creative solutions to regional urban problems. >

5 Sep 14
A water pump for remote farmers

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Interaction Design / Product Design

A new foot-operated irrigation device is capable of tripling the revenue of smallholder farmers, says its manufacturer. >

19 Aug 14
2 minutes of creativity

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking

We asked 20 of the world's leading designers what they think creativity can do. >

19 Aug 14
21 ICONS – Albie Sachs

FilmFestFriday > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Film & Animation

Behind the scenes of photographer Adrian Steirn's regal portrait of the former Constitutional Court judge. >

15 Aug 14
Dakar's new creative wave

African Report > African Design / Design Activism

In Senegal’s capital, a collective of creative activists called Les Petites Pierres is taking back the city for the sake of art. >

11 Aug 14
Focus On: Water

Focus On > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

The total usable freshwater supply for ecosystems and humans is less than 1% of all freshwater resources. We roundup designs that are water wise. >

10 Aug 14
Next Generation: Megan King

Next Generation > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

Megan King's social enterprise Colour iKamva delivers a bright burst of colourful hope to children's spaces in Africa. >

1 Aug 14
The quiet ambassador of African design

Profiling > African Design / Design Activism / Industrial Design / Product Design

Meet Mugendi M'Rithaa, the Kenyan educator and activist who has been working behind the scenes to promote the power of design in Africa. >

22 Jul 14
Bright spark

Design Frontiers > African Design / Design Activism / Product Design

Faithless percussionist Sudha Kheterpal wants to shake up the world to create clean energy for people without access to electricity. >

15 Jul 14
The world's most pressing problems?

Hot Topic > Design Activism / Design Thinking

If there were a global design agency stationed at the UN bringing governments, NPOs and designers together, what issues would it address? >

9 Jul 14
Focus on: Design for rural contexts

Focus On > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Product Design

Six projects that broaden access to products and services in rural communities around the globe. >

29 Jun 14
Take Five

Take Five > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

From a musical track to a museum that became a typeface - check out the stories that made headlines on designindaba.com this week. >

27 Jun 14
Juliana Rotich: What connectivity can do for Africa

Video Interviews > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Information Design

Economic growth is just one effect greater connectivity can have in Africa, says the co-founder of Ushahidi in this interview. >

18 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
A fire detection system for shacks

Next Generation > Design Activism / Industrial Design

A devastating shack fire that displaced thousands and took the lives of three people spurred this team of UCT students to turn theory into reality. >

13 Jun 14
Nille Juul-Sørensen: Designing systems to solve social problems

Video Interviews > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

The Danish designer implores his peers to step outside their comfort zone and design solutions for social ills. >

5 Jun 14

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