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David Droga on why he is still optimistic about advertising
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“Linear and logical people make the world go round, but it’s the creative people who make it worth living in."
4 Apr 19
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On building a disappearing city in the Moroccan Sahara
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Urban & Landscape Design
"As designers, architects know how to build cities, but our field as a whole has not yet grasped how to make them disappear."
4 Apr 19
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The whimsical illustrations of Monica Obaga
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Art & Photography
“I would say my aesthetic has always been whimsical because all my favourite media as a child were musicals, cartoons, books, comics and fashion.”
3 Apr 19
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Wanuri Kahiu on using film to talk about Africans as joyful and radiant
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Film & Animation
“I realised that there is more images and more stories of joy than there is of remorse,” Kahiu says of her search for African stories of joy.
3 Apr 19
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Youngsta: Rapping the stories of the Cape Colony
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Music & Sound Design
We sat down with one of South African rap's busiest and most artists.
3 Apr 19
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IKEA ÖVERALLT: In the designers' words
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Product Design
At Design Indaba Conference 2019, the group of African designers share the motivations behind the products they dreamed up and realised.
2 Apr 19
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Constant, a photo series on pain, love and healing
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Art & Photography
“The constant title came about when I had a serious reality check that I was the constant denominator in all my failed relationships." Basetsana Maluleka
2 Apr 19
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Alexis Peskine explores the black experience through unconventional mediums
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Design Activism
He speaks on his Afro-French heritage, immigration and the global black experience.
2 Apr 19
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The African crown reimagined
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Art & Photography
Inspired by the work of J.D. Okhai Ojeikere, Medina Dugger and GIF artist François Beaurain celebrate the complexity of hair in Nigeria.
1 Apr 19
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Cross Cultural Chairs examines the role of the chair in our modern society
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Product Design
"Analysing a chair you can understand the stature of a culture, what kind of materials they used and what kind of techniques they knew."
1 Apr 19
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On cityscapes and soundsuits with future-proofing graduate Ines De Peuter
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Product Design
Ines De Peuter investigates the relationship between the self and its context by creating garments that adapt to the concrete jungle.
1 Apr 19
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How can storytelling help alleviate the effects of disease?
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Information Design
Researchers are experimenting with various methods of engagement to gain insights in AIDS and antiretroviral treatment adherence.
29 Mar 19
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This Bible-verse inspired building has a unique swan-like design
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Architecture & Interiors
The distinctive roof is a pearly white concrete structure with sweeping, futuristic curves.
28 Mar 19
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The world’s first 3D printed middle ear transplant happened in South Africa
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Industrial Design
We take a look at Professor Mashudu Tshifularo's achievement and other ways 3D technology has helped the medical field.
27 Mar 19
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One photographer's surrealist impression of mental illness
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Art & Photography
Katie Joy Crawford was diagnosed young. This is how she sees her anxiety and depression.
27 Mar 19
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Abstract Peaces: Redefining mental illness
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Art & Photography
Conceptual photographer Tsoku Maela challenges the stigma around mental illness by drawing on his personal experience.
26 Mar 19
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This device could simplify and reduce the costs of TB treatment
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Product Design
An MIT research team conceived a device that would release a month’s supply of antibiotics within the body
26 Mar 19
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Designer Ini Archibong on merging myth and reality to create The Secret Garden
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Product Design
The ECAL graduate spoke about overcoming a difficult time, his design process and the importance of fulfilling a higher purpose.
25 Mar 19
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Four designers are looking to redesign the gynaecology experience
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Design Thinking
Yona is trying to redesign the uncomfortable vaginal speculum using human-centred experience design.
25 Mar 19
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On being a young creative dealing with mental health
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We spoke to past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives to unpack the way creativity and mental health co-exist in their lives.
25 Mar 19
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Zipline is the small medical drone in Rwanda solving a worldwide logistics problem
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Product Design
"Health is where we found the connection between something we knew we could do and a problem that needed solving," Zipline's Keenan Wyrobek.
25 Mar 19
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The bizarre and confounding influence of Dubai on Africa’s emerging cities
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Architecture & Interiors
Design researcher and built environment designer Mathias Agbo, Jr speaks to Nigerian, UAE-based architect Safiya Yahaya on this phenomenon
22 Mar 19
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SPACE10 creates SolarVille prototype for a cleaner future
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Urban & Landscape Design
"We can actively choose to take major steps to reduce global warming and stabilise our climate.”
22 Mar 19
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Lemn Sissay on the importance of daily acts of creativity
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Design Thinking
Sissay talks to us about taking creative risks and where he finds inspiration to write a new poem every morning.
20 Mar 19
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