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Eat Me: Transforming detritus into delectables
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Food Design
Parisian street artist Lor-K surprises passersby with huge sculptural food-inspired artworks.
5 Oct 16
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Ugly produce for a better world
Design Frontiers
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Food Design
That wonky-looking vegetable in your pantry could be the key to solving world-hunger.
5 Oct 16
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Pichulik's new range brings the sacred feminine to the modern woman
Product Spotlight
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
South African designer Katherine Pichulik presents her new range of jewellery and clothing, which imparts some sacred feminine wisdom for the modern woman.
4 Oct 16
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Future of food: Diary of a cell farmer
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Food Design
Imagine beef without cows and eggs without chickens. Cellular agriculture can serve up food with no animals.
4 Oct 16
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Helen Sebidi explores her ancestry & matriarchal strength through art
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Art & Photography
New collection of paintings explores themes of duality and African lineage.
4 Oct 16
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Traditional art techniques in modern fashion
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
2016 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Mieke Vermeulen presented her new collection Neo-Africana autumn/winter 2017 at SA Fashion Week.
4 Oct 16
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Turning famine into feasts: Insects as the livestock of tomorrow
Design Frontiers
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Mapping Africa's dynamic cities .
29 Sep 16
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Irish students develop new water-safety device
Next Generation
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Film & Animation
What happens to society if drinking water becomes our most lucrative resource?
28 Sep 16
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