July 2017 Archive

Design duo Dokter and Misses about the importance of the aesthetic function of products they create

Talks • Duration: 00:26:21 • 31 Jul 17

“Aesthetic fuction is more important. How we designed what you don’t see,” on their wildly popular LALA Surma drinks cabinet. >
Grace Jun on studying human behaviour to sharpen design choices

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:20 • 28 Jul 17

“Designers should spend more time on things they’re uncomfortable with, particularly if it’s in the sciences of mathematics, engineering and even writing.” >
Designing for an inclusive & considered future with Grace Jun

Talks • Duration: 00:10:17 • 28 Jul 17

“Less about perfection, but rather a desire to have more options.” >
Could the future of mobility lie in 3D-printing?

Design Frontiers • Duration: 01:32 • 27 Jul 17

The folks over at Michelin imagine a future of adaptive, airless wheels with the Visionary Tyre concept. >
London-based experience designer on the University of the Underground

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:35 • 26 Jul 17

Nelly Ben Hayoun teaches students how to engineer situations, to design experiences and challenge structures of power. >
Experience designer Nelly Ben Hayoun on colonising Mars with the worms from hell

Talks • Duration: 00:47:34 • 26 Jul 17

In her Design Indaba Conference talk she introduces us to her project called The Life, the Sea and the Space Viking. >
Designer Ayse Birsel on the importance of making time for creativity

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:08 • 24 Jul 17

“Design the life you love, then go and live it!” >
Ayse Birsel on designing a meaningful future for yourself

Talks • Duration: 00:20:02 • 24 Jul 17

The award-winning designer talks about applying design processes to our daily lives. >
Peter Veenstra on building outspoken landscapes

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:33 • 22 Jul 17

"In the end we are happiest when the structural improvement and design [thinking] come together,” says the Dutch landscape architect. >
Lernert & Sander on crafting their own niche, creativity and their future in high-concept art

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:14 • 21 Jul 17

"We are not interested in style. We are interested in a good idea," says the Dutch duo on creativity. >
Filmmakers Lernert & Sander address piracy in the creative industry

Talks • Duration: 00:35:03 • 21 Jul 17

Their approach to their talk at the Design Indaba Conference 2017 was no different to their stunningly cheeky designs. >
British technology designer Chris Sheldrick on design and reinventing the postal address

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:08 • 19 Jul 17

The technology designer wants to make life easier for 4 billion people without an address. >
Chris Sheldrick’s what3words is redefining the global address system

Talks • Duration: 00:19:31 • 19 Jul 17

Making the world a less frustrating, more efficient and safer place. >
Marko Ahtisaari explains two revolutionary projects

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:53 • 18 Jul 17

The tech guru wants to replace medicine with music and use the Bitcoin system to overhaul the way artists are paid by streaming services. >
Unwind: Music as an alternative to traditional medicine

Talks • Duration: 00:22:12 • 17 Jul 17

Marko Ahtisaari presents Unwind, a global experiment in drug-free ways to treat physical and mental health. >
Punk designer Kate Moross on breaking the rules and rebelling against polarities

Talks • Duration: 00:39:01 • 14 Jul 17

On the Design Indaba Conference stage, the multi-tasking creative discusses her unconventional approach to design. >
Jabu Nadia Newman talks about the importance of womxn in film

Talks • Duration: 00:18:08 • 13 Jul 17

“My design method is film, specifically telling stories through images.” >
Growing mushrooms in camel dung to raise planetary chickens

Talks • Duration: 00:27:55 • 12 Jul 17

Belgian chicken artist Koen Vanmechelen and Zimbabwean activist Chido Govera talk about the Planetary Community Chicken Project at Design Indaba 2017. >
Yinka Ilori on telling stories through furniture design

Talks • Duration: 00:20:30 • 10 Jul 17

“If the chair you are sitting on could tell your story, would it be a dangerous or good thing?” >
Jabu Newman and The Foxy Five on representation and visibility

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:01:48 • 7 Jul 17

The team behind the explosive web series talk about the importance of female-led filmmaking. >
Winy Maas on innovating into the future of architecture

Talks • Duration: 00:40:08 • 5 Jul 17

The Dutch architect chats about how he is unlocking the potential of buildings in overcrowded cities. >
ULTRACONTEMPORARY Exhibition explores political art and its function in society

Design News • Duration: 00:00:00 • 3 Jul 17

This collection of “emergency” art pieces is based on the fast pace at which our world changes. >

July 2017 Archive

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