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Martha Cotton on the growth and influence that design has on business
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Design Thinking
“My clients have started to really look towards the way me and my design colleagues look at the world and solve problems."
15 Aug 18
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Rajni Perera’s embellished photography explores identity alongside surreal dreamworlds
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Art & Photography
“After all, immigrants are the first travellers in time and space.”
14 Aug 18
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Architect Annabelle Selldorf announced as Design Indaba speaker for 2019
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Architecture & Interiors
The founder of Selldorf Architects’ design language is quietly classic and highly considered.
14 Aug 18
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Graphic designer extraordinaire, Tony Brook, on his studio’s creative journey
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The founder of Spin Studio shares his creative wisdom with the Design Indaba audience.
13 Aug 18
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Indian artists interpret what Urdu will look like in 2050
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Graphic Design & Illustration
'Will young girls drop Rumi bombs on the 2050 version of social media to passive aggressively call out lousy lovers?"
13 Aug 18
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Somali Architecture students are stitching back the country's built heritage digitally
Design Frontiers
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Architecture & Interiors
The collective has been invited to represent the country at this year's London Design Biennale.
12 Aug 18
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Roshnee Desai is pushing for a research-led approach to design in India
Design Frontiers
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The importance of designing for the everyday person, and democratising design.
12 Aug 18
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Bridging the gap between architecture and entrepreneurship in Lesotho
Design Frontiers
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Urban & Landscape Design
Daniela Gusman talks about the project as well as their international architecture competition, Rise In The City.
10 Aug 18
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Morag Myerscough's Design Indaba installation brings vibrant colour to two Cape Town schools
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Design Activism
Design Indaba worked with stakeholders including SeeSawDo on two projects giving a second life to the Embrace the Unknown installation.
8 Aug 18
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Advice from past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives
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Product Design
Here's what illustrator Daniel Ting Chong, director Anthony Silverston, artist Paul Senyol and furniture designer Neil Grantham have to say.
8 Aug 18
00:40:47
Ensamble Studio on building flexible, stackable spaces and working with nature
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Architecture & Interiors
"When we look at nature we want to learn from it, we want to build with it."
7 Aug 18
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Check out the creatives participating in this year's GrigriPixel workshop
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African Design
The annual programme is developing a wealth of experimental practices through inter-continental collaboration.
7 Aug 18
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9 creatives to look out for this Women's Month
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Product Design
To celebrate Women's Month, we're highlighting the work of some of our former participants in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme.
6 Aug 18
00:40:21
Edel Rodriguez on childhood, nationalism and a nation on fire
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Design Activism
The Cuban-born illustrator was dubbed "America’s Illustrator-In-Chief" by Fast Company.
6 Aug 18
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Entries for the second Future Food Design Awards are now open
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Creative Economy
Set to be held during this year’s annual Dutch Design Week, the competition is seeking to solidify the connection between the worlds of food and design.
3 Aug 18
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Gourmet Grubb on making ice cream from insect milk
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Food Design
Food designer Leah Bessa was part of this year's Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme.
3 Aug 18
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Drop Drop app helps water conservation in drought-stricken South Africa
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Information Design
A new app makes every drop of water count as South Africa’s water crisis continues.
3 Aug 18
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These five creative women are using fashion, food and more to challenge and inspire
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Creative Economy
This Women’s Month, we take a look back at some of the fiercely creative women who have graced the Design Indaba stage.
2 Aug 18
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Artist imagines colossal vertical slums in Lagos
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Urban & Landscape Design
Are slums shaping the face of Africa? Nigerian-born artist Lekan Jeyifo conceptualises the future of slums in Lagos.
2 Aug 18
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These striking images offer an alternative view of Nigerian diversity
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Art & Photography
“One of the biggest statements I try to make with my work is that there is no single Nigerian culture.”
2 Aug 18
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Meet Dutch designer, artist and entrepreneur, Joris Laarman
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Product Design
“I don’t do things with a goal in my head. I just do them to discover things.”
1 Aug 18
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Underwater couture for an uncertain future by biomimicry designer Jun Kamei
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Product Design
The Royal College of Art grad’s 3D-printed garments are for a world submerged in water.
30 Jul 18
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The innovative, unconventional and inspiring work of Droga5
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Film & Animation
Ahead of David Droga’s talk at Design Indaba 2019, we take a look at some of the more impactful work from his agency.
26 Jul 18
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Designing for urban mobility means learning from the past and predicting for the future
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Urban & Landscape Design
Trans Utopias is an exhibition which explores the way we design our transport systems in the past, present and for the future.
25 Jul 18
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