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Basic Income Cafe uses coffee as a metaphor for the flow of money
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Creative Economy
“Visitors are provoked to experience the underlying economic models first hand."
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15 Nov 18
Nigerian writer Ziki Nelson on his upcoming comic book featuring 15 African artists
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"From our perspective, there's no point publishing a Spiderman-esque superhero story. The DCs and the Marvels of this world already do that so well.”
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13 Nov 18
How urban planning can help us cope with climate change
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Design Thinking
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Industrial Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
The results of this recent research could help city planners build our future cities better.
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13 Nov 18
A non-invasive tool for spinal correction
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Product Design
Correcting a spinal deformity early is key to avoiding a more severe form of scoliosis in adulthood .
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8 Nov 18
Playful sonic sculptures that reverberate across the design world
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Music & Sound Design
Pentagram London’s newly appointed partner, Yuri Suzuki, will be speaking at Design Indaba Conference 2019.
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5 Nov 18
Low-cost medical device detects pneumonia quickly and effectively
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Product Design
This device, called Kulinda, could counteract the devastating effects of pneumonia in developing countries.
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5 Nov 18
Filtration system gives you clean water wherever you are
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Product Design
Over 800 million people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water, but this new filtration system could solve that.
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2 Nov 18
Where would the South African comedy scene be without Kagiso Lediga?
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Creative Economy
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Film & Animation
The filmmaker, actor and comedian behind some of the country's most loved comedy shows and films will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2019.
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31 Oct 18
Iran's hidden history now told by postage stamps
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Iran had a history before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and a design student is using stamps to highlight this.
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29 Oct 18
Futurist Alexa Clay on why Silicon Valley should focus on goodness and humanity
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
She says there needs to be more to tech than just building another app to get rich.
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25 Oct 18
Night Loo offers refugee women a safer toilet option
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Product Design
Going to the toilet becomes a serious problem for refugee women when they face attack on their way to the bathroom.
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24 Oct 18
Tik-Tik helps make freedom of movement easier for the visually impaired
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Product Design
The blind designer Simon Dogger who spoke at this year's Design Indaba tells us about his latest project.
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23 Oct 18
Award-winning Brazilian designer to speak on his 30-year journey
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The award-winning designer, Kiko Farkas will speak at the Design Indaba Conference 2019 on his remarkable career.
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22 Oct 18
Entries for the 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards are open!
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African Design
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Design Thinking
The awards are open to artists, designers and architecture students living in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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17 Oct 18
Low-cost artificial leg for amputees in developing countries
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Product Design
A prosthetic leg made from recycled plastic is about to change the lives of amputees in developing countries.
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16 Oct 18
Indian artist of artefacts Sneha Suresh uses visual communication to transcend text
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Product Design
The visual artist and printmaker will be exhibiting at the first ever antenna exhibition. Here's what she had to say about her work.
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13 Oct 18
A menstrual toolkit developed for refugee women
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Design Activism
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Product Design
This toolkit caters to every aspect of the menstrual cycle and it's reusable.
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13 Oct 18
Three ways designers are preparing for disaster
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Activism
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Product Design
These innovations are not only responsive but empathetic, taking a human-centred approach to solutions-based design.
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12 Oct 18
Tech innovations that make dealing with mental illness a little bit easier
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
We take a look at the interesting ways design can assist with some of the symptoms associated with mental illness.
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11 Oct 18
Five things to know about Ane Crabtree, the latest Design Indaba 2019 speaker
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Film & Animation
She’s known as the designer of all of our favourite apocalyptic TV shows like Westworld and The Handmaid’s Tale.
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10 Oct 18
Art collective tells painful stories of the displaced
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Design Activism
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Information Design
Foundland Collective uses research, art and design to track the traumatic stories of people affected by forced migration.
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8 Oct 18
Empathy: a quality that binds design across disciplines
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
Here are five more antenna 2018 speakers and a little bit about why we chose them.
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5 Oct 18
Unpacking graphic design with Milton Glaser, Paula Scher, Seymour Chwast & more
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Graphic Design & Illustration
These industry elites drop some priceless gems after illustrious careers in graphic design.
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4 Oct 18
Senegal’s taxi industry set to gain an eco-conscious option with the Ping! app
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
Could the natural evolution of public transport include a fleet of hybrid cars for every city?
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2 Oct 18
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