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Paula Scher at Design Indaba 2013.

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Cape Town’s Design Indaba shows that the scope for designers to make a difference to society is wider than ever.

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What Design Can Do 2013

The first day of the third annual What Design Can Do (WDCD) conference in Amsterdam kicked off to an energetic start.

One Book highlights Design Indaba Expo 2013

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One Book highlights Design Indaba Expo 2013

One Book magazine in Chile covered their highlights of Design Indaba Expo 2013 for their Fall Issue.

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What Design Can Do 2013

Design Indaba will be travelling to Amsterdam to attend the third annual What Design Can Do conference.

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Design Indaba at What Design Can Do Published 09 May 2013 Design Indaba is proud to be media partners to the What Design Can Do Conference in Amsterdam.	100 World Class South Africans Published 08 May 2013 Ravi Naidoo was selected as one of the 100 World Class South Africans for Design Achievement by City Press.
The 21st Century Economy Will Be Urban, High Tech, and Green Published 01 May 2013 Alex Steffen on three facts business leaders tend to misunderstand when thinking about climate change.	Design Indaba 2013: Where art, culture, science and technology collide Published 29 April 2013 KATHY BERMAN concludes that design really could change the lives of all South Africans, if we’re only open to the possibilities.
Elizabeth Galloway at Design Indaba 2013 Published 28 April 2013 Cape Town’s Design Indaba Expo is a cultural mix of all things design related in South Africa.	We've been designing biology for 10 000 years – Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg Published 24 April 2013 Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg discusses synthetic biology – a new field of science that could see designers creating artificial lifeforms.
Think tanks Published 19 April 2013 La créativité prend le pouvoir! – Ideat magazine (France) features leading conferences TED Talks and Design Indaba Conference.	I wanted to see where sexy ends and grotesque begins – Leanie van der Vyver Published 17 April 2013 Leanie van der Vyver speaks to Dezeen about her project "Scary Beautiful", a pair of extreme, back-to-front high heels.
Design Indaba 2013: Through Rose-Tinted Glasses \| The Design Tabloid Published 16 April 2013 Time flashes past so unbelievably fast. It’s almost scary. Right now, to me, it feels as if Design Indaba 2013 was long ago, instead of a month ago.	Experiencing design: Design Indaba 2013 Published 14 April 2013 Imogene Tudor wraps up her experience at last month’s Design Indaba Conference, discovering a fertile architecture & design scene in South Africa in the process
John Maeda: Creative people have to become more empowered leaders Published 11 April 2013 John Maeda is continually trying to figure out how design, technology and the arts can intersect in meaningful ways.	Ravi Naidoo Published 11 April 2013 Ravi Naidoo is the founder and managing director of Design Indaba and its founding company, Interactive Africa.
Segregation was a design exercise during Apartheid Published 11 April 2013 Richard Perez tells Dezeen about how the title of World Design Capital 2014 can help Cape Town overcome problems inherited from the Apartheid regime.	Design Indaba 2013 – Final Thoughts Published 10 April 2013 Design Indaba 2013 was not only a amazing experience showcasing the world’s most recognised designers and speakers but also inspired all who attended the event.
Kraftisan: Flapstand Published 08 April 2013 Nothing beats clever design which is both practical and easy on the eye, right?	Design Indaba 2013: on Design, Culture and the integration of the two Published 08 April 2013 There were a number of talks that inspired me at this year’s Design Indaba conference.
"We wanted to bring the family portrait into the next century" Published 05 April 2013 Masashi Kawamura of Japanese creative agency PARTY talks about the pop-up 3D photo booth he ran in Tokyo last year.	WGSN report: Design Indaba Expo 2013 Published 05 April 2013 WGSN-homebuildlife says Design Indaba Expo continues to be the tradeshow to visit for the best in South African crafts and design.
Stop waiting, start making: Lessons in liveability from Jeanne van Heeswijk Published 04 April 2013 Based in Rotterdam, Jeanne van Heeswijk is a visual artist who creates situations in public places to provoke interactions between members of the public.	Christoph Niemann interview Published 02 April 2013 Christoph Niemann's work has appeared on the covers of The New Yorker, Time, Wired, and The New York Times magazine.

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