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Why Mexican squares may be the best public spaces in the world
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Plaza Ciudadela won’t win any design awards, but it accomplishes something far more important: it draws a crowd of all ages.
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12 Jul 19
Is it possible for childbearing to happen outside the human body?
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Billie Rehwald talks about her project Ectogenesis, which is looking at using design as a tool to consider this possible reality.
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11 Jul 19
Colourful totems in Poland carry strong message about climate change
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Totemy by Alicja Biała and former Design Indaba speaker, Iwo Borkowicz, symbolises the relationship between people and the forces of nature.
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5 Jul 19
Durban students initiate a space to foster more campus interaction
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The Level Six project is the first student-led project guided by professionals to come out of Durban University of Technology.
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25 Jun 19
Are you the future of South Africa’s design industry?
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The hunt for South Africa’s hottest young emerging creatives has begun. Apply now!
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20 Jun 19
Drawing water out of thin air
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How Majik Water tapped a water source that is all around us.
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29 May 19
Funfere Koroye on product design for the West African consumer
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Nigerian product designer has designed a range of products that take into account the uniqueness of a West African consumer.
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23 May 19
Tunisia's Upside-Down Hotel, the endangered Brutalist monument
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We speak to one of the activists set on saving the national monument from its impending doom.
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2 May 19
Dong-Ping Wong on his ambitious work at FOOD architecture studio
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The architect's projects include an idea for a pool that also purifies the East River as well as collaborations with Kanye West and Virgil Abloh.
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1 May 19
Markus Kayser's work enables collaboration between tech and biology
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“The promise of design is to inspire industry to follow suit in the quest for better methods to produce using solar energy and abundant resources.”
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16 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
Baleka is two steps forward for African robotics
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Developed by a team of researchers at the University of Cape Town, it’s a first for the continent.
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12 Apr 19
Bringing Afrocentric design to Milan Design Week
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Meet the South African designers who will be exhibiting their work for the first time at Milan Design Week.
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10 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
Cross Cultural Chairs examines the role of the chair in our modern society
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"Analysing a chair you can understand the stature of a culture, what kind of materials they used and what kind of techniques they knew."
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1 Apr 19
The world’s first 3D printed middle ear transplant happened in South Africa
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We take a look at Professor Mashudu Tshifularo's achievement and other ways 3D technology has helped the medical field.
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27 Mar 19
SPACE10 creates SolarVille prototype for a cleaner future
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"We can actively choose to take major steps to reduce global warming and stabilise our climate.”
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22 Mar 19
Tumelo Lerata wins most promising award in international housing competition
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The "r.i.s.e in the city" design competition is aimed at bridging the gap between entrepreneurship and architecture.
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19 Mar 19
7 Interior designers that should be on your radar
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As part of the Emerging Creatives programme, these young designers exhibited their work at the Design Indaba Festival 2019.
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13 Mar 19
Could a synthetic brain make manufacturing automation accessible for all?
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Imagine a future in which anyone with a dream can easily turn it into a physical product.
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6 Mar 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
Mikael Axelsson
Mikael has been part of IKEA's design team for the past five years.
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18 Feb 19
Kevin Gouriou
Designer Kevin Gouriou is driven by a passion for craft.
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18 Feb 19
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