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My Tova, the children's backpack that unfolds into a school desk
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Durban-based designer Nicki van den Aardweg says she wanted to make it easier for children who don't have access to a school desk.
18 Jan 18
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Bobbi Jene
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Film & Animation
A woman's fight for independence and the dilemma of its consequences.
17 Jan 18
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Big Time
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Film & Animation
Bjarke Ingels, founder of BIG and master of promotion, is the subject of a new documentary, titled BIG TIME.
17 Jan 18
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Nightscape at Design Indaba is set to be the immersive experience of the year
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Music & Sound Design
The lineup includes Petite Noir, Zaki Ibrahim, Crystal Wings, DJ Steloo, Lady Venom, Alec Lomami, Guy Buttery, Shabaka and The Ancestors and more.
17 Jan 18
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Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
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Urban & Landscape Design
In the film he talks about his vision of design, and shows that architecture is about more than stone and concrete.
17 Jan 18
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Afrofuturist Osborne Macharia's Magadi takes a fantastical look at a pressing issue
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Art & Photography
At Design Indaba 2017, Osborne Macharia introduced the audience to Magadi, a new series which focusses on a group of former female circumcisers.
16 Jan 18
00:02:42
Winy Maas on the importance of remarkable buildings in future cities
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Design Activism
"Remarkable buildings can help us navigate ourselves through this kind of monstrous, and endless mediocrity that most cities are."
16 Jan 18
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11-year-old scientist Gitanjali Rao develops DIY test for lead-contaminated water
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Design Thinking
Tethys is named after the Greek goddess of water and is currently one of the fastest and cheapest.
15 Jan 18
00:02:19
Paloma Strelitz brings humanity to the practise of urban design
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Urban & Landscape Design
The co-founder of the Turner Prize-winning Assemble collective on creating spaces that enable upliftment.
11 Jan 18
00:07:05
Two young designers tackle what it will mean to age in 2050
Next Generation
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Information Design
Mar Ginot Blanco and Aaron Garlick aim to design for future challenges based on present and past movements in design.
10 Jan 18
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Mark Kamau wants to bring wifi access to more people who cannot afford it
Design Frontiers
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Product Design
“My interest is not my ego, my interest is to help with design."
9 Jan 18
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Astrid Stavro on making meaning and telling stories through design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The award-winning designer will join a myriad of renowned creatives at the Design Indaba Conference 2018.
8 Jan 18
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On what the abandoned landmarks of Joburg tell us about the city
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Art & Photography
A story of neglect, dereliction and emptiness in Johannesburg.
6 Jan 18
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Revolutionising food production with edible fungi made from plastic
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Product Design
LIVIN Studio and Utrecht University transform plastic waste into gourmet fungi food.
5 Jan 18
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Lagos’ Wooden Tower is an alternative to the city's reliance on concrete buildings
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Architecture & Interiors
The award-winning tower was designed and conceptualised by Cameroonian Architecture Firm, Hermann Kamte & Associates.
4 Jan 18
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How to build your own prosthetic using LEGO
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Industrial Design
Carlos Arturo Torres has designed a creative prosthetic system for children to explore and empower their creativity in a playful and social way —using LEGO.
4 Jan 18
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Chilean creatives develop the first social education tool for children
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Product Design
SIMA plugs into smartphones and can answer questions on subjects young people are curious about like animals, colours and food.
22 Dec 17
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Yemi Kacoutie on immersing herself in the world of building design
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Urban & Landscape Design
"Architects don’t just design buildings, they also influence the impact these buildings have on the humans who occupy them."
20 Dec 17
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South Africa meets Japan while design meets culture
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Craft
“Ultimately, we believe that our uniqueness does not come from specific elements of African or Asian cultures, it just stems from us."
19 Dec 17
00:03:21
Forging closer ties between African creative minds
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Design Thinking
The Sweden@ workshop brought together young creatives from South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Colombia and Zambia.
18 Dec 17
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Matsidiso makes handmade shoes for modern customers
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The Cape Town-based label makes one-of-a-kind shoes while also giving back to its workers
15 Dec 17
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The #ArchForArch adds more public art at Constitution Hill
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Urban & Landscape Design
On the 21st anniversary of our Constitution, an Arch for Arch is installed at Constitution Hill.
15 Dec 17
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The super lightweight Mars Chair by Thomas Missé
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Product Design
ECAL student designs first piece of furniture optimised for Mars colonisation.
15 Dec 17
00:17:57
Ekene Ijeoma combines data and design to tackle pressing global issues
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Information Design
From diversity in design to the refugee crisis, this data designer's projects are breaking the news cycle.
15 Dec 17
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