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An easy low-cost way to deliver medicine in rural areas

Industrial design student Gwen Gage wants to make medication delivery more accessible in under-developed regions. >
Five killer Design Indaba Conference talks you should watch

From graphic designer Natasha Jen to architect Francis Kéré, here are our top 5 Design Indaba Conference talks. >
5 Innovations that broke the mould in 2018

Pioneers in their fields, these innovations were made to provide new solutions to old problems. >
Our top five trending stories of 2018

As 2018 comes to an end, we're highlighting stories that grabbed our readers' attention this year. >
Design Indaba 2019: Where business and design meet

The next Design Indaba Conference is set to tackle various topics across business and design. >
Design Indaba 2019 presents: Architecture driven by social responsibility

From Mariam Kamara to Dong Ping-Wong, the 2019 Design Indaba Conference will host a list of renowned architects. >
The way we build homes is wrong, says Joe Gebbia, and here's how he wants to fix it

"In order to meet the demands of the future, whether it be climate displacement or rural-urban migration, the home needs to evolve, to think forward.” >
The Indian woman behind some of Hollywood's blockbuster set designs

Aashrita Kamath turned her love of narrative into a career. >
How urban planning can help us cope with climate change

The results of this recent research could help city planners build our future cities better. >
Design is what combines technology and biology in Markus Kayser's work

The 16 robots, including the design system to control them, were developed by researchers who work at the intersection of biotechnology and design. >
Iran's hidden history now told by postage stamps

Iran had a history before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and a design student is using stamps to highlight this. >
Futurist Alexa Clay on why Silicon Valley should focus on goodness and humanity

She says there needs to be more to tech than just building another app to get rich. >
Night Loo offers refugee women a safer toilet option

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

Award-winning costume designer and women's rights icon. >
Five things to know about Ane Crabtree, the latest Design Indaba 2019 speaker

She’s known as the designer of all of our favourite apocalyptic TV shows like Westworld and The Handmaid’s Tale. >
Unpacking graphic design with Milton Glaser, Paula Scher, Seymour Chwast & more

These industry elites drop some priceless gems after illustrious careers in graphic design. >
Five past Design Indaba speakers on how they perceive product design

Watch Design Indaba Alumni give their take on what it means to make quality functional products. >
Eric Quint on 3M's design-centered mission

“We are part of an ecosystem, uniting purpose with partnership, that creates meaningful innovations.” >
The Human Utility: How a Twitter discussion started a movement

What started out as a Twitter discussion soon became a way to address the water affordability and access issue in the United States. >
On the first national memorial to victims of lynching in the US

Designed by MASS Design Group, who have offices in Boston and in Kigali, the memorial relies on sculpture, art, and design to contextualise racial terror. >
Damon Davis explores Ghana's slave past and its impact on black America

“...the world tells us that our identity doesn’t matter and our story doesn’t matter and our lives don’t matter.” >
How two researchers hacked software to create a functional AI for their diabetic son

"Not one of those companies allowed me to directly access the data that was literally coming out of my son’s body. So I hacked it." >
Woebot: A smart, accessible mental healthcare solution

Created by a group of Stanford psychologists, WoeBot is used in over 120 countries and has generated over 2 million messages since its launch. >
MIT audio & text system could detect depression in everyday conversations

A model by researchers at MIT is able to detect depression in context-free interactions. >

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