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Jens Martin Skibsted has been “shouting cars out of the city” for a long time. >

Pedro Reyes tells of his “Palas por Pistolas” project that saw weapons being voluntarily turned in and transformed into garden shovels. >

Food is the only creative act that we put into our bodies. Ferran Adrià talks about the significance of this. >

Laduma Ngxokolo incorporates traditional Xhosa beadwork designs into his range of wool and mohair garments for men. >

Animators The Blackheart Gang talk about their diverse creative influences and the commercial value of animation. >

Barbara Cilliers makes information design relevant in a South African context. >

Sandhya Lalloo’s work looks at the spiritual experience of designing clothing. >

There are different artistic formats through which to tell stories in a visual way, discovers Lauren Mackler. >

Revital Cohen considers how technology affects biology by focussing specifically on the human body. >

Arno Mathies talks about luxury, industrial design and the influences in his own work. >

Jon Stam shares six projects he created that all have the common theme of “designing for and from personal memory”. >

Roger Smythe explains that when Masters and Savant Worldwide was established, they wanted to give both their clients and team an incredible experience. Roger Sm >

In his hilarious presentation, Piyush Pandey pays tribute to the greatest design of all – the heart – and talks about using humour and emotion. >

From Nanjing to New York, fashion designer Han Feng talks about making it big, costume design and Asian influences in Western fashion. >

Filmmakers Gary Hustwit, Doug Pray and Eames Demetrios engage in dialogue with Michael Bierut about making movies that deal with design and its possibilities. >

Understanding and incorporating cultural heritage and traditions is a key feature in Marcelo Rosenbaum’s designs. >

In graphic design it is essential to consider the needs of the people that are going to be living with the design, says Michael Bierut. >

In her entertaining talk Karen Fong shows how designing title sequences for films is about making transitions from the everyday to the fantastical. >

Looking to low-cost housing solutions, Alejandro Aravena propagates the building of half a good house. >

Feel it, imagine it, do it and then share it. That’s what Kiran Bir Sethi is urging children to do to make the world a better place. >

Her thoughtful exploration of materials such as wool and flax sees Christien Meindertsma creating gorgeously ethical design. >

Dror Benshetrit launched his QuaDror structural support system at Design Indaba 2011. >

Javier Mariscal asks and then shows, with live animation, what creativity can do. >

Robert Wong shows how Google is positively impacting people’s lives by adding humanity to technology. >

Fashion designer Sonja Baumel talks about growing clothes out of the bacteria on your skin. >