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Speculative design

Focus On > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

How far will we go to alter our bodies, nature and the universe? These five design projects ask questions about our future. >

3 Jan 15
The Imaginary App by DJ Spooky and Svitlana Matviyenko

Product Spotlight > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

"The Imaginary App", edited by DJ Spooky and Svitlana Matviyenko, explores the ubiquity of apps and how they have seaped into our culture. >

24 Dec 14
Put on your internet face

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

French designer Alix Gallet has a bag of tricks to fool biometric recognition technology. >

8 Dec 14
To do: Get organised

Q&A > Design Thinking / Information Design / Interaction Design

NYC-based creative studio Trollbäck+Company have launched an app for compulsive list-makers. >

4 Dec 14
MBOISA 2015: 12 ways to define beauty

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

Here are the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2015 nominations, from the personal to the practical to the political. >

1 Dec 14
Music to your ears, eyes and nose

Next Generation > Interaction Design / Product Design

Joris Petterson's new-age speaker system emits lights and smells that match the tone of your music playlist. >

21 Nov 14
Official Design Indaba Festival 2015 app out now

Festival News > Creative Economy / Interaction Design

Download our mobile app to be the first to receive Design Indaba Festival updates and keep programme information at your fingertips. >

20 Nov 14
Tom Hulme on technology as a design tool

Talks > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The founder of OpenIDEO tells us why we have to stop being afraid of technology. >

19 Nov 14
An app for allergy sufferers

Next Generation > Interaction Design

Two graduates of Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design have designed an early warning system that connects a special sensor to your smartphone. >

17 Nov 14
Tom Hulme on technology as a design tool (trailer)

Trailers > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The founder of OpenIDEO debunks some myths about technology and shows us how it brings people together to solve the world's biggest challenges. >

12 Nov 14
Why girls should code

Inside View > African Design / Design Thinking / Information Design / Interaction Design

Code4CT is getting girls to code – while arming them with a technical toolkit to take on leadership roles. >

5 Nov 14
A boot camp for your fingers

Design News > Interaction Design

Masashi Kawamura has some fun designing a series of games to get users' fingers ready for the new Intel-powered tablets. >

4 Nov 14
Replicating the mother's womb

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design / Interaction Design

A new infant care system proposes radically improved incubators that transmit the mother's heartbeat, breathing and voice. >

4 Nov 14
Inside Kenya's iHub

Video Interviews > African Design / Information Design / Interaction Design

The iHub is the heart centre of Kenya's tech revolution. We took its pulse on this tour inside. >

28 Oct 14
First Smart Highway goes live

Design News > Interaction Design

Daan Roosegaarde’s much-anticipated Smart Highway has been built on a stretch of the R329 in Oss, the Netherlands. >

25 Oct 14
13 Ideas to stop global warming

Design News > Industrial Design / Information Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

IDEO's latest "Designs On" semi-annual review brings together some unusual solutions to fighting the warming of our planet. >

20 Oct 14
The many uses of social media

Inside View > Creative Economy / Interaction Design

The value of social media is shifting far beyond PR and marketing – and that's good news for creative enterprises, says Nadia Mannell of Meltwater Group. >

7 Oct 14
For the love of trees

Focus On > Architecture & Interiors / Interaction Design / Product Design

Trees must be one of nature's finest designs. We roundup five designs from our archive that take their inspiration from the leafy form. >

5 Oct 14
Designing better HIV treatment

Opinion > African Design / Design Activism / Information Design / Interaction Design

Digital designer Jepchumba tells us about the making of Aviro, a mobile app for HIV clinicians to accurately prescribe ARV medication. >

1 Oct 14
Grandest of them all

Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design / Interaction Design

The four winners of Grand Prix awards at this weekend's Loeries celebrated real-life, digital, print and radio. >

22 Sep 14
Reminder: Enter the A’ Design Awards

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Information Design / Interaction Design / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

The standard deadline for this global design competition is 30 September. Latecomers pay extra so register and submit your work today! >

15 Sep 14 / Advertorial
Reintroducing Ourselves

Digital News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Interaction Design

What’s behind our new look? Design Indaba is charting a new course as a fully fledged online media platform. >

9 Sep 14
Marti Guixé: Creativity without culture and knowledge is just spam

Q&A > Architecture & Interiors / Food Design / Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

The playful Catalonian designer gets serious about culture and creativity. >

8 Sep 14
Creative humour

Q&A > Creative Economy / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Information Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

We ask five renowned international designers what tickles their funnybone. >

6 Sep 14

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