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Nikki Gonnissen on building a united AGI in a divided world
Design News
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3 Sep 18
“Good design is not only about good form, it’s also about a better world.”
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Two urban initiatives tackle housing & energy in Ghana
Design News
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5 Sep 18
Urban development specialist Farouk Braimah's design projects hope to make life easier for the poor.
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Self-taught Malawian photographer grapples with ancestry in new photo series
Design News
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5 Sep 18
“Who Will Bury You?” depicts a young, faceless woman ready to die.
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Four literacy projects changing the world as we know it
Design News
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7 Sep 18
See how these projects use literacy as a tool for positive change.
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This speculative project seamlessly collects water from the air around it
Design News
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10 Sep 18
Design student Ivy Yan Ying Tai's concept could be easy enough to replicate in water scarce countries.
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MIT audio & text system could detect depression in everyday conversations
Design News
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10 Sep 18
A model by researchers at MIT is able to detect depression in context-free interactions.
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Two must-see projects by Design Indaba 2019 speaker Gordon Reid
Design News
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11 Sep 18
The graphic designer is among several speakers announced for our upcoming festival of creativity.
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On designing spaces with people's mental health in mind
Design Frontiers
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11 Sep 18
Siphilele Magagula on life after her conceptual Empathy Museum, fundraising to continue her studies and creating more spaces that heal.
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Afrolitt founder Pamela Ohene-Nyako on the importance of having black literature voiced and heard
Design News
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11 Sep 18
“I feel like some works can really open up one’s imagination and help us envision inclusive and liberated futures.”
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Woebot: A smart, accessible mental healthcare solution
Design News
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12 Sep 18
Created by a group of Stanford psychologists, WoeBot is used in over 120 countries and has generated over 2 million messages since its launch.
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How two researchers hacked software to create a functional AI for their diabetic son
Design News
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12 Sep 18
"Not one of those companies allowed me to directly access the data that was literally coming out of my son’s body. So I hacked it."
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Acknowledging Ghana's slave trade history with sculptor Kwame Akoto-Bamfo
Design News
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14 Sep 18
“As a Ghanaian who is interested and inspired by Ghanaian and African culture, I'm a living witness to the knowledge that is being lost to time.”
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Indelibl wants to make art by Africans more accessible
Design Frontiers
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17 Sep 18
Both online and offline, the platform is committed to taking art beyond the gallery space.
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Cultivating mini farms aboard cargo ships
Next Generation
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19 Sep 18
This student-designed collapsible farm could help utilise the massive amounts of wasted space created by shipping containers.
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Threads of Peru shines a spotlight on traditional Quechua weaving culture
Design News
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19 Sep 18
The non-profit organisation economically empowers skilled women artisans from Peru.
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Harnessing the power of urine
Design Frontiers
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20 Sep 18
Researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient way to generate power from organic waste.
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A' Design Awards & Competition is calling for submissions
Design Frontiers
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20 Sep 18
The awards aim to highlight, advertise and advocate good design, designers and design-oriented companies.
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Indian graphic design studios reviving their heritage
Design News
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20 Sep 18
We look at a few artists who represent their Indian Heritage through their designs.
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Damon Davis explores Ghana's slave past and its impact on black America
Design News
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24 Sep 18
“...the world tells us that our identity doesn’t matter and our story doesn’t matter and our lives don’t matter.”
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This Guinea Bissau artist uses his art to draw attention to social injustice
Design Frontiers
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24 Sep 18
"Design should be used as a tool to improve lives and harmonise situations,” says artist Nu Barreto.
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AGI Open México City speakers contemplate design on 'the other side'
Design Frontiers
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25 Sep 18
Alejandro Paul, Alejandro Magallanes, Flávia Nalon and Fábio Prata on how they will broach the topic in their talks this week.
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The Slave Calendar retells the story of South Africa’s slave trade
Design News
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26 Sep 18
This award-winning campaign highlights the overlooked descendants of South Africa’s slave trade.
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On the first national memorial to victims of lynching in the US
Design News
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26 Sep 18
Designed by MASS Design Group, who have offices in Boston and in Kigali, the memorial relies on sculpture, art, and design to contextualise racial terror.
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The Human Utility: How a Twitter discussion started a movement
Design News
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26 Sep 18
What started out as a Twitter discussion soon became a way to address the water affordability and access issue in the United States.
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