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Global Graduate Shaina Garfield on the limits of empathetic design

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

Speaking on Thursday at Design Indaba Conference 2019, Shaina Garfield penned this insightful piece on design for the disabled. >

28 Feb 19
Rwanda-based photographer Chris Schwagga on photography as language

African Report > African Design / Art & Photography

Burundian photographer Chris Schwagga uses photography as his language – and, just like words, an image can be very ambiguous. >

15 May 18
Nüshu is an ancient secret language developed by women

Design News > Design Activism

These women would embroid their Nüshu scripts on fabrics such as quilts, aprons, and handkerchiefs. >

16 Mar 18
Free language education for the world

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Information Design

Tech entrepreneur Luis von Ahn created an app that enables anyone, anywhere to learn a language for free. >

12 Apr 17
Swahili launches on Duolingo

Design News > Information Design / Interaction Design

At Design Indaba 2017, Luis Von Ahn launches the first African language course on Duolingo. >

3 Mar 17
The Zulu alphabet in 25 lino prints

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

South African graphic designer Siya Masuku designed a beautiful printed Zulu alphabet, featuring 25 lively animals, to help teach children isiZulu. >

20 Feb 17
A love letter to words with Naresh Ramchandani

Talks > Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Writer and word-lover Naresh Ramchandani shares his eight favourite words at Design Indaba Conference 2016. >

12 Dec 16
Smart earpiece translates languages in real-time

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Product Design

Pilot is an earpiece that translates conversations as they happen. >

27 May 16
Heart of a dog

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

Inspired by her beloved dog Lolabelle, American artist Laurie Anderson directed “Heart of a Dog”, a documentary exploring love and loss. >

25 Jan 16
Learn a new word and prove that you’re not a robot

Design News > Design Thinking

iCAPTCHA by Bilingo is a service that checks that you’re not a robot while teaching South Africans words from the 11 official languages. >

26 Nov 15
Artificial neurons able to learn human language

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Information Design

ANNABELL, a new cognitive model, is able to learn language organically, without the need for pre-coded responses. >

17 Nov 15
Smart baby tech gives parents a jump on their kids’ education

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

The Starling is a smart-wearable for babies designed to early language skill development. >

22 Oct 15
Nicholas Hlobo on understanding his own culture

Talks > Art & Photography

Nicholas Hlobo explores, through sound and images, the construction of his own sense of understanding about the self, one’s country, family, culture and more. >

5 Sep 13
Sissel Tolaas on discovering the world from the perspective of the nose

Talks > Information Design / Interaction Design

“I collected smells instead of writing a diary”, says Sissel Tolaas. Find out how this helped her discover her surroundings through smell. >

6 Feb 13
Nicholas Hlobo

Nicholas Hlobo is a South African artist, fast gaining an international reputation for his experimental use of materials. >

18 Jan 13
Michael Wolff on keeping ideas disposable

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

Exercise your idea-creating capacity by throwing away good ideas. Michael Wolff explains how this works. >

2 Feb 12
Sissel Tolaas

Scent expert Sissel Tolaas uses aspects of science, art and design to research and create works that relate to the human experience of smell. >

12 Jan 12
Ferran Adrià: cuisine is an international language

Talks > Food Design

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

17 Nov 11
Inside art space

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

An exhibition celebrating street art in Tel Aviv pays tribute to the city's street art scene while also questioning official and unofficial spaces for art. >

8 Nov 11
City spaces

Design News >

Geography of Somewhere is an exhibition which comes from the city but is not of the city. >

17 Apr 11
Harry Pearce + Simon Sankarayya

Dialogues > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Life experience is more important than design theory for friends Simon “Sanky” Sankarayya and Harry Pearce’s work. >

1 Feb 11
Under fire

Design News >

Brett Murray's latest body of work comments on government corruption and abuse of power in South Africa. >

19 Dec 10
Jo Noero on socially purposeful South African architecture

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

Architecture in post-apartheid South Africa has a very important role to play, Jo Noero shares his thoughts on this. >

27 Oct 10
Love, language, lettering

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Richard Hart's latest solo exhibition intimately engages the viewer with his passion for words, type and creativity. >

20 Aug 10

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