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Photographer Benjamin Von Wong sheds light on E-waste in latest collection

Design News > Art & Photography

What happens to all our electronics after we’re done with them?

15 Mar 18
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The Desert Twins create water out of dry air

Design News > Design Activism

“The first three days of testing were frustrating; our own sweat was the only liquid produced.”

15 Mar 18
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Memphis Meats is at the forefront of kill-free meat

Design Frontiers > Food Design

As far as innovation in the agriculture sector goes, the future of food is equal parts bizarre and exciting.

14 Mar 18
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Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | March 2018

Take Five > Product Design

Find out why this design made the cut in this month's crowdfunding round-up.

14 Mar 18
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David Adjaye designs Ghana’s new National Cathedral

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

To be built in the city of Accra, the project marks Adjaye Associates’ first major project in the capital.

14 Mar 18
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Here's what makes this small Iranian town one of the world's most walkable

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Due to the unusual layout, no motor vehicles are permitted to enter Masuleh.

14 Mar 18
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The Paper Water Bottle sits at the intersection of branding and sustainable design

Design News > Product Design

Another product you could be using instead of plastic. Check out The Paper Water Bottle.

13 Mar 18
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Illume photographers take you on an aerial tour of Rwanda

Design News > Creative Economy

"There is beautiful nature in Rwanda, but it's very important to know and see the rest."

13 Mar 18
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How can architecture aid those who experience exclusion?

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

This new initiative seeks to explore urban environments from the perspective of a teenage girl.

13 Mar 18
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Tatsuya Honda's hairpin enables you to feel sounds

Next Generation > Product Design

This graduate of the Future University Hakode has designed a more intuitive aid for hearing impaired users that translates sound to vibration.

13 Mar 18
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Photographer Victoria Krundysheva breaks down social media culture in latest collection

Design News > Art & Photography

In the age of publishing retouched moments of life online and curating our appearances, how connected to each other are we really?

13 Mar 18
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27 young South African creatives to watch

Design News > Product Design

Part of our Emerging Creatives 2018, these are just some of the young designers you should have on your radar for South African talent.

12 Mar 18
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Oxygene is the plant-based green tyre of the future

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, this innovation could become the norm for automobile design in years to come.

12 Mar 18
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Food designer Chloé Rutzerveld turns waste into healthy treats

Design News > Food Design

This edible innovation addresses wastage in the food industry – with delicious results.

12 Mar 18
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Code artist Zach Lieberman launches Weird Type in collaboration with Design Indaba

Design News > Interaction Design

“How does typography change when it is spatial, when we can move around it and it exists in 3D space?”

12 Mar 18
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An industrial design graduate has created an Emotional First Aid Kit

Design News > Product Design

Rui Sun tackles the question, “Why do so many products ease physical pain and so few treat emotional stress?”

12 Mar 18
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Art as an exploration of the self and an interrogation of the world with Buhlebezwe Siwani

Design News > Art & Photography

"I’ve always said if art doesn’t engage socially what are you making it for?"

10 Mar 18
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Thomas Heatherwick on why the Zeitz MOCAA is unlike any other museum

Video Interviews > Design Thinking

“Some of the most incredible work is done on this continent and it felt bonkers that many of those artists have to relocate to other parts of the world”

9 Mar 18
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Sweden’s Self-Built City offers solutions to the country’s housing shortage

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

The collaborative project seeks to turn refugees into self-sufficient builders.

9 Mar 18
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Michael Candy’s 3D-printed flowers could save dwindling bee populations

Design News > Industrial Design

This design intervenes in the risk-prone world of pollination using robotic flowers.

9 Mar 18
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Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi awarded the 2018 Pritzker Prize

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Doshi believes the award will draw attention to the capacity for architecture to trigger social upliftment.

9 Mar 18
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Nike designs shoebox made out of recycled milk containers and coffee lids

Design News > Product Design

The sportswear giant teamed up with Taiwanese architect and engineer Arthur Huang to create multi-functional shoe boxes.

9 Mar 18
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Waterstudio’s Parthenon seawall doubles as natural energy generator

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

This Dutch design company explores water-based solutions for urban planning.

9 Mar 18
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Aiming for Democratic Architecture exhibition taps into the role of architecture in democracy

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

At the exhibition, held in Stockholm recently, Design Indaba chatted to MYCKET, a women-led design firm.

8 Mar 18

From the Archives

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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