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Product Design
Frank Tjepkema tells Design Indaba about the new frontiers of design.
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1 Nov 09
Crop share actionism
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Design Thinking
Designer Amy Franceschini tells Design Indaba how to turn a keyboard into a pitchfork.
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1 Nov 09
Soil soul
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Urban & Landscape Design
Multiple award-winning designer David Davidson believes gardening is as good for our minds as it is for the planet.
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1 Nov 09
Earthship
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The Science Barge is a prototype sustainable urban farm and environmental education centre afloat the Hudson River in New York.
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1 Nov 09
Social farmwork
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Hyperlocavore.com is a yardsharing social networking site launched by Liz McLellan.
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1 Nov 09
Jelly fishfarm
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Design Thinking
Somewhere between a biodegradable fish farm and a synthetic reef, Microcosmic Aquaculture is a speculative project.
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1 Nov 09
Dust to dust
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Architecture & Interiors
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Sietch Nevada, by Matsys design studio, projects water-banking as the fundamental factor in future urban infrastructure.
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1 Nov 09
Crop artist
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Design Thinking
Environmental artist Agnes Denes’s iconic 1982 work, Wheatfield, is revived in London in 2009.
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1 Nov 09
Robotic aquaculture
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Design Thinking
The self-sustaining and untethered Oceansphere is powered by a patent-pending hybrid ocean thermal energy conversion system.
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1 Nov 09
Powerplant tomatoes
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Design Thinking
A collaboration between Great Northern Hydroponics and GE Energy has resulted in a massive greenhouse cogeneration plant.
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1 Nov 09
Imagination @ 2.0 gbps
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Design Thinking
Professor Shin-ichi Takemura announces the dawn of a new era of mass media.
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1 May 08
Oog on Droog
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Craft
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Product Design
Focusing on Droog's eco explorations proves that the Dutch design collective's fountain of good ideas never runs dry.
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1 Aug 06
Rural renewal
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Craft
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Urban & Landscape Design
One way of halting urban expansion and migration from rural to urban areas, argues Carl Harrison, is through sustainable rural design.
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1 Aug 06
Mission rescue
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
Photographer Clinton Friedman is raising awareness about the illegally harvested medicinal plants that he saves from "muti" markets.
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1 Aug 06
Paradox
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Creative Economy
Our world is a great paradox that turns around in the universe, writes Eduardo Galeano.
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1 May 03
Representing illusions
Opinion
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Graphic Design & Illustration
At the heart of recent discussions on sustainable development lie illusions. These illusions are founded on images, writes Lewis Blackwell.
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1 Aug 02
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