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The world is changing and green material is at the forefront
Design News
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21 Dec 18
We look a little deeper at the materials trend that led to tangible design solutions we found this year.
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Five killer Design Indaba Conference talks you should watch
Design News
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20 Dec 18
From graphic designer Natasha Jen to architect Francis Kéré, here are our top 5 Design Indaba Conference talks.
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Creatives that shape cultural narratives
Design News
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19 Dec 18
These Design Indaba 2019 speakers are using their wells of creativity to define culture in a myriad of magical ways.
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Should we engineer the climate? A social scientist and natural scientist discuss
Design News
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19 Dec 18
This is an article from Head to Head, a series in which academics from different disciplines chew over current debates.
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5 Innovations that broke the mould in 2018
Design Frontiers
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18 Dec 18
Pioneers in their fields, these innovations were made to provide new solutions to old problems.
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Our top five trending stories of 2018
Design News
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17 Dec 18
As 2018 comes to an end, we're highlighting stories that grabbed our readers' attention this year.
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The Socio-Technical City combats the key challenges of our future cities
Design Frontiers
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14 Dec 18
UNStudio designs a speculative cityscape for The Hague, aimed to address rapid urban growth and sustainability.
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Design Indaba 2019: Where business and design meet
Design News
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13 Dec 18
The next Design Indaba Conference is set to tackle various topics across business and design.
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The 5 most searched designers in 2018
Design News
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12 Dec 18
Spanning across diverse ages, nationalities and disciplines, these were the most searched Design Indaba speakers in 2018
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From scrap to robot: This unlikely creation is one man's livelihood
Design News
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12 Dec 18
I’ve always been good with my hands, says South Africa's “Robot Man”.
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William Kentridge: the barbarity of the 'Great War' told through an African lens
Design News
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10 Dec 18
Kentridge underlines the lunacy of the project in every part of the production – from ruined landscapes to caricatural imagery to ironic captions
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Could self-examination rape kits curb sexual violence in Kenya?
Design Frontiers
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7 Dec 18
A team of researchers are developing a tool much like a tampon that rape survivors can apply themselves after an attack.
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Smart Havens Africa uses human-centered business models to help the poor build homes
Design News
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6 Dec 18
The company looks at developing green houses by promoting sustainable building and also tackling housing poverty.
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Design Indaba 2019 presents: Architecture driven by social responsibility
Design Frontiers
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5 Dec 18
From Mariam Kamara to Dong Ping-Wong, the 2019 Design Indaba Conference will host a list of renowned architects.
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Mapping the complexity of access and ethics in Johannesburg
Design News
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4 Dec 18
We fail to think of residents, particularly if they happen to be poor, as full and complex human beings whose passions and needs morph over time
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