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This pen detects cancer in seconds

Design News > Product Design

This handheld device detects cancer so that doctors can remove tumors with greater accuracy during surgery.

8 Sep 17
00:00:00

Airbnb co-founder on designing Olympic-sized trust between strangers

Video Interviews > Design Thinking

Joe Gebbia, co-founder and chief product officer at Airbnb chats to us on the role of design in their success.

8 Sep 17
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Gaza Girls: Girls of the Gaza Strip is a testament to the resilience of the women of Palestine

Design News > Design Activism

Monique Jaques’ photography captures a universal sense of girlhood in Gaza.

7 Sep 17
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Wacom Creatives: Alberto Montt on storytelling through illustrations

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

“As human beings we have an enormous capacity of assigning stories; we feel stuffed with our stories, and I love that.”

6 Sep 17
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The Heat Rescue stove provides practical survival tools for those in need

Design News > Product Design

Following a natural disaster, this kit can help a group of people keep themselves warm and fed until emergency response arrives.

6 Sep 17
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Cutting-edge graphene paint takes ecological architecture to a new level

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

This lime-based coating is quickly becoming an industry standard with its thermal & eco-friendly qualities.

6 Sep 17
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Thomas Chapman on the creation of the Arch for Arch project

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The architect and urban designer talks about this momentous project to honor Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu.

5 Sep 17
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Elodie Lascar’s beautiful illustrations re-imagine the female form

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The French artist’s work provides a nuanced interpretation of womanhood.

5 Sep 17
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Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | September 2017

Take Five > Product Design

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look!

5 Sep 17
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The global addressing system, what3words continues to garner international attention

Design News > Design Activism

What3words ensures that basic services can reach even the most remote places.

4 Sep 17
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Isis Schiffer’s EcoHelmet might get even more people interested in bike sharing

Video Interviews > Product Design

The Pratt Institute design graduate spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2017.

1 Sep 17
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From dreaming up stories to starting a movement with Buhle Ngaba

Design News > Design Activism

We catch up with the woman taking stories to where they're needed most.

1 Sep 17
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

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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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