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Can plants talk to each other?

Design News > Design Thinking / Information Design

Richard Karban explains the subtle ways that plants talk and even defend each other. >

5 Dec 16
Relajaelcoco: Data-driven graphics

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

Spanish graphic design studio Relajaelcoco believe that good vibes and a relaxed mind are the key to the creative process. >

17 Nov 16
Rate My Media: A Yelp-like rating system for media bias

Design News > Information Design

Rate My Media is the world’s first crowdsourced rating site focused specifically on equity and inclusion in media. >

8 Nov 16
GreeNanny: A self-watering system for houseplants

Design News > Information Design / Product Design

Ukrainian inventor Volodymyr Malega’s self-watering system for houseplants is designed to make home gardening a breeze. >

7 Nov 16
Yuwote Charvet: The typeface that infuses African symbols with geometry

Next Generation > African Design / Information Design

Kevin Karanja explores African writing systems & 3D design. >

28 Oct 16
Student’s website connects patients with LGBTQ-friendly healthcare providers

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

Healthcare in the United States (US) is a slippery slope for the LGBTQ community. >

14 Oct 16
The answers are in the Cloud

Design News > Design Thinking / Information Design

If we wish to change the future, we must change the weather >

13 Oct 16
Control your fear of public speaking with ROC Speak

Design News > Information Design / Interaction Design

This computer programme can help develop your communicative skills via your browser. >

12 Oct 16
Collecting raindrops to prevent water shortage

Design News > Information Design

Using a simple, DIY system of corrugated roof, gutters, buried pipes and gigantic tanks, Joe Mooney is able to harvest rainwater for all his domestic needs. >

11 Oct 16
Pill Talk – the creative campaign working to transform the way we perceive birth control

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

Overcoming contraceptive stigmas with US graphic designer Erica Benamy. >

10 Oct 16
Turn Table: The Anatomy of a Pitch

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

In the most creatively courageous way, London-based creative agency NB Studio wrote a play of their Design Indaba Conference Talk. >

30 Sep 16
NB Studio on being brave, bold and creatively courageous

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

London-based creative agency NB Studio created a theatrical only-at-Design Indaba experience with a play that reveals the tensions at a design pitch. >

30 Sep 16
Photo series explores forgiveness under impossible circumstances

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Information Design

Netherlands-based visual artist Lana Mesić explores the legacy of the Rwandan genocide in the photo series “Anatomy of Forgiveness”. >

23 Sep 16
Gaia telescopes chart largest map of the Universe ever

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Information Design

The observation mission of ESA has returned its first crop of cosmic images – and it’s huge. >

22 Sep 16
Eradicating poverty in South African townships

Design News > African Design / Creative Economy / Information Design

This non-profit organisation is trying to help strengthen communities in South African townships. >

16 Sep 16
Easy & accessible tools for fitness management by Kinduct

Design News > Design Thinking / Information Design / Interaction Design

This Canadian company provides software tools for health and fitness enthusiasts. >

15 Sep 16
Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030: Stanford’s ongoing study

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Information Design

The University of Stanford assembled thinkers to measure the future ripples of AI – and their first full report has been issued. >

6 Sep 16
Living Gadgets: What if organisms can become disposable design components?

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Information Design / Product Design

Studio José de la O contemplates the possibilities of genetically modified life forms made suitable for human convenience and comfort. >

26 Aug 16
TrackR Bravo: Making lost items a thing of the past

Product Spotlight > Information Design / Product Design

Chris Herbert and his team at Phone Halo have designed a compact tracker device that can be used for practically anything. >

22 Aug 16
No Man’s Sky: The videogame that conceives galaxies

Design Frontiers > Information Design / Interaction Design

The 2016 offering of Hello Games is pushing the possibilities of open-world gameplay to new stratospheres. >

19 Aug 16
Blubel: The intelligent bicycle bell

Product Spotlight > Information Design / Product Design

Blubel Tech’s new device for cyclists offers far more than the chime of a bell. >

17 Aug 16
Social media cross-formatting: plagiarism or optimisation?

Hot Topic > Information Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram take more ideas from one another than they care to admit. But is it a bad thing? >

12 Aug 16
LuxAI and the future of social robots

Design Frontiers > Information Design / Interaction Design

Social robots that can be programmed by everyone could change the educational or health system. >

22 Jul 16
Four ways Africa can influence design

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Information Design

A core theme of the What Design Can Do conference explores what Africa can do for Europe. These are the experts called upon for answers. >

1 Jul 16

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