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Alexis Peskine explores the black experience through unconventional mediums
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African Design
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Design Activism
He speaks on his Afro-French heritage, immigration and the global black experience.
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2 Apr 19
The African crown reimagined
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African Design
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Inspired by the work of J.D. Okhai Ojeikere, Medina Dugger and GIF artist François Beaurain celebrate the complexity of hair in Nigeria.
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1 Apr 19
Cross Cultural Chairs examines the role of the chair in our modern society
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Craft
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
"Analysing a chair you can understand the stature of a culture, what kind of materials they used and what kind of techniques they knew."
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1 Apr 19
On cityscapes and soundsuits with future-proofing graduate Ines De Peuter
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
Ines De Peuter investigates the relationship between the self and its context by creating garments that adapt to the concrete jungle.
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1 Apr 19
How can storytelling help alleviate the effects of disease?
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Information Design
Researchers are experimenting with various methods of engagement to gain insights in AIDS and antiretroviral treatment adherence.
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29 Mar 19
This Bible-verse inspired building has a unique swan-like design
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Architecture & Interiors
The distinctive roof is a pearly white concrete structure with sweeping, futuristic curves.
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28 Mar 19
The world’s first 3D printed middle ear transplant happened in South Africa
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We take a look at Professor Mashudu Tshifularo's achievement and other ways 3D technology has helped the medical field.
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27 Mar 19
One photographer's surrealist impression of mental illness
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Art & Photography
Katie Joy Crawford was diagnosed young. This is how she sees her anxiety and depression.
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27 Mar 19
Abstract Peaces: Redefining mental illness
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African Design
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Conceptual photographer Tsoku Maela challenges the stigma around mental illness by drawing on his personal experience.
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26 Mar 19
This device could simplify and reduce the costs of TB treatment
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Product Design
An MIT research team conceived a device that would release a month’s supply of antibiotics within the body
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26 Mar 19
Four designers are looking to redesign the gynaecology experience
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Yona is trying to redesign the uncomfortable vaginal speculum using human-centred experience design.
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25 Mar 19
On being a young creative dealing with mental health
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We spoke to past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives to unpack the way creativity and mental health co-exist in their lives.
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25 Mar 19
Zipline is the small medical drone in Rwanda solving a worldwide logistics problem
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"Health is where we found the connection between something we knew we could do and a problem that needed solving," Zipline's Keenan Wyrobek.
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25 Mar 19
The bizarre and confounding influence of Dubai on Africa’s emerging cities
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Design researcher and built environment designer Mathias Agbo, Jr speaks to Nigerian, UAE-based architect Safiya Yahaya on this phenomenon
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22 Mar 19
SPACE10 creates SolarVille prototype for a cleaner future
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Urban & Landscape Design
"We can actively choose to take major steps to reduce global warming and stabilise our climate.”
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22 Mar 19
Mariam Kamara unveils a new collaboration with Design Indaba in Niger
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The Artisan Valley is a whimsical promenade with spaces for local artisans to show off their traditional fabrication processes.
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20 Mar 19
Meet the landscape architect determined to save Bangkok from drowning
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
“The health of the city is directly related to the health of the people. Right now the city is sick so we are all sick,” Kotchakorn Voraakhom.
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20 Mar 19
Cairo architect Nada Elhadedy on architecture driven by circumstance
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
“So instead of using the building as a barrier… we used it to promote openings and interaction.”
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20 Mar 19
Ilze Wolff on creating an activist and public culture around architecture
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
In this architectural practice collaboration with artists is just as important as working with other architects and engineers.
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20 Mar 19
Tumelo Lerata wins most promising award in international housing competition
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The "r.i.s.e in the city" design competition is aimed at bridging the gap between entrepreneurship and architecture.
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19 Mar 19
Could embracing the informality of South Africa’s chaotic taxi industry do more good than bad?
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African Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
Researcher and urban planner Zonke Mkhomazi discusses the history and future of transport in South Africa.
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18 Mar 19
8 emerging fashion designers on their interpretation of South African fashion
Next Generation
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
These designers were part of this year's Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Programme.
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15 Mar 19
Jalila Essaïdi’s project turns cow dung into textiles
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Creative Economy
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Designer and entrepreneur Jalila Essaïdi says we have an untapped natural resource in manure.
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14 Mar 19
4 graphic designers experimenting with colour and tackling taboos
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Graphic Design & Illustration
These are the graphic designer who were a part of the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives exhibition, a smorgasbord of young South African talent.
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14 Mar 19
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