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HUT: Architecture concept for a spiritual community
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Architecture & Interiors
This Italian design group has conceptualised a meditative hub for Tanaf Village, Senegal.
20 Jul 18
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Wikipedia's Cape Town conference tackles the issue of diversity
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African Design
Its goal is to make accessible the sum of ALL human knowledge. Here’s how the online encyclopedia plans to achieve it.
20 Jul 18
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Award-winning director Siphiwe Myeza-Mhlambi on his approach to storytelling
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Film & Animation
“I want everything that l do to allow me to change the world."
19 Jul 18
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Can you deliver affordable housing while increasing the quality?
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Casas Melhoradas aims to do this in Maputo where 80 per cent of the population is estimated to be living in informal settlements.
19 Jul 18
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Jonathan Dotse makes Virtual Reality experiences in Accra
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Jonathan Dotse is a social entrepreneur, technology evangelist, and science-fiction writer living in Accra, Ghana. He also tinkers in virtual reality.
18 Jul 18
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The Tolerance Traveling Poster Show heads to Johannesburg's Constitution Hill
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Mirko Ilić's inspired exhibition continues its tour around South Africa.
16 Jul 18
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Faith XLVII unveils new mural and Peace Manifesto in San Fransisco
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Urban & Landscape Design
"We formulated our own Manifesto, keeping the perspective as inclusive as possible. For me, the main objective is empathy. "
16 Jul 18
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Eliminating the enormous energy cost of mining cryptocurrencies
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Information Design
Estonian company Nordcoin is changing the game and making crypto-farms mobile
13 Jul 18
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The untold history behind William Kentridge’s most ambitious project to date
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Music & Sound Design
“The colonial logic toward the black participants could be summed up by: ‘Lest their actions merit recognition, their deeds must not be recorded’.”
12 Jul 18
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Leading local fashion designer Thabo Makhetha takes her blanket approach to the next level
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Design Indaba Emerging Creatives alumna Thabo Makhetha is now crowdfunding to produce her own textile designs.
12 Jul 18
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How can we adjust our world to accommodate an ever-expanding global population?
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Urban & Landscape Design
These interventions could help relieve the enormous pressures felt by cities in a crowded world.
11 Jul 18
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How drones are helping in the fight against malaria
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African Design
“Where do mosquitoes go in the dry season?”
10 Jul 18
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Advertising maverick David Droga to speak at Design Indaba 2019
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Information Design
“As a creative person you can’t bullshit yourself that you’re happy, no matter the perks. If you’re not having an impact on the work, it’s not worth it.”
10 Jul 18
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Tanzanian photographer uses social media to break away from the conservative country
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Art & Photography
When art must conform to the law of the land, some artists find acceptance on social media.
9 Jul 18
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How the repeal of net neutrality will affect innovation
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Information Design
Innovation and digital design may suffer due to the increased control over the websites we browse
9 Jul 18
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When a natural disaster occurred in Chile, Alejandro Aravena and his team set out to rebuild the city
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Urban & Landscape Design
The architect tackles the reconstruction of a city through public participation.
9 Jul 18
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World’s largest 3D printed structure unveiled at Venice Biennale
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Architecture & Interiors
The Cloud Pergola was envisioned as a paradigm for what architecture should stand for in the 21st century. It will be on show until 25 November.
6 Jul 18
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AGI: On the importance of hosting this year's event in Mexico
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Nikki Gonnissen, Paul Cox and Alejandro Magallanes discuss graphic design, borders and moving the conference from the US to Mexico.
6 Jul 18
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Durban-based artist adds vibrant artwork to a local taxi rank
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Graphic Design & Illustration
This mural is meant to give the newly rebuilt Cartwright Taxi Rank a vivid and welcoming exterior.
5 Jul 18
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Zambian fashion entrepreneur on prints, nostalgia and the importance of finding synergy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Lucy Mulima started Aya Goods after years spent working in fashion, PR and media.
5 Jul 18
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How designers are using digital fabrication to improve wheelchairs
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Product Design
Disrupt Disability uses open source design and digital fabrication to make wheels that are affordable and fully customisable.
5 Jul 18
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The Connected Supper Club on dinner tables as spaces for positive change
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“London is a big city and I don’t find it surprising that people are attracted to small events centred around dinner tables."
4 Jul 18
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Developed by a Cape Town lecturer, this self-sustaining toilet turns waste into material of value
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Product Design
The innovative Sanihive took home two major prizes at the recently held UNLEASH event.
4 Jul 18
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4 projects that cleverly integrate digital fabrication into architecture
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Architecture & Interiors
Digital fabrication is helping companies build homes in 24 hours while also helping to build local entrepreneurship.
4 Jul 18
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