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Campbell Addy is disrupting the homogeneity of stock photography
Design News
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28 Feb 18
The photographer’s partnership with Getty Images is diversifying their imagery.
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Hyphen Labs is using VR to create safe spaces for women of colour
Design News
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28 Feb 18
This VR project began when Ashley Baccus-Clark realised that there is no sunscreen that caters to her skin tone.
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On prioritising walking as a way to design cities differently
Design News
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27 Feb 18
“Designing walkable cities enables us to start with the street – the essence of the city.”
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Es Devlin on creating visual voices for stars like Kanye West, Beyonce and Adele
Design News
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26 Feb 18
Devlin shared never before seen sketches with the Design Indaba audience and gave a deeper insight into her process.
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Best moments of the final day of Design Indaba Conference 2018
Design News
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23 Feb 18
And that's a wrap! Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered the last day of conference.
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Hugh Masekela Gallery launched at the finale of Design Indaba Festival 2018
Design News
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23 Feb 18
Design Indaba and the Zeitz MOCAA honoured the late legend in a stunning tribute on the Conference stage.
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Best Moments of Day 2 of Design Indaba Conference 2018
Design News
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23 Feb 18
Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up.
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Peter Veenstra unveils Dome of Plants project for Cape Town
Design News
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22 Feb 18
Centrally positioned on Luthuli Plaza, a green Dome of Plants will offer an inviting garden-like space for local urban events.
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Filmmaker Sunu Gonera opened Design Indaba 2018 with a moving talk on afrofuturism
Design News
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21 Feb 18
"I believe that afrofuturism perfectly merges the past and the present of African culture in order to birth a brighter future."
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Edel Rodriguez on protesting the Trump era through art
Design News
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21 Feb 18
The Cuban-born illustrator brings his Trump-era protest art to Design Indaba Conference 2018.
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Zach Lieberman combines fine art and code to create futuristic realities
Design News
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19 Feb 18
The Design Indaba 2018 speaker is at the forefront of art and technology.
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Lebo Mashile premiered her theatre piece on Saartjie Baartman at Design Indaba 2018
Design News
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19 Feb 18
She was joined on stage by Anne Masina to perform Saartjie vs. Venus, a play that boldly interrogated aspects of black feminine identity.
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Zaki Ibrahim on her new album, family and her approach to music
Design News
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18 Feb 18
"We wanted to deliver an uncompromised album and build it from osmosis of our emotional and spiritual experience..."
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Thomas Heatherwick's Zeitz MOCAA wins Cultural Architecture Award
Design News
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16 Feb 18
ArchDaily has named this design a winner of the 2018 Building Of The Year Awards.
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Ethnographer extraordinaire Martha Cotton will speak at Design Indaba 2018
Design News
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16 Feb 18
The Chicago-based design researcher is one of this year’s star speakers.
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Music nomad Alec Lomami talks cultural exchange on the African continent
Design News
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16 Feb 18
The rapper, producer and DJ was on the 2018 Nightscape at Design Indaba stage.
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Spanish artist Núria Farré on her hyper-realistic paintings as self-portraits
Design News
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16 Feb 18
“Being realistic is not what interests me the most; it’s just my natural way to paint, something accidental.”
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Meet five women who are innovating in design, material biology and beyond
Design News
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15 Feb 18
These are just some of the 14 women who spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2018.
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A Cape Town art gallery is shifting perspectives on animation as fine art
Design News
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15 Feb 18
A look inside an animation-focussed art platform in Cape Town that was inspired by a sense of not belonging.
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GetSmarter makes online study as a working professional easier
Design News
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13 Feb 18
We take a closer look at the high-touch learning platform started by upcoming Design Indaba Conference 2018 speakers, Rob and Sam Paddock.
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Petite Noir on Bra Hugh's influence and the limitless nature of African creativity
Design News
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12 Feb 18
“He said something – not a lot of artists say much, they’re just entertainers. Bra Hugh used his music as a weapon."
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Hybrid burgers for the health and environmentally conscious
Design News
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11 Feb 18
Sonic launches hybrid burgers that could potentially be a game changer in the fast food chain industry.
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Exclusive pop-up restaurant and gourmet street food to be part of Design Indaba 2018
Design News
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10 Feb 18
We're planning a multi-sensory experience filled with sounds, sights, and tastes.
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The Obilab drumkit is ethical, portable and easy to assemble
Design News
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10 Feb 18
The Obilab drumkit is an ethical instrument that solves the five problems of drumming.
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