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A non-invasive tool for spinal correction

Design News > Product Design

Correcting a spinal deformity early is key to avoiding a more severe form of scoliosis in adulthood . >

8 Nov 18
Design is what combines technology and biology in Markus Kayser's work

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

The 16 robots, including the design system to control them, were developed by researchers who work at the intersection of biotechnology and design. >

7 Nov 18
Scribble is a touch-activated joystick for semi-autonomous driving

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Currently there is no middle ground between the car taking the wheel or its driver, this is where Scribble comes in. >

6 Nov 18
Playful sonic sculptures that reverberate across the design world

Design News > Music & Sound Design

Pentagram London’s newly appointed partner, Yuri Suzuki, will be speaking at Design Indaba Conference 2019. >

5 Nov 18
Low-cost medical device detects pneumonia quickly and effectively

Design News > Product Design

This device, called Kulinda, could counteract the devastating effects of pneumonia in developing countries. >

5 Nov 18
Filtration system gives you clean water wherever you are

Design News > 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. >

2 Nov 18
Where would the South African comedy scene be without Kagiso Lediga?

Design News > Creative Economy / 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. >

31 Oct 18
A simple brass paper clip wins at the Future Food Design Awards

Next Generation > Food Design

0.9 Grams of Brass, a project by designer Adelaide Lala Tam, tells a complicated story through a seemingly banal object. >

29 Oct 18
Iran's hidden history now told by postage stamps

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Iran had a history before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and a design student is using stamps to highlight this. >

29 Oct 18
Futurist Alexa Clay on why Silicon Valley should focus on goodness and humanity

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

She says there needs to be more to tech than just building another app to get rich. >

25 Oct 18
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzales wants to make packaging disappear

Design Frontiers > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism / Product Design

The Design Indaba 2019 speaker is the co-founder of Skipping Rocks Lab – the company behind the biodegradable water-filled bead to replace plastic bottles. >

25 Oct 18
Night Loo offers refugee women a safer toilet option

Design News > Product Design

Going to the toilet becomes a serious problem for refugee women when they face attack on their way to the bathroom. >

24 Oct 18
The Frame Awards 2019 will honour the world’s best interiors

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Industrial Design

The international jury includes former Design Indaba speaker, Yinka Ilori. >

23 Oct 18
Tik-Tik helps make freedom of movement easier for the visually impaired

Design News > Product Design

The blind designer Simon Dogger who spoke at this year's Design Indaba tells us about his latest project. >

23 Oct 18
Award-winning Brazilian designer to speak on his 30-year journey

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The award-winning designer, Kiko Farkas will speak at the Design Indaba Conference 2019 on his remarkable career. >

22 Oct 18
Unscrambling Africa photo project reveals the Africa beyond the slums and safaris

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Creative Economy

Photographer Mutua Matheka launched his project to show the complex beauty of African cities. >

18 Oct 18
Entries for the 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards are open!

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking

The awards are open to artists, designers and architecture students living in South Africa and Zimbabwe. >

17 Oct 18
Low-cost artificial leg for amputees in developing countries

Design News > Product Design

A prosthetic leg made from recycled plastic is about to change the lives of amputees in developing countries. >

16 Oct 18
The Final Five: antenna 2018 is right on our doorstep

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking

These creatives make up the list of 20-plus graduates who will present projects that change the world of tomorrow. >

16 Oct 18
Indian artist of artefacts Sneha Suresh uses visual communication to transcend text

Design News > 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. >

13 Oct 18
A menstrual toolkit developed for refugee women

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

This toolkit caters to every aspect of the menstrual cycle and it's reusable. >

13 Oct 18
Close Distance explores the divide between Bangladeshi women of different classes

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Design Activism

"While maidservants make the bed and dust the sofa day in and day out, they are not expected to sit or lie on them.” >

12 Oct 18
Meet the young innovators at antenna’s first exhibition

Next Generation > Design Thinking

It’s an evolution of the first antenna conference which took place at Dutch Design Week last year. >

12 Oct 18
Three ways designers are preparing for disaster

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Product Design

These innovations are not only responsive but empathetic, taking a human-centred approach to solutions-based design. >

12 Oct 18

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