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The Arctic Commons: creating a new network for future stability in the Arctic

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

“This project looks to create composite maps which illuminate specific areas in the Arctic that offer opportunities for design intervention.” >

24 Jul 19
Is it possible for childbearing to happen outside the human body?

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Billie Rehwald talks about her project Ectogenesis, which is looking at using design as a tool to consider this possible reality. >

11 Jul 19
Could the heat generated by blockchain be useful for other living beings?

Design News > Design Thinking

With a project called Farm, MIT student Gary Zhang shows that heat generated in the blockchain has many uses. >

15 Apr 19
The eco-friendly benefits of a busted smartphone

Design News > Creative Economy / Product Design

“This project takes the seemingly catastrophic moment in which the smartphone breaks as an opportunity to redefine the value of the expired object.” >

11 Apr 19
The role of architecture according to Thomas Heatherwick, Christian Benimana and more

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Five Design Indaba Conference alumni on how the role of architecture is evolving in society. >

19 Feb 19
An easy low-cost way to deliver medicine in rural areas

Next Generation > Design Activism / Industrial Design / Product Design

Industrial design student Gwen Gage wants to make medication delivery more accessible in under-developed regions. >

3 Jan 19
0.9 grams of brass: A brass paper clip that symbolises a cow’s life

Next Generation > Design Thinking

See how graduate student Adelaide Lala Tam uses this project as a metaphor for the life cycle of a cow. >

14 Nov 18
Scribble is a touch-activated joystick for semi-autonomous driving

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Currently there is no middle ground between the car taking the wheel or its driver, this is where Scribble comes in. >

6 Nov 18
Unpacking graphic design with Milton Glaser, Paula Scher, Seymour Chwast & more

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

These industry elites drop some priceless gems after illustrious careers in graphic design. >

4 Oct 18
Five past Design Indaba speakers on how they perceive product design

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

Watch Design Indaba Alumni give their take on what it means to make quality functional products. >

27 Sep 18
AGI: On the importance of hosting this year's event in Mexico

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

Nikki Gonnissen, Paul Cox and Alejandro Magallanes discuss graphic design, borders and moving the conference from the US to Mexico. >

6 Jul 18
Uninvited Guests is an elderly man’s battle with smart technology

Design News > Design Thinking

Superflux’s short film Uninvited Guests looks at the frictions that can arise as technology evolves. >

14 Jun 18
Look Up is an app designed to stop New Yorkers staring at the mobile phones

Design News > African Design / Interaction Design

Socially-focussed artist, designer and 2017 Design Indaba speaker, Ekene Ijeoma, has found a way to humanise intangible data to trigger empathy and compassion. >

8 Jun 18
Caroline Smeenk on designing products to help pregnant women who can't access hospitals

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

"17% of rural Canadians live over 2 hours away from their nearest hospital." >

8 May 18
Childish Gambino forcefully unpacks race and violence in America

Design News > Art & Photography / Music & Sound Design

The multitalented artist’s new music video delivers a striking social commentary. >

7 May 18
Burkinabe women are channeling the spirit of a 12th century princess

Design News > African Design

Burkinabe women working in careers traditionally dominated by men, all draw inspiration and courage from one source: Princess Yennenga. >

29 Apr 18
Six creative crowdfunding projects worth supporting this April

Take Five > Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Product Design

From a wordless graphic novel to a project to turn an olive farm into a retreat for creatives and even a project turning plastic into homeware. >

12 Apr 18
This Polish designer created a book that puts you in the shoes of someone with dementia

Next Generation > Art & Photography / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

The Polish photographer and communication designer turned her frustration into art. >

31 Mar 18
Two Cape Town brothers on starting one of the world's biggest online learning platforms

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Information Design

"Rather than tearing down the structures that exist, it is far better to use the best of the old and the best of the new." >

8 Mar 18
In the Shadow of the Pyramids explores memory and identity in Egypt

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

A long-term personal look at how the everyday citizens of Egypt and how things have changed in years since the Arab Spring. >

27 Feb 18
Tutu 2.0 Pendant Light: The chandelier inspired by fashion and dance

Design News > African Design / Product Design

Thabisa Mjo tells us about the inspiration behind this design which has been nominated for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018. >

15 Feb 18
The Kewtown Primary School Project

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Suzelle DIY tells us why she nominated this children’s library for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018. >

15 Feb 18
Path of the Upright: Spiritual identity woven into textile design

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft

Stefania Morland tells us why she nominated this artwork for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018. >

15 Feb 18
Brogues and High Tops: Where African and colonial influences collide in style

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Sylvester Chauke tells us why he nominated this design for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018. >

14 Feb 18

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