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Generative design creates new ways to form a brand's identity
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Information Design
From wine, dance and even voice, designer Patrik Hübner chats us through how he uses creative algorithms to tell new stories.
30 Oct 19
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These awards recognise excellence in design, architecture and interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
We take you through some of the 2019 Dezeen Award winners working to create a better world through creativity.
30 Oct 19
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How this stroke survivor inspired a new typeface
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Interaction Design
Kristina.Bold is the typeface developed from the handwriting of Kristina Hellgren.
30 Oct 19
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3 projects that predict the future of food, travel and architecture
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Interaction Design
These three young graduates formed part of the inaugural Antenna event organised by Design Indaba and Dutch Design Week.
30 Oct 19
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Two artists use video and sculpture to explore perceptions of history and memory
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Art & Photography
Kyu Sang Lee and Martin Wilson talk to us about their project, Still-life with Three Suspended Bodies.
30 Oct 19
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How data science in and for Africa can blaze new trails
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African Design
The new School for Data Science and Computational Thinking argues that locals should take the lead in developing data-driven solutions to local challenges.
30 Oct 19
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Sakhile Cebekhulu on weaving stories through his designs
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“My ethos is to tell authentic and real South African stories using clothing and product.”
29 Oct 19
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A fresh perspective on the traditional practices of sustainability
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Industrial Design
How can a chair and a shoebox contribute to a more ecologically sustainable future?
27 Oct 19
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Shani Crowe turns hair into art
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Art & Photography
These mesmerising braids celebrate the beauty of black femininity.
25 Oct 19
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Meet the artist behind America's only museum dedicated to African beads
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Art & Photography
Olayami Dabls says he wanted to enable residents to better understand the immense power of their African heritage.
25 Oct 19
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This Swedish firm builds multiple-storey homes entirely from wood
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Architecture & Interiors
Folkhem is leading the charge when it comes to this environmentally-minded mandate.
24 Oct 19
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This memorial honours the lives of victims of gun violence
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Design Activism
An average of 700 lives are lost each week due to gun violence in the United States.
22 Oct 19
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Bright Dimba on turning wire weaving into luxury products
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Product Design
The 2017 Design Indaba Emerging Creative collaborates with weavers from his hometown in KwaZulu-Natal to produce handwoven goods.
21 Oct 19
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Social housing project wins Britain's most prestigious architecture award
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Architecture & Interiors
The purpose of the Goldsmith housing project was to present a new model of high-quality low-income houses.
18 Oct 19
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The future of food according to six antenna conference speakers
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Food Design
These graduates are reimagining the future of food with their innovative projects.
17 Oct 19
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The women putting Nigerian creativity on the world map
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Creative Economy
As the creativity season kicks off in Nigeria, we highlight the women making things happen in the art and design sector.
16 Oct 19
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Joana Choumali on identity, tradition and dealing with trauma
Design Frontiers
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Craft
“I always try to engage with the concepts of the African identity, in relation to history, especially the ways the black body is being represented.”
16 Oct 19
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How can designers address the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
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Product Design
#antenna2019 speakers have developed forward-thinking projects with this question in mind.
15 Oct 19
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Ditiro Mashigo on creating products that speak to her essence
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The 2017 Design Indaba Emerging Creative talks to us about her textile and fashion design business that she started after being retrenched.
15 Oct 19
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The designers combating air pollution
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Product Design
From smog eating roof tiles to sweatshirts that react to different kinds of pollution and more.
14 Oct 19
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Redesigning cities based on the words of hip hop greats
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Design Activism
The Hip Hop Architecture Camp introduces kids to architecture using a medium they love.
14 Oct 19
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Here is what to expect at the #antenna2019 exhibition
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Product Design
Come see innovative projects including ones looking at redesigning hearing aids, photography and converting waste into ink.
12 Oct 19
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Sheltersuit is a wearable shelter for homeless people
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Design Thinking
"Homelessness is a global problem and Sheltersuit, as we see it, is a solution that fits in any country," says designer Bas Timmer.
11 Oct 19
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Lauren Bowker is making the world a little more colourful
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Product Design
The designer and innovator believes in pushing the limits of science, textiles and the natural world.
10 Oct 19
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