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The Most Beautiful Object in South Africa
Design News
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3 Feb 20
Brought to you by Mercedes-Benz.
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Measurable impact | Robert Wong explores humanity’s possible futures at Google
Design News
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4 Feb 20
Chief creative officer of Google Creative Lab, Robert Wong spoke at Design Indaba 2020.
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It's HERE! #DI2020 speaker programme announced
Design News
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21 Feb 20
Come experience the magic! Here’s your 3-Day programme for the 2020 Design Indaba Conference.
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The Department of Audacious Projects
Design News
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10 Mar 20
A Design Indaba initiative for South African Tourism.
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What is the new normal?
Design Frontiers
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8 Apr 20
There’s no doubt the pandemic has wrought indelible shifts. Here, we map just a few of them…
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The art of being here now
Design Frontiers
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15 Apr 20
We’re taking the ultimate journey – one of self-exploration – to equip ourselves with know-how for now.
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The future may be virtual, but will it be good?
Design News
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21 Apr 20
Join us as we highlight innovation and impact driven by virtuality and digital tech.
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Can design solve for a pandemic?
Design News
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28 Apr 20
The design community has rallied behind the cause, delivering a volley of rapid-fire solutions to help combat COVID-19.
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Hope heroes from across the globe
Design News
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5 May 20
DON'T WORRY (TOO MUCH), BE HAPPY.
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Why we should recalibrate the future
Design News
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12 May 20
With the pandemic throwing wasteful ways into sharp relief, we’ve all had to step back and recalibrate.
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Are you socially acceptable?
Design News
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19 May 20
New distancing norms in life after lockdown demand that we reinvent the way we socialize, especially as this mode may remain in place indefinitely.
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Africa Day 2020
Design News
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24 May 20
We look to a wealth of African thinkers who are improving the world through creativity.
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Design hacks for the new normal
Design News
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2 Jun 20
Taking a leaf out of hack’s own book, we’re finding ways to thrive by seeking out design solutions from around the world.
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Expressing solidarity through design
Design News
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9 Jun 20
In the wake of #blackouttuesday we look to the everyday work needed to right the social wrongs.
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Artist Olafur Eliasson tackles freedom of press with new artwork
Design Frontiers
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11 Jun 20
Olafur Eliasson has teamed up with Kumi Naidoo to create artwork that highlights the collaboration between press freedom and its reader.
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BioBombola: An algae garden made for inside your home
Design Frontiers
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11 Jun 20
This project explores interaction and collaboration between high-tech cultivation and peoples' everyday lives.
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MIT Media Lab presents Cyborg Botany
Design News
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11 Jun 20
“Our goal is to merge and power our electronic functionalities with existing biological functions of living plants.”
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This luxury sustainable micro unit utilizes solar and wind energy
Design News
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11 Jun 20
“Ecocapsule is your design way to independent living. It can become a pop-up hotel, caravan, mobile office, research station or anything you want it to."
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Kathryn Larsen on using kelp to create sustainable furniture and fashion
Design Frontiers
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12 Jun 20
“Using the final processed material, I am creating a puzzle lampshade series inspired by the classic IQ Light and aim to create other forms."
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Taking online learning into the physical realm
Design News
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12 Jun 20
China’s most successful online learning platform, Qkids is taking learning into the physical realm with newly designed space.
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The drum machine by Nicolás Kisic Aguirre
Design News
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12 Jun 20
The Peruvian designer’s open-source projects are a combination of sound, architecture and the mind.
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The new face of collaboration #BetterTogether
Design Frontiers
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17 Jun 20
This week, we’re exploring unconventional collaborations and combinations that show how diverse partnerships can present new opportunities.
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Meet the Emerging Creatives who exhibited at Design Indaba 2020
Design Frontiers
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19 Jun 20
The Emerging Creatives programme is a product of creative inclusion created by Design Indaba and supported by the Department of Arts and Culture.
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Kathryn Larsen on why seaweed is the building material of the future
Next Generation
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19 Jun 20
Larsen looked to an ancient method from the Middle Ages used to thatch roofs out of seaweed and brought it back to the present.
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