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Plastic Bottle Village

Take a look at the life of Robert Bezeau, the "plastic bottle architect". >
Chivas Regal

Chivas Regal is a proud supplier of Design Indaba. >
Empower, Connect and Sustain: This year’s top Global Grad Show projects

Conceptually simple, technically complex, physical and virtual design. >
A New Kind of Beauty

A look at the hunt for aesthetic perfection through Phillip Toledano’s candid lens. >
Engineered seduction: How slot machines keep users fixated

Take a look at the deceptive graphic design & psychology behind gambling machines. >
Decorative discouragement: The dirty tricks in architecture

Take a look at a few sly design choices that benefit some & prohibit others. >
The chair that was designed by AI

It turns out that some of AI's best solutions are inspired by nature. >
Three cities that tackle modern civic problems successfully

Take a look at how city planners have found ways to manage 21st-century urban obstacles in these three cities. >
Mars colonisation: Three fundamental questions

Efforts are mounting to get us on the red planet - why, how and who? >
Gaia telescopes chart largest map of the Universe ever

The observation mission of ESA has returned its first crop of cosmic images – and it’s huge. >
Gene-editing of mosquitoes could annihilate lethal viruses

Scientists could put disease-spreading mosquitoes in their crosshairs, but would the outcome be positive? >
The Linx helmet: Safer, earphone-less music for cyclists

The flagship product of Coros lets you listen to music without covering your ears. >
The enigmatic EmDrive rises through scientific ranks

The 2000 brainchild of Roger Shawyer gains research momentum as a viable space engine. >
Crowdsourced mapping to highlight crisis zones

MapSwipe is a smartphone application used to crowdsource information about previously undiscovered crisis zones. >
EyeControl: The first screen-free device for ALS patients

Often patients with ALS are "locked in" and unable to speak or use their limbs. With EyeControl, "locked-in" patients can communicate using eye-scrolling tech. >
Floating greenhouse is both sustainable and educational

Serbian design firm Salt & Water have conceptualised a floating community hub that teaches green living. >
The Plasmorph: A living diary

Relying on memory alone can be daunting. Conceptual designer Ann-Kristin Abel envisions a living organism that provides customised information, >
Panama’s waste is now a village of plastic bottles

Isla Colón in Bocas Del Toro, Panama will be home to an entire village constructed out of recycled plastic bottles. >
CrowdVoice: An archive of social unrest from around the world

Esra’a Al Shafei’s online platform curates user-generated content from protests around the world. >
Enter your design to the Green Product Award

The Green Product Award have extended their deadline exclusively for Design Indaba readers. Submissions are open until Sunday 13 March. >
This is what it's like to read with dyslexia

Victor Widell’s interactive blog post lets the viewer experience what it’s like to be dyslexic. >
One week left to enter the A’ Design Awards

Entries for all categories of the prestigious A’ Design Awards have now been extended to 7 March. >
Integrating VR into fine dining

Samsung says its virtual reality headset will enhance the fine dining experience, but do we need to? >
Last chance to enter the A’ Design Awards

Entries are still open for all categories of the prestigious A’ Design Awards. >

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