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From refugee camp to fashion runway

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Motivated by experiences of displacement, these designers are using fashion to tell their story of war and strife and in doing so, helping refugee communities.

11 Jun 19
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A collective of artists are preserving Mexico's linguistic diversity

Design News > Film & Animation

“No one can love what he does not know.”

10 Jun 19
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Sand: Overmined and underecognised

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Sand, a resource usually taken for granted, is being drastically overmined, resulting in the destruction of major ecosystems worldwide.

10 Jun 19
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African architecture: Ornaments, crime & prejudice

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors

Mathias Agbo, Jr. reflects on the importance of African ornamentation and the stories they convey.

7 Jun 19
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Turning refugee bunkers into privacy pods using minimalist design

Next Generation > Product Design

“I tried to create a kind of privacy pod around the only space the individual has: their beds.”

7 Jun 19
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Doctor turned designer Kgahlego Kewana talks us through her unlikely path

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

The Emerging Creative exhibited her work at the Design Indaba Festival 2019 among 49 up-and-coming South African talents.

6 Jun 19
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DJ Steloo's latest work looks to the ocean for inspiration

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy

Called Stitches From The Ocean, the Accra-based creative says he wanted to let the audience into the other side of his creative process.

5 Jun 19
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Gabrielle Goliath honours victims of sexual-based violence through sound and art

Design News > Art & Photography

The winner of this year's Standard Bank Young Artist Award talks about her latest project called This Song is For...

5 Jun 19
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Lucia Bakulumpagi-Wamala on new ways to tackle electricity shortage in Uganda

Design News > African Design

The CEO of Bakulu Power takes us through their work in Buvuma, one of the only districts without electricity in the country.

4 Jun 19
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Celine Semaan wants to solve fashion's sustainability problem

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design

The culture and climate thought leader is working with everyone from the UN to students to tackle fashion's sustainability problem.

4 Jun 19
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The African projects harnessing alternative energy

Design News > Design Activism

“We must be more ambitious in harnessing the power of renewable energy to meet sustainable development and climate goals”

3 Jun 19
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Marjan van Aubel uses intelligent design to solve energy and food production problems

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

In her work she looks at our current relationship with solar technology and how it can be used to enhance and future-proof city living.

3 Jun 19
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Faith XLVII talks about the importance of staging Aurum in South Africa

Design Frontiers > Film & Animation

The artist and her collaborators, Pure and Inka Kendzia, talk to us about the interactive performance piece.

31 May 19
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Sculptors set to create the world’s largest gender equality art project

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Australian sculptors and married couple Gillie and Marc are creating 10 life sized sculptures celebrating the lives of monumental women.

31 May 19
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OurArtworks is a creative haven for Mississippi's disabled community

Design News > Art & Photography

“Anyone who has a disability has the ability to create art.”

30 May 19
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Jordanian studio Turbo on resisting design trends

Design Frontiers > Graphic Design & Illustration

We chat to Saeed Abu-Jabar and Mothanna Hussein about how they’re contributing to the desert city’s flourishing design scene.

29 May 19
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Drawing water out of thin air

Product Spotlight > Product Design

How Majik Water tapped a water source that is all around us.

29 May 19
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Siddhant Shah is bridging the gap between disability and cultural heritage

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

“Designers and architects live with the misconception that accessibility is only restricted to the physical aspect of a space... that's a fallacy."

28 May 19
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Mileha Soneji designs low-tech tools for Parkinson’s patients

Design News > Product Design

The product designer has created two products to cater to people suffering from Parkinson's.

28 May 19
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Kenyan jeweller uses natural minerals to tell her story

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Ami Doshi Shah’s sculptural jewellery pieces tell the story both of Kenya’s intricate past and the country's captivating natural beauty.

27 May 19
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Roy Allela invents tech that translates sign language into audio

Design Frontiers > Product Design

The Kenyan inventor was inspired by his deaf niece to create Sign-IO, a glove that interprets sign language into speech.

27 May 19
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Gordon Reid on embracing the weird in design

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

The graphic designer talks us through his design career and starting his own agency, Middleboop.

24 May 19
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More than a catcall

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design

Sophie Sandberg tackles everyday harassment by taking it back to the streets.

24 May 19
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Funfere Koroye on product design for the West African consumer

Design News > Industrial Design

Nigerian product designer has designed a range of products that take into account the uniqueness of a West African consumer.

23 May 19

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Design News • 10 Aug 22

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Q&A • 10 Aug 22

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Q&A • 10 Aug 22

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Design News • 10 Aug 22

Design Indaba alumnus Shaakira Jassat created a collection of trick glasses inspired by social distancing and caterpillars for the Nationaal Glasmuseum >

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