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Trailer: Ackeem Ngwenya on design for rural Africa
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African Design
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Product Design
Designer and recent graduate Akeem Ngwenya says scarcity in Africa is a blank canvas for designers.
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22 Sep 15
Stanley Hainsworth on two decades of building distinct brands
Talks
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Design Thinking
In a talk peppered with audience laughter, Stanley Hainsworth shares his wisdom on branding the cultural icons of our time.
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15 Sep 15
Trailer: Stanley Hainsworth on two decades of building distinct brands
Trailers
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Design Thinking
In a talk peppered with audience laughter, Stanley Hainsworth shares his wisdom on branding the cultural icons of our time.
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15 Sep 15
Trailer: Tia Blassingame on the texture of racism in the United States
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Recent graduate Tia Blassingame explores the relationships between race, history and perception in her work.
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8 Sep 15
The texture of racism & slavery in the United States – a talk by Tia Blassingame
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Design Activism
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Product Design
"I made a headscarf that talks about the accumulation of wealth through slavery, as the black body as gold but also seeming worthless."
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8 Sep 15
Trailer: Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana on how purpose drives creativity and change
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Creative Economy
Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana unpack the belief system that’s behind their award-winning ad agency, Joe Public.
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1 Sep 15
Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana on how purpose drives creativity and change
Talks
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Creative Economy
Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana unpack the belief system that’s behind their award-winning ad agency, Joe Public.
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1 Sep 15
The late Larry Harvey on the creation of Burning Man Festival
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Art & Photography
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Creative Economy
It's Burning Man this week. The festival's 2018 iteration takes place between 25 August and 3 September. We look back at the founder's Design Indaba Talk.
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25 Aug 15
Trailer: Larry Harvey on how Burning Man festival created art with a social purpose
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Art & Photography
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Creative Economy
Burning Man’s founder Larry Harvey describes how the festival of arts is driven by a strange combination of jeopardy and awe.
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25 Aug 15
Tyler Pratt on designing simple things to solve everyday needs
Talks
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Carleton University industrial design graduate Tyler Pratt makes simple, elegant products that solve everyday needs.
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11 Aug 15
Trailer: Tyler Pratt on designing simple things to solve everyday needs
Trailers
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Carleton University industrial design graduate Tyler Pratt makes simple, elegant products that solve everyday needs.
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11 Aug 15
Sindiso Khumalo on the love affair with her ancestry in her textiles
Talks
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The fashion designer draws from her Zulu inheritance in the design of her contemporary fashion collections.
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4 Aug 15
Trailer: Selly Raby Kane on otherworldly fashion in Dakar
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African Design
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Design Thinking
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane is going beyond regular aesthetics and redefining the creative energy in Dakar.
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28 Jul 15
Selly Raby Kane on otherworldly fashion in Dakar
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African Design
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Design Thinking
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane is going beyond regular aesthetics and redefining the creative energy in Dakar.
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27 Jul 15
Trailer: The Workers on the power of digital interactions
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
The Workers is a London-based digital design studio that challenges expectations of what is possible in the digital realm.
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21 Jul 15
The Workers on the power of digital interactions
Talks
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Interaction Design
The Workers is a London-based digital design studio that challenges expectations of what is possible in the digital realm.
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21 Jul 15
Trailer: Robbie Brozin on art, creativity and chicken
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Creative Economy
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Product Design
Nando’s co-founder Robbie Brozin emphasizes the global fast-food chain’s relationship with local South African art and design.
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14 Jul 15
Robbie Brozin on art, creativity and chicken
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Creative Economy
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Design Activism
Nando’s co-founder Robbie Brozin emphasizes the global fast-food chain’s relationship with local South African art and design.
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14 Jul 15
Trailer: Stefano Giovannoni on how design is an expression of historical events
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
The maestro of industrial design draws a parallel between product design and major cultural and economic movements.
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9 Jul 15
Stefano Giovannoni on how design is an expression of historical events
Talks
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
The maestro of industrial design draws a parallel between product design and major cultural and economic movements.
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9 Jul 15
Trailer: Carla Kreuser on why designing by hand still matters
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Art & Photography
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Film & Animation
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Carla Kreuser pulled herself away from her computer screen and went back to basics, illustrating and binding an entire book by hand.
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1 Jul 15
Carla Kreuser on why designing by hand still matters
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Design Thinking
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Film & Animation
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Carla Kreuser pulled herself away from her computer screen and went back to basics, illustrating and binding an entire book by hand.
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1 Jul 15
Trailer: Dan Wieden on why Wieden+Kennedy will never sell out
Trailers
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Creative Economy
The co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy says the secret of its success lies in its creative culture of chaos.
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24 Jun 15
Dan Wieden on why Wieden+Kennedy will never sell out
Talks
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Creative Economy
The co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy says the secret of its success lies in its creative culture of chaos.
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24 Jun 15
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