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Laduma Ngxokolo's timely move into wearable tech
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The limited edition Mna Nam by Laduma allows you to save as easily as you would normally spend.
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21 Jul 17
British technology designer Chris Sheldrick on design and reinventing the postal address
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The technology designer wants to make life easier for 4 billion people without an address.
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19 Jul 17
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has found a novel way to share its vast artwork
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US art lovers can text keywords or an emoji and receive matching pictures from the museum's database
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17 Jul 17
Henn+Honeyball
Henn+Honeyball is a Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary design studio that creates memorable and lasting design solutions.
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13 Jul 17
Eitan Stern
Eitan is a commercial and entertainment attorney, and a director at Legalese.
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5 Jun 17
3 Ways to hack discrimination in the US
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Hacking Discrimination aimed to find technology-based solutions to address discrimination.
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17 May 17
Collaborative cartography for a good cause
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A citizen-powered navigation app to benefit visually impaired folks.
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9 May 17
Giorgia Lupi and Kaki King on the value of beauty in design
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Music & Sound Design
Beauty or functionality? We ask the designers who helped us feel data and see music.
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3 May 17
Research project produces first map of Nairobi’s informal transport system
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Researchers are crowdsourcing data to create a transport system map for the accurate location of matatu routes – Nairobi’s informal transit system.
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21 Apr 17
WhereIsMyTransport mapped the entire public transport network of Cape Town
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WhereIsMyTransport has added Gauteng province, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Kigali to the network of cities it covers.
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19 Apr 17
Digital tool tracks innovative water projects in the US
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Information Design
The US is battling against ageing infrastructure. This Living Map highlights its wins so far.
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19 Apr 17
Farmerline uses SMSes to empower small-scale farmers in Ghana
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Ghanaian tech provider, Farmerline offers innovative mobile communication and farming information services to literate and illiterate rural farmers
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18 Apr 17
Giorgia Lupi: Drawing from life
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A brief jaunt through design, part two. Today we share a short interview with emotional data translator Giorgia Lupi.
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14 Apr 17
Free language education for the world
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Tech entrepreneur Luis von Ahn created an app that enables anyone, anywhere to learn a language for free.
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12 Apr 17
Cape Town moves to become Africa’s first truly digital city
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This city’s creatives are set to be among the biggest winners in the drive to become the most digitally connected hub in Africa.
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27 Mar 17
Dear White America
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US-based artist Inyegumena Nosegbe’s newspaper project is a poignant look at police brutality.
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23 Mar 17
A look into the volume of the internet
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How much do you know about the design of the worldwide web?
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16 Mar 17
Kasha: Rwanda’s digital solution to a pervasive problem
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African Design
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Access to information and basic services can help women progress in the developing areas.
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8 Mar 17
Swahili launches on Duolingo
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At Design Indaba 2017, Luis Von Ahn launches the first African language course on Duolingo.
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3 Mar 17
Behind the visuals: Design Indaba 2017 Campaign by Grid
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Take a look at the ideas behind the graphic design campaign for Design Indaba Festival 2017.
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28 Feb 17
Data Dress: A tangible representation of your online movements
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A custom-made dress based on your online data.
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24 Feb 17
Future technologies: Ideas that are changing our world
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Product Design
At Design Indaba Conference 2017, we've gathered the greatest minds in the tech industries. From the founder of Airbnb to MIT fellows, the best grads and more.
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22 Feb 17
Tsépo Khonyane
A 20-something designer with additional PR and event coordination chops.
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22 Feb 17
Unfolding the Saree
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How much do we really know about this storied garment?
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20 Feb 17
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