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Solar Foods is growing food out of air

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Food Design

This edible protein promises a future of meat-free lasagna or dairy-free drinks made using carbon dioxide captured from the air. >

16 Jul 19
The Algae Dome imagines a future of architecture-powered food

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Food Design

Where sustainable food design and public architecture intersect. >

14 Jul 19
Grow edible algae in your home

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Food Design

The Coral is an indoor micro-algae farm designed to welcome algae into our everyday lives. >

9 Jul 19
Gourmet Grubb makes the world’s first insect-derived dairy alternative

Design News > Food Design

Leah Bessa takes us behind the scenes at her new pop-up restaurant in Woodstock, The Insect Experience by Gourmet Grubb. >

8 Jul 19
Six designers tackle sustainability from food, waste and even death

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Food Design / Product Design

These Design Indaba 2019 speakers are working to design more sustainable methods and products. >

2 Jul 19
Bug burgers and micro-algae buns: the cookbook of the future

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Food Design / Product Design

SPACE10 has been cooking up a storm in their Test Kitchen to bring you an unorthodox assortment of meals from the future. >

17 May 19
Carolien Niebling is creating the sausage of the future

Talks > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Food Design / Product Design

Product designer Carolien Niebling believes that people can make a difference if they just take a moment to look at things a little differently. >

14 May 19
This Icelandic designer is making vodka out of food waste

Next Generation > Food Design

Björn Steinar believes it’s no use being a designer who identifies problems in theory without providing real solutions. >

9 May 19
Manipulating bad eating habits with product design

Design News > Food Design

Portion Distortion is a conceptual design project that explores the psychology behind our eating behaviour. >

7 May 19
What will food look like in the future, especially for the elderly

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Food Design

Himori Kimoto believes dignity and play should form a big part of the way we design our future meals. >

1 May 19
The potential future of food is growing all around us

Next Generation > Food Design

Lichen, a cryptogram or type of plant, can be made in several tasty ways. So why aren’t we eating it? >

24 Apr 19
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez on tackling the world’s problems with creativity

Talks > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Food Design / Information Design / Product Design

Gonzalez shares his method to coming up with creative solutions to everyday problems. >

12 Apr 19
Carolien Niebling

“Food is fascinating because it is an ever evolving substance where development will never stop.” >

12 Feb 19
A simple brass paper clip wins at the Future Food Design Awards

Next Generation > Food Design

0.9 Grams of Brass, a project by designer Adelaide Lala Tam, tells a complicated story through a seemingly banal object. >

29 Oct 18
International Coffee Day: Imagine cities powered by coffee waste

Design News > Food Design / Product Design

Bio-bean is an award-winning clean technology company that recycles waste coffee grounds into advanced biofuels that could replace fossil fuels in cities. >

1 Oct 18
Meet the three nominees for the Future Food Design Awards

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Food Design

They were selected out of 50 entries from 30 different countries. >

26 Sep 18
9 creatives to look out for this Women's Month

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

To celebrate Women's Month, we're highlighting the work of some of our former participants in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme. >

6 Aug 18
Gourmet Grubb on making ice cream from insect milk

Design News > African Design / Food Design

Food designer Leah Bessa was part of this year's Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme. >

3 Aug 18
The WikiCell: Nature-inspired edible packaging

Design News > Design Thinking / Food Design / Product Design

WikiFoods aims to eliminate the overuse of plastic in food packaging. >

14 May 18
How will climate change affect our eating habits in 30 years time?

Design News > Creative Economy / Food Design

Researchers and scientists say we'll need to intensify the use of drought-tolerant food sources such as seaweed and more. >

10 May 18
Life Kitchen offers free cooking lessons for people living with cancer

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Life Kitchen is extending classes and has teamed up with designers to create a special range of plates, totes, and t-shirts. >

25 Apr 18
6 designers who use waste as inspiration for new products

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Food Design / Product Design

From upcycling found objects into furniture, to jewellery made of e-waste and more. >

20 Apr 18
How this Cape Town publication is disrupting the way we write about food

Design News > Food Design

“To us, the story of a street food vendor running a successful hole-in-the-wall shop is just as valid as a story about a celebrated chef." >

19 Apr 18
Plenty aims to build a giant indoor farm next to every major city

Design News > Food Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Plenty’s mission is to give each city a hub to grow organic herbs and vegetables locally and indoors. >

5 Apr 18

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