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Mark Kamau wants to bring wifi access to more people who cannot afford it
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“My interest is not my ego, my interest is to help with design."
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9 Jan 18
Ekene Ijeoma combines data and design to tackle pressing global issues
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From diversity in design to the refugee crisis, this data designer's projects are breaking the news cycle.
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15 Dec 17
A problem solving game console to educate the next generation of brainy nerds
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African Design
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Seebox was uniquely designed with engineering education in mind.
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29 Nov 17
How tech hopes to improve the lives of fishermen in South Africa
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African Design
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ABALOBI is designed to manage small-scale fisheries in the face of climate change.
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22 Nov 17
Design is all-encompassing but is it always all-inclusive?
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Hidden Women of Design is a series of talks committed to encouraging and supporting female designers.
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20 Nov 17
Can we use our own data to become better human beings?
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Information Design
Data designer Giorgia Lupi talks us through her experience of painstakingly collected personal data.
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26 Oct 17
Comms designer Arjun Harrison-Mann on dialogue, design and activism
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When the UK cut benefits to disabled people, this RCA graduate found a way to give those affected their own platform.
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12 Sep 17
#RightsNotGames makes protesting accessible for disabled people
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Arjun Harrison-Mann talks ethical design at the Design Indaba Festival 2017.
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12 Sep 17
Carina Bonse on developing the Swimming In It campaign to new heights
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The Global Grad chatted with us about the challenges of educating the masses about Cape Town’s less than pristine beaches.
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30 Aug 17
Exposing the fecal danger in our picturesque beaches with Carina Bonse
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“People are concerned about what they put in their bodies, yet don’t know the effect that wastewater can have on their health.”
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30 Aug 17
Empathy and fact in Ekene Ijeoma’s emotive projects
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Information Design
The US-based interdisciplinary designer’s Refugee Map looks outside the frames of a global crisis.
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25 Aug 17
Should you be putting your website to bed?
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Creative Economy
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Sleep debt facts say yes.
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24 Aug 17
Talking odd interplay with information and ephemeral tech with Tea Uglow
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
As technology becomes more functional, does it become less human-centric?
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17 Aug 17
Tea Uglow on the creative unknown and dispelling misplaced confidence in reality
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Design Thinking
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Tea Uglow, the director of Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney on her work at the intersection of tech and creativity.
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16 Aug 17
Shoko Tamura on designing garments that amplify personal expression
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The Keio University student says wearable technology could redefine the way people play in urban landscapes.
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7 Aug 17
London-based experience designer on the University of the Underground
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Nelly Ben Hayoun teaches students how to engineer situations, to design experiences and challenge structures of power.
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26 Jul 17
Laduma Ngxokolo's timely move into wearable tech
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African Design
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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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Art & Photography
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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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Design Activism
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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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Design Thinking
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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
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