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Blitab enables blind people to browse the web with a responsive Braille display

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Blitab is the world’s first tactile tablet device for blind and visually impaired people, enabling them to browse the web on an innovative Braille screen. >

14 Jul 15
Juliana Rotich: Harnessing Africa’s potential with technology

Video Interviews > African Design / Interaction Design

Kenyan technologist Juliana Rotich lays out the tangible ways that governments can harness technology’s power to deliver services efficiently. >

23 Jun 15
The classic wooden toy gets a technological twist

Product Spotlight > Craft / Interaction Design

Avakai embraces the best of both worlds – artisanal children’s toys of the past and the technological advances of today. >

22 Jun 15
A more comfortable hijab, thanks to textile technology

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

US-based start up Veil has designed a hijab that keeps the wearer cooler and repels rain. And that’s just for starters. >

18 Jun 15
Can you be whoever you want in cyberspace?

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

In this podcast for Future Lab Africa, Jepchumba talks to artist Tabita Rezaire about cyberspaces, alter egos and the power of representation. >

16 Jun 15
Just don’t call us Afrofuturist

African Report > African Design / Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

Tegan Bristow, the curator behind the Goodman Gallery's "Post African Futures" exhibition, is on a mission to discover Africa's many cultures of technology. >

11 Jun 15
Inside View: The agency of the future

Inside View > Creative Economy

Why the co-founder of The Jupiter Drawing Room believes that job-bags and MDs are a thing of the past. >

5 Aug 14
A helping hand

Design Frontiers > Craft / Industrial Design / Product Design

A new smart tool from MIT Media Lab is blurring the lines between handmade and digital technology. But that's not a bad thing. >

29 Jul 14
Inside View: The journey of BRCK

Inside View > African Design / Industrial Design

Erik Hersman, co-founder of Kenyan tech firm Ushahidi, shares the journey of BRCK with us as the first orders of the self-powered, mobile WiFi device go out. >

16 Jul 14
Gathered together

Design News > Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

Lidewij Edelkoort's latest exhibition at the Design Museum Holon in Israel explores the seam of craft and design. >

11 Jul 14
News: Drawings are forever

Design News > Art & Photography

Ron Arad's newest edition of "Last Train" uses diamonds as a drawing tool to call attention to their strength rather than their preciousness. >

26 Jun 14
Vinay Venkatraman: Data-driven innovation

Video Interviews > Industrial Design / Information Design / Interaction Design

The Copenhagen-based designer tells us why data and technology are fundamentally changing the way designers work. >

19 Jun 14
Inside View: The renegade insider

Inside View > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Nicole Yershon applies the risk-taking energy of an entrepreneur to help Ogilvy's London office stay ahead of the creative curve. >

11 Jun 14
A digital portrait of Vito Acconci

Design News > Art & Photography / Interaction Design

Jonathan Harris created an interactive digital portrait of artist and architect Vito Acconci. >

2 May 14
Accessible technology

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

3D printing has gone from sci-fi dream to everyday reality. At Design Indaba Expo 2014 Ignite 3D showcased the latest MakerBot desktop 3D printers. >

7 Apr 14
Smarter phones

Q&A > Creative Economy / Information Design / African Design

ICT entrepreneur and founder of ReKindle Learning Rapelang Rabana talks to Design Indaba about how mobile and internet access can shape the future of Africa. >

1 Apr 14
A story of light

Design News > Product Design

Internationally renowned designer Christopher Jenner launches "Urbem" lighting collection at Salone del Mobile 2014. >

22 Feb 14
Juliana Rotich

Juliana Rotich is co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, a non-profit tech company that build tools for democratising information. >

14 Feb 14
Vinay Venkatraman

Industrial and interaction designer Vinay Venkatraman is the CEO of Leapcraft – a design-driven innovation consultancy based in Copenhagen, Denmark. >

6 Feb 14
Digital array

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Christoph Niemann's current solo exhibition showcases some of his digital work in tangible drawings and prints for the first time. >

1 Dec 13
Arcade Fire's Just a Reflektor: Behind the scenes

Inside View > Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design

The interactive music video for Arcade Fire's latest single, "Reflektor", sees creative direction by digital prodigy Aaron Koblin. >

3 Nov 13
DNA experimentation

Design News > Creative Economy

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg has curated "GROW YOUR OWN...", an exhibition that looks to the future of a designed life. >

2 Nov 13
Rapelang Rabana

Rapelang Rabana is a technology and internet entrepreneur in the Silicon Cape, Cape Town, and founder of ReKindle Learning. >

30 Oct 13
Christoph Niemann: Digital expands the possibilities

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration / Interaction Design

Christoph Niemann talks about his transition from print to digital, in particular projects like Petting Zoo and his column for The New York Times. >

17 Oct 13

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