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13 crafty creatives of product, interiors and industrial design

Design News > Product Design

Insects, bottle caps, shapes and colours, are just some of the inspirations behind the work of these 2018 Emerging Creatives.

2 Apr 18
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Photographs capture the dangerous practice of wine collecting in Namibia

Design News > Art & Photography

The palm wine collectors in Namibia risk their lives for their cultural practice.

1 Apr 18
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Empathy Bridge for Autism is a toolkit for building meaningful connections

Design News > Product Design

The social challenge for people with autism is that it can make it difficult to form meaningful connections, often leading to isolation.

1 Apr 18
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This Polish designer created a book that puts you in the shoes of someone with dementia

Next Generation > Design Thinking

The Polish photographer and communication designer turned her frustration into art.

31 Mar 18
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Smart glasses help kids with autism recognise facial expressions and emotions

Design News > Product Design

Stanford researchers develop artificially intelligent glasses for autistic children using Google Glass technology.

31 Mar 18
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Employ Me helps those on the autism spectrum on the journey to finding a job

Design News > Design Activism

The uniquely designed set of learning materials aims to correct a shameful employment imbalance.

30 Mar 18
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On the future of food, fashion and eating our environmental problems away

Next Generation > Product Design

The world is changing rapidly, this means our fashion and food choices need to keep up.

30 Mar 18
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Photographer documents a French community living completely off the grid

Design News > Art & Photography

They started living here as a resistance movement against plans to build an airport on the land.

30 Mar 18
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6 young visual artists on our radar

Design News > Film & Animation

Photography and Filmmaking from the eyes of this years Emerging Creatives.

30 Mar 18
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Norway announces plans for a sustainable, smart city near the country’s major airport

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

The ‘energy positive’ Oslo Airport City will be the first of its kind.

29 Mar 18
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Tony Brook on his recent collaboration with BBC Creative

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

“At its best, graphic design can be thought provoking, beautiful, memorable and leave a lasting impression."

29 Mar 18
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The Beecosystem brings the art and science of beekeeping straight into your home

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Its size means that it is ideal for use in the home, the classroom and other important educational spaces.

29 Mar 18
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The Unmasked Women project tackles mental health among black women

Design News > Creative Economy

The creative project is prioritising the work of young black women artists.

28 Mar 18
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A new preservative-free way to protect food from spoiling

Design News > Food Design

This plant-based food design can extend the freshness of fruits and vegetables up to four times.

28 Mar 18
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Using textile design to track the history of nutmeg

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Marta Velasco Valesco on what inspired her #Antenna2017 project, Pulau Banda.

27 Mar 18
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Spaces designed not for cars, but for people

Design Frontiers > Urban & Landscape Design

Is an underground, automated road tunnel the answer to the nightmare that is traffic congestion?

27 Mar 18
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Feather sculpture honours bond between Ireland and a Native American nation

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Towering 20 feet into the Irish sky, Kindred Spirits recognises the Choctaw Nation for their generosity during Ireland's Great Famine.

27 Mar 18
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Jacque Njeri’s vibrant graphic art reimagines the Maasai people in outer space

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Kenyan artist’s MaaSci series is a vivid example of Afrofuturism.

27 Mar 18
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Nairobi’s GoDown Art Centre gets a redesign from Sweden’s White Arkitekter

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Scandinavia's largest architecture firm reimagines Kenya’s leading centre for arts and culture.

27 Mar 18
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This design duo is exploring ‘stardust’ as an alternative raw matter

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

As Above, So Below uses micrometeorites to communicate an important message.

26 Mar 18
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Three innovative buildings that show the way forward in architecture

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Take a look at the cutting-edge solutions designers have used to solve modern problems of the built world on three different continents.

26 Mar 18
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On creating unique ceramics out of sand collected from all over the world

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Lonny van Ryswyck talks about using sand from the depleted Theewaterskloof Dam to make the Design Indaba 2018 speakers gift, her process and more.

26 Mar 18
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UK agency launches playful Anti-Brexit Campaign

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

"The idea of ordering a burger and not receiving what was expected is a feeling that everyone can relate to.”

26 Mar 18
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IBM wants to use the world’s smallest computer to stop fraud

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy

Smaller than a grain of salt, the tiny computer is part of a family of cryptographic anchors which includes edible ink dots and mobile sensors.

23 Mar 18

From the Archives

Hollywood calling

Q&A • 16 Aug 22

This Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 is a content creator and fitness influencer with a penchant for filmmaking >
Community living

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum >
Star quality

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022 >
Mr Sandman

Design News • 16 Aug 22

Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions >

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