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Turning famine into feasts: Insects as the livestock of tomorrow

Design Frontiers > Food Design

Consider Nordic Food Labs - the science kitchen that makes bugs a more tasty prospect.

3 Oct 16
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A trip through Sm8ke City

Design News > Art & Photography

These creatives designed an alternate world using a combination of art and architecture.

3 Oct 16
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Fodder: the pop up dining experience that turns eating into an agricultural act

Next Generation > Food Design

Can we connect with the animals we consume by being fed their feed?

3 Oct 16
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Turn Table: The Anatomy of a Pitch

Talks > Information Design

In the most creatively courageous way, London-based creative agency NB Studio wrote a play of their Design Indaba Conference Talk.

30 Sep 16
00:25:45

NB Studio on being brave, bold and creatively courageous

Talks > Information Design

London-based creative agency NB Studio created a theatrical only-at-Design Indaba experience with a play that reveals the tensions at a design pitch.

30 Sep 16
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Everyday episodes of an African reality

Design News > Art & Photography

Using photography to transform the way people view the daily lives of African people.

30 Sep 16
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Mars colonisation: Three fundamental questions

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Efforts are mounting to get us on the red planet - why, how and who?

30 Sep 16
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Generating water out of thin air

Design News > Product Design

This Israeli company is utilising the world’s largest resource of fresh water – the atmosphere.

30 Sep 16
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Challenging our understanding of waste

Design News > Product Design

Landfills could be a source of usable materials.

29 Sep 16
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Wair: A scarf that protects from air pollution

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

With air pollution on the rise, this designer turns to accessories as a solution.

29 Sep 16
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Quirky map reveals the hidden gems of Addis Ababa

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Mapping Africa's dynamic cities .

29 Sep 16
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Irish students develop new water-safety device

Next Generation > Product Design

See the tragedy-inspired invention shortlisted for the James Dyson Award.

29 Sep 16
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Yanweizhou Park: Harnessing nature to benefit itself

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

This wetlands-architecture project absorbs floodwater instead of blocking it.

29 Sep 16
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Meet Albang: The versatile vacation pods of South Korea

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Think pod hotel meets giant egg sculpture – only more durable and eco-friendly.

28 Sep 16
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Border City: An integrated plan to trash the US, Mexico border debate

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Border City is an ambitious plan to rid the United States and Mexico of its divides.

28 Sep 16
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This rooftop farm changes the way we think of agriculture

Design News > Food Design

Brooklyn-based urban agricultural pioneers Gotham Green built the world's largest rooftop farm.

28 Sep 16
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Snapchat enters the wearable tech market with ‘Spectacles’

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Can the social media app succeed where giants like Google Glass have failed?

28 Sep 16
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Cáustico: Speculating the future of water access

Design Frontiers > Film & Animation

What happens to society if drinking water becomes our most lucrative resource?

28 Sep 16
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The Current collection integrates solar energy in everyday objects

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Current Table by Dutch design studio Caventou uses solar-integrated glass to generate energy from light in a process similar to photosynthesis.

27 Sep 16
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Devoted to urban planning

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Born in Kigali, Rwanda, this MIT student works to improve and provide affordable housing designs in Africa.

27 Sep 16
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Planting trees in inhospitable environments

Design News > Design Activism

The Cocoon is a completely organic vessel that lets you plant trees in the worst environments.

27 Sep 16
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China surges forward in the space exploration race

Design News > Industrial Design

Three major new space programmes prove China’s cosmic ambitions.

27 Sep 16
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Student-designed bottle cap could save drought-stricken California millions of litres of water

Next Generation > Product Design

The ‘Cap the Tap’ campaign is a simple way to curtail water wastage from household taps.

27 Sep 16
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Raising East New York: The effect of poverty on the family unit

Design News > Art & Photography

Social documentary photographer Phyllis Dooney challenges the stereotype of the deadbeat dad.

26 Sep 16

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Hollywood calling

Q&A • 16 Aug 22

This Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 is a content creator and fitness influencer with a penchant for filmmaking >
Community living

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum >
Star quality

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022 >
Mr Sandman

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions >

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