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How urban planning can help us cope with climate change
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Urban & Landscape Design
The results of this recent research could help city planners build our future cities better.
13 Nov 18
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Nigerian writer Ziki Nelson on his upcoming comic book featuring 15 African artists
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"From our perspective, there's no point publishing a Spiderman-esque superhero story. The DCs and the Marvels of this world already do that so well.”
13 Nov 18
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A non-invasive tool for spinal correction
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Product Design
Correcting a spinal deformity early is key to avoiding a more severe form of scoliosis in adulthood .
8 Nov 18
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Design is what combines technology and biology in Markus Kayser's work
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Design Thinking
The 16 robots, including the design system to control them, were developed by researchers who work at the intersection of biotechnology and design.
7 Nov 18
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Scribble is a touch-activated joystick for semi-autonomous driving
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Design Thinking
Currently there is no middle ground between the car taking the wheel or its driver, this is where Scribble comes in.
6 Nov 18
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Playful sonic sculptures that reverberate across the design world
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Music & Sound Design
Pentagram London’s newly appointed partner, Yuri Suzuki, will be speaking at Design Indaba Conference 2019.
5 Nov 18
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Low-cost medical device detects pneumonia quickly and effectively
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Product Design
This device, called Kulinda, could counteract the devastating effects of pneumonia in developing countries.
5 Nov 18
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Filtration system gives you clean water wherever you are
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Product Design
Over 800 million people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water, but this new filtration system could solve that.
2 Nov 18
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Where would the South African comedy scene be without Kagiso Lediga?
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Film & Animation
The filmmaker, actor and comedian behind some of the country's most loved comedy shows and films will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2019.
31 Oct 18
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A simple brass paper clip wins at the Future Food Design Awards
Next Generation
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Food Design
0.9 Grams of Brass, a project by designer Adelaide Lala Tam, tells a complicated story through a seemingly banal object.
29 Oct 18
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Iran's hidden history now told by postage stamps
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Iran had a history before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and a design student is using stamps to highlight this.
29 Oct 18
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Futurist Alexa Clay on why Silicon Valley should focus on goodness and humanity
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Design Thinking
She says there needs to be more to tech than just building another app to get rich.
25 Oct 18
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Rodrigo Garcia Gonzales wants to make packaging disappear
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Product Design
The Design Indaba 2019 speaker is the co-founder of Skipping Rocks Lab – the company behind the biodegradable water-filled bead to replace plastic bottles.
25 Oct 18
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Night Loo offers refugee women a safer toilet option
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Product Design
Going to the toilet becomes a serious problem for refugee women when they face attack on their way to the bathroom.
24 Oct 18
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The Frame Awards 2019 will honour the world’s best interiors
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Industrial Design
The international jury includes former Design Indaba speaker, Yinka Ilori.
23 Oct 18
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Tik-Tik helps make freedom of movement easier for the visually impaired
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Product Design
The blind designer Simon Dogger who spoke at this year's Design Indaba tells us about his latest project.
23 Oct 18
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Award-winning Brazilian designer to speak on his 30-year journey
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The award-winning designer, Kiko Farkas will speak at the Design Indaba Conference 2019 on his remarkable career.
22 Oct 18
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Unscrambling Africa photo project reveals the Africa beyond the slums and safaris
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Creative Economy
Photographer Mutua Matheka launched his project to show the complex beauty of African cities.
18 Oct 18
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Entries for the 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards are open!
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Design Thinking
The awards are open to artists, designers and architecture students living in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
17 Oct 18
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Low-cost artificial leg for amputees in developing countries
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Product Design
A prosthetic leg made from recycled plastic is about to change the lives of amputees in developing countries.
16 Oct 18
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The Final Five: antenna 2018 is right on our doorstep
Next Generation
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Design Thinking
These creatives make up the list of 20-plus graduates who will present projects that change the world of tomorrow.
16 Oct 18
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Indian artist of artefacts Sneha Suresh uses visual communication to transcend text
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Product Design
The visual artist and printmaker will be exhibiting at the first ever antenna exhibition. Here's what she had to say about her work.
13 Oct 18
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A menstrual toolkit developed for refugee women
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Product Design
This toolkit caters to every aspect of the menstrual cycle and it's reusable.
13 Oct 18
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Close Distance explores the divide between Bangladeshi women of different classes
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Design Activism
"While maidservants make the bed and dust the sofa day in and day out, they are not expected to sit or lie on them.”
12 Oct 18
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