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The making of Taputti and the Sea with Kaja Dahl and Agata Karolina

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Product Design

We follow the product designer and perfumer behind this scent design project as they epitomise the nature of Cape Town in fragrant form. >

2 Aug 17
Grace Jun on studying human behaviour to sharpen design choices

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

“Designers should spend more time on things they’re uncomfortable with, particularly if it’s in the sciences of mathematics, engineering and even writing.” >

28 Jul 17
Designing for an inclusive & considered future with Grace Jun

Talks > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

“Less about perfection, but rather a desire to have more options.” >

28 Jul 17
Children’s book This Is How We Do It celebrates diversity while encouraging empathy

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

“See what makes us different and what unites us.” >

27 Jul 17
Could the future of mobility lie in 3D-printing?

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

The folks over at Michelin imagine a future of adaptive, airless wheels with the Visionary Tyre concept. >

27 Jul 17
London-based experience designer on the University of the Underground

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Information Design

Nelly Ben Hayoun teaches students how to engineer situations, to design experiences and challenge structures of power. >

26 Jul 17
Experience designer Nelly Ben Hayoun on colonising Mars with the worms from hell

Talks > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

In her Design Indaba Conference talk she introduces us to her project called The Life, the Sea and the Space Viking. >

26 Jul 17
New competition for student service designers will be part of this year's London Design Festival

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Three winners will get to showcase their work at the 2017 Service Design Fringe Festival in London this September. >

25 Jul 17
Designer Ayse Birsel on the importance of making time for creativity

Video Interviews > Design Thinking

“Design the life you love, then go and live it!” >

24 Jul 17
Ayse Birsel on designing a meaningful future for yourself

Talks > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

The award-winning designer talks about applying design processes to our daily lives. >

24 Jul 17
Introducing Spectrum.za – a new publication focusing on the work of black LGBT+ creatives

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Thinking

The e-zine centres marginalised identities and their narratives. >

21 Jul 17
British technology designer Chris Sheldrick on design and reinventing the postal address

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Information Design

The technology designer wants to make life easier for 4 billion people without an address. >

19 Jul 17
Chris Sheldrick’s what3words is redefining the global address system

Talks > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Making the world a less frustrating, more efficient and safer place. >

19 Jul 17
Step into the vibrant alternative future of Adblock City

Design News > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

How will we escape the ever-mounting saturation of advertising in our cities? >

18 Jul 17
Winy Maas on innovating into the future of architecture

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

The Dutch architect chats about how he is unlocking the potential of buildings in overcrowded cities. >

5 Jul 17
Living canopy changes its appearance throughout the day

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

This responsive design merges biology, architecture and maths to form a canopy that responds to light. >

5 Jul 17
On breaking down plastic waste for the benefit of nature

Design News > Design Thinking

A look at different approaches that challenge the ‘non-biodegradable’ barrier. >

4 Jul 17
This music festival has the perfect solve for flat batteries

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Students at Australia’s UniSA designed a bespoke solar phone charging stand for the WOMADelaide Festival. >

3 Jul 17
Bare Technology uses E-waste to make accessible computers for the elderly

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

The award-winning product was designed by two students with no design background >

26 Jun 17
Ilya Kalimulin's Unexpected Products are a quirky jab at brands we love

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

What would an air horn made by Pampers look like? How about bullet casings made by M&M? >

23 Jun 17
The way you draw a circle depends on where you’re from

Design News > Design Thinking

This study analysed 100 000 circles to determine what their creators have in common. >

23 Jun 17
Students create furniture for people living with Alzheimer’s

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

The collection, Design for the Mind, was created with help from medical and social experts. >

22 Jun 17
Peru seaside home in the running for leading architectural prize

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Ancon House is located on a rocky-mountainside and is built to blend in with the landscape >

21 Jun 17
Airbnb is tapping into its network to help resettle refugees

Talks > Design Thinking

Co-Founder & CPO Joe Gebbia announces that over 16,000 Airbnb hosts have already signed up to host refugees for free. >

1 Jun 17

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