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00:07:19

How Isis Schiffer made the foldable bike helmet

Talks > Product Design

The EcoHelmet made international headlines and won numerous awards.

1 Sep 17
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This electricity generating yarn could change the face of wearable tech

Design Frontiers > Product Design

The carbon nanotube yarn generates electricity with just a tug.

31 Aug 17
00:02:14

Carina Bonse on developing the Swimming In It campaign to new heights

Video Interviews > Information Design

The Global Grad chatted with us about the challenges of educating the masses about Cape Town’s less than pristine beaches.

30 Aug 17
00:06:37

Exposing the fecal danger in our picturesque beaches with Carina Bonse

Talks > Product Design

“People are concerned about what they put in their bodies, yet don’t know the effect that wastewater can have on their health.”

30 Aug 17
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The 2017 Beazley Design of the Year finalists include Kanye West, IKEA and architect Sir David Adjaye

Design News > Design Activism

The nominees feature more than 60 projects that span six categories – architecture, digital, fashion, graphics, product and transport.

29 Aug 17
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The inflatable garden that could sustain life on Mars and beyond

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

This NASA project would see astronauts on a self-sustaining vegetarian diet for longer trips across the cosmos.

29 Aug 17
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Sir David Adjaye and Tiffany Chu among the nine speakers at the inaugural Design Commons

Design News > Design Thinking

The deconstructed conference puts global heavyweights in design at the same table as the audience.

28 Aug 17
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Convenient household composting with Taihi

Next Generation > Product Design

If it’s good enough for your body, it’s certainly good enough for your garden.

28 Aug 17
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The Maitland Institute is changing perspectives on how audiences engage with art

Design News > Creative Economy

This Cape Town space is departing from the clinical, one-way-communication aspect of the modern art gallery.

25 Aug 17
00:02:55

Empathy and fact in Ekene Ijeoma’s emotive projects

Video Interviews > Information Design

The US-based interdisciplinary designer’s Refugee Map looks outside the frames of a global crisis.

25 Aug 17
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On Nathan Reddy, one of the leading design specialists in the ad industry

Design News > African Design

The founder of GRID Worldwide Branding and Design, was inducted into the Loeries Creative Hall of Fame.

24 Aug 17
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Should you be putting your website to bed?

Design News > Information Design

Sleep debt facts say yes.

24 Aug 17
00:03:13

Blinky Bill talks socially conscious music and breaking free of genre constraints

Video Interviews > Music & Sound Design

The former Just a Band frontman gets in depth about the power of music.

23 Aug 17
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See these custom tributes to the iconic Prince

Design News > Music & Sound Design

The icon’s passing was a shock to many, but at least we’ll be able to replicate his purple hue.

23 Aug 17
00:02:48

A return to our primordial roots with Stanislaw Trzebinski

Design News > Art & Photography

“In spite of our total reliance on the natural world, we have become almost blind to it,” says the artist.

23 Aug 17
00:18:42

Blinky Bill brings African musical expression to the Design Indaba stage

Talks > Music & Sound Design

The Kenyan musician, producer and DJ doesn’t care what African music is ‘supposed’ to sound like.

23 Aug 17
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Kolor Art Collective’s latest work questions what it means to be ‘normal’

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

Photographed by Pol Kurucz, the brazenly avant-garde series defies conventionalities.

23 Aug 17
00:19:53

Furniture designer Stefan Diez on the value of designing process

Talks > Industrial Design

The renowned German designer does not shy away from age-old materials and techniques.

22 Aug 17
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From outmoded storage cylinder to innovative knowledge hub

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

This storehouse will be transformed into a dynamic information centre on sustainable energy for the city of Heidelberg.

22 Aug 17
4:32

Wacom Creatives: Benjamin Von Wong on his brand of visual engineering

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

"If social media didn't exist I probably wouldn't be doing photography," says the photographer.

22 Aug 17
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Meet Carolyn Davidson, the woman behind the iconic Nike Swoosh

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration

The retired graphic designer created the logo while she was still a student at Portland State University. The job earned her $35 back then.

21 Aug 17
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Testing the bounds of modular home design with DD16

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

This architecture prototype caters for intrepid voyagers and nomadic fishermen with utmost economy in its design.

21 Aug 17
00:02:25

Stefan Diez on the importance of craftsmanship and pushing boundaries in design

Video Interviews > Industrial Design

“Design is always done really outstandingly if it takes little effort to reach very far," says the industrial designer.

21 Aug 17
00:02:53

Isabel Mager on how the making of tech devices carry untold human value

Video Interviews > Industrial Design

This designer explores design mechanisms broadly and how they affect culture and way of life.

18 Aug 17

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