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Campbell Addy is disrupting the homogeneity of stock photography
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Art & Photography
The photographer’s partnership with Getty Images is diversifying their imagery.
28 Feb 18
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Hyphen Labs is using VR to create safe spaces for women of colour
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Interaction Design
This VR project began when Ashley Baccus-Clark realised that there is no sunscreen that caters to her skin tone.
28 Feb 18
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On prioritising walking as a way to design cities differently
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Urban & Landscape Design
“Designing walkable cities enables us to start with the street – the essence of the city.”
27 Feb 18
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In the Shadow of the Pyramids explores memory and identity in Egypt
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Art & Photography
A long-term personal look at how the everyday citizens of Egypt and how things have changed in years since the Arab Spring.
27 Feb 18
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Es Devlin on creating visual voices for stars like Kanye West, Beyonce and Adele
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Music & Sound Design
Devlin shared never before seen sketches with the Design Indaba audience and gave a deeper insight into her process.
26 Feb 18
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Best moments of the final day of Design Indaba Conference 2018
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Design Thinking
And that's a wrap! Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered the last day of conference.
23 Feb 18
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Hugh Masekela Gallery launched at the finale of Design Indaba Festival 2018
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African Design
Design Indaba and the Zeitz MOCAA honoured the late legend in a stunning tribute on the Conference stage.
23 Feb 18
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Best Moments of Day 2 of Design Indaba Conference 2018
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Product Design
Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up.
23 Feb 18
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Peter Veenstra unveils Dome of Plants project for Cape Town
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Urban & Landscape Design
Centrally positioned on Luthuli Plaza, a green Dome of Plants will offer an inviting garden-like space for local urban events.
22 Feb 18
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Best Moments of Day 1 of Design Indaba Conference 2018
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Design Thinking
Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up.
21 Feb 18
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Filmmaker Sunu Gonera opened Design Indaba 2018 with a moving talk on afrofuturism
Design News
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Film & Animation
"I believe that afrofuturism perfectly merges the past and the present of African culture in order to birth a brighter future."
21 Feb 18
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Edel Rodriguez on protesting the Trump era through art
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Design Activism
The Cuban-born illustrator brings his Trump-era protest art to Design Indaba Conference 2018.
21 Feb 18
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Zach Lieberman combines fine art and code to create futuristic realities
Design News
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Interaction Design
The Design Indaba 2018 speaker is at the forefront of art and technology.
19 Feb 18
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Lebo Mashile premiered her theatre piece on Saartjie Baartman at Design Indaba 2018
Design News
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Art & Photography
She was joined on stage by Anne Masina to perform Saartjie vs. Venus, a play that boldly interrogated aspects of black feminine identity.
19 Feb 18
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From our archives: Dr William Mapham says designers are important to the future of healthcare
Design Frontiers
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Design Thinking
During his 2018 Design Indaba talk he called on designers to get involved in making a change.
19 Feb 18
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Zaki Ibrahim on her new album, family and her approach to music
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Music & Sound Design
"We wanted to deliver an uncompromised album and build it from osmosis of our emotional and spiritual experience..."
18 Feb 18
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10 reasons not to miss this year's Design Indaba Festival of Creativity
Design Frontiers
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Food Design
From our speakers, to food experiences, special movie screenings and an urban music festival, there is something for everyone!
17 Feb 18
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Thomas Heatherwick's Zeitz MOCAA wins Cultural Architecture Award
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Architecture & Interiors
ArchDaily has named this design a winner of the 2018 Building Of The Year Awards.
16 Feb 18
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Ethnographer extraordinaire Martha Cotton will speak at Design Indaba 2018
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Design Thinking
The Chicago-based design researcher is one of this year’s star speakers.
16 Feb 18
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Music nomad Alec Lomami talks cultural exchange on the African continent
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African Design
The rapper, producer and DJ was on the 2018 Nightscape at Design Indaba stage.
16 Feb 18
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Spanish artist Núria Farré on her hyper-realistic paintings as self-portraits
Design News
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Creative Economy
“Being realistic is not what interests me the most; it’s just my natural way to paint, something accidental.”
16 Feb 18
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Tutu 2.0 Pendant Light: The chandelier inspired by fashion and dance
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Product Design
Thabisa Mjo tells us about the inspiration behind this design which has been nominated for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018.
15 Feb 18
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Dutch designer Lonny van Ryswyck is drawing attention to the need to conserve sand
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
The Design Indaba 2018 speaker will introduce her A Grain of Sand project, which you can also be a part of.
15 Feb 18
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Meet five women who are innovating in design, material biology and beyond
Design News
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Design Activism
These are just some of the 14 women who spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2018.
15 Feb 18
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