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AGI Open México City speakers contemplate design on 'the other side'
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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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25 Sep 18
This Guinea Bissau artist uses his art to draw attention to social injustice
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African Design
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"Design should be used as a tool to improve lives and harmonise situations,” says artist Nu Barreto.
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24 Sep 18
A' Design Awards & Competition is calling for submissions
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The awards aim to highlight, advertise and advocate good design, designers and design-oriented companies.
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20 Sep 18
Harnessing the power of urine
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Researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient way to generate power from organic waste.
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20 Sep 18
Indelibl wants to make art by Africans more accessible
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Both online and offline, the platform is committed to taking art beyond the gallery space.
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17 Sep 18
On designing spaces with people's mental health in mind
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Siphilele Magagula on life after her conceptual Empathy Museum, fundraising to continue her studies and creating more spaces that heal.
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11 Sep 18
Here's why the changing advertising agency hasn't scared David Droga
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Design Thinking
“Logical people make the world go round, but creative people make it worth living in.”
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24 Aug 18
Rajni Perera’s embellished photography explores identity alongside surreal dreamworlds
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Art & Photography
“After all, immigrants are the first travellers in time and space.”
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14 Aug 18
Architect Annabelle Selldorf announced as Design Indaba speaker for 2019
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Architecture & Interiors
The founder of Selldorf Architects’ design language is quietly classic and highly considered.
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14 Aug 18
Indian artists interpret what Urdu will look like in 2050
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Graphic Design & Illustration
'Will young girls drop Rumi bombs on the 2050 version of social media to passive aggressively call out lousy lovers?"
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13 Aug 18
Somali Architecture students are stitching back the country's built heritage digitally
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Architecture & Interiors
The collective has been invited to represent the country at this year's London Design Biennale.
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12 Aug 18
Roshnee Desai is pushing for a research-led approach to design in India
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The importance of designing for the everyday person, and democratising design.
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12 Aug 18
Bridging the gap between architecture and entrepreneurship in Lesotho
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Daniela Gusman talks about the project as well as their international architecture competition, Rise In The City.
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10 Aug 18
Morag Myerscough's Design Indaba installation brings vibrant colour to two Cape Town schools
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Design Indaba worked with stakeholders including SeeSawDo on two projects giving a second life to the Embrace the Unknown installation.
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8 Aug 18
Advice from past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives
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Here's what illustrator Daniel Ting Chong, director Anthony Silverston, artist Paul Senyol and furniture designer Neil Grantham have to say.
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8 Aug 18
Check out the creatives participating in this year's GrigriPixel workshop
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African Design
The annual programme is developing a wealth of experimental practices through inter-continental collaboration.
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7 Aug 18
Entries for the second Future Food Design Awards are now open
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Creative Economy
Set to be held during this year’s annual Dutch Design Week, the competition is seeking to solidify the connection between the worlds of food and design.
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3 Aug 18
These five creative women are using fashion, food and more to challenge and inspire
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This Women’s Month, we take a look back at some of the fiercely creative women who have graced the Design Indaba stage.
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2 Aug 18
Meet Dutch designer, artist and entrepreneur, Joris Laarman
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Product Design
“I don’t do things with a goal in my head. I just do them to discover things.”
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1 Aug 18
Underwater couture for an uncertain future by biomimicry designer Jun Kamei
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The Royal College of Art grad’s 3D-printed garments are for a world submerged in water.
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30 Jul 18
Designing for urban mobility means learning from the past and predicting for the future
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Urban & Landscape Design
Trans Utopias is an exhibition which explores the way we design our transport systems in the past, present and for the future.
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25 Jul 18
Award-winning director Siphiwe Myeza-Mhlambi on his approach to storytelling
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Film & Animation
“I want everything that l do to allow me to change the world."
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19 Jul 18
Faith XLVII unveils new mural and Peace Manifesto in San Fransisco
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"We formulated our own Manifesto, keeping the perspective as inclusive as possible. For me, the main objective is empathy. "
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16 Jul 18
Eliminating the enormous energy cost of mining cryptocurrencies
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Design Thinking
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Information Design
Estonian company Nordcoin is changing the game and making crypto-farms mobile
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13 Jul 18
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