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Fight against malaria needs combination of innovative science and communities

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

One promising solution includes reducing the population of malaria mosquitoes through genetic modification to help reach the target of ending transmission.

28 Nov 18
00:08:58

Meet the design graduate who created her own coffin

Next Generation > Product Design

Confronted with the mortality of not only her body but the world, Shaina Garfield found healing in the subject of death.

26 Nov 18
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Frame Lab aims to catalyse the future of interior design

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy

The event will takes place over two days and explore innovation in retail, hospitality, shows, institutions, work and residences.

21 Nov 18
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Dave Hakkens on his mission to help people fight plastic waste worldwide

Design News > Design Thinking

The designer behind the award-winning project, Precious Plastic will be back at Design Indaba to talk about his latest work.

20 Nov 18
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Demystifying design with the critically acclaimed Alice Rawsthorn

Design News > Design Thinking

The author, columnist and world-renowned design critic will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2019.

19 Nov 18
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The Indian woman behind some of Hollywood's blockbuster set designs

Design News > Film & Animation

Aashrita Kamath turned her love of narrative into a career.

19 Nov 18
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Making sense of Ghana’s built environment with architect Alice Asafu-Adjaye

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

Design needs to be driven more by people’s needs and less by ego, says the architect.

16 Nov 18
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Drivelines is a building that does not conceal its true self

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

LOT-EK architect Ada Tolla says they wanted to design a building as honest as Joburg itself.

16 Nov 18
00:08:45

Basic Income Cafe uses coffee as a metaphor for the flow of money

Design News > Creative Economy

“Visitors are provoked to experience the underlying economic models first hand."

15 Nov 18
00:06:06

0.9 grams of brass: A brass paper clip that symbolises a cow’s life

Next Generation > Design Thinking

See how graduate student Adelaide Lala Tam uses this project as a metaphor for the life cycle of a cow.

14 Nov 18
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Lucas De Man uses art to help bring more social cohesion to our cities

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design

His latest project called EYE humanises the anonymous city by giving it eyes and offering visitors new perspectives.

14 Nov 18
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How urban planning can help us cope with climate change

Design News > 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

Design News > 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

Design News > 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

Design Frontiers > 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
00:00:00

Scribble is a touch-activated joystick for semi-autonomous driving

Design Frontiers > 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

Design News > 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

Design News > 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

Design News > 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?

Design News > 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 > 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

Design News > 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

Design News > 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

Design Frontiers > 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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