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A return to our primordial roots with Stanislaw Trzebinski
Design News
• Duration: 00:02:48
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23 Aug 17
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“In spite of our total reliance on the natural world, we have become almost blind to it,” says the artist.
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Blinky Bill brings African musical expression to the Design Indaba stage
Talks
• Duration: 00:18:42
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23 Aug 17
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The Kenyan musician, producer and DJ doesn’t care what African music is ‘supposed’ to sound like.
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Kolor Art Collective’s latest work questions what it means to be ‘normal’
Design Frontiers
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23 Aug 17
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Photographed by Pol Kurucz, the brazenly avant-garde series defies conventionalities.
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Furniture designer Stefan Diez on the value of designing process
Talks
• Duration: 00:19:53
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22 Aug 17
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The renowned German designer does not shy away from age-old materials and techniques.
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From outmoded storage cylinder to innovative knowledge hub
Design News
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22 Aug 17
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This storehouse will be transformed into a dynamic information centre on sustainable energy for the city of Heidelberg.
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Wacom Creatives: Benjamin Von Wong on his brand of visual engineering
Design News
• Duration: 4:32
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22 Aug 17
• Sponsored Content
"If social media didn't exist I probably wouldn't be doing photography," says the photographer.
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Meet Carolyn Davidson, the woman behind the iconic Nike Swoosh
Design Frontiers
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21 Aug 17
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The retired graphic designer created the logo while she was still a student at Portland State University. The job earned her $35 back then.
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Testing the bounds of modular home design with DD16
Design News
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21 Aug 17
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This architecture prototype caters for intrepid voyagers and nomadic fishermen with utmost economy in its design.
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Stefan Diez on the importance of craftsmanship and pushing boundaries in design
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:02:25
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21 Aug 17
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“Design is always done really outstandingly if it takes little effort to reach very far," says the industrial designer.
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Isabel Mager on how the making of tech devices carry untold human value
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:02:53
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18 Aug 17
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This designer explores design mechanisms broadly and how they affect culture and way of life.
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Exhibiting photography at roadhouses to celebrate this fading social culture
Design Frontiers
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18 Aug 17
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Night By Roadhouse brings local and international photography to a wide, non gallery-going audience in Johannesburg.
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Isabel Mager on identifying the human body behind the making of high-tech gadgets
Talks
• Duration: 00:12:04
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18 Aug 17
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What human narrative exists beneath our shiny 21st-century products?
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SaveArtSpace turns billboards into public art canvasses
Design Frontiers
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17 Aug 17
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The initiative aims to empower artists from all walks of life and inspire a new generation of young creatives.
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Talking odd interplay with information and ephemeral tech with Tea Uglow
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:01:59
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17 Aug 17
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As technology becomes more functional, does it become less human-centric?
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Tea Uglow on the creative unknown and dispelling misplaced confidence in reality
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• Duration: 00:31:26
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16 Aug 17
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Tea Uglow, the director of Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney on her work at the intersection of tech and creativity.
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Diversifying media imagery to include more ethnicities with TONL
Design News
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15 Aug 17
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This agency works to arm advertisers and designers with the tools to represent all races in their campaigns, not just one.
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Marcus Engman on the value of curiosity and IKEA’s first African collaboration
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• Duration: 00:03:01
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14 Aug 17
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IKEA's head of design chats with us about their upcoming African design collection created with Design Indaba, as well as the vision that drives his company.
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A 30 foot warship made from plastic debris is hoping to draw attention to ocean pollution
Design Frontiers
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14 Aug 17
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The Surfers Against Sewage initiative is highlighting the world’s largest ocean garbage site.
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Jesper Brodin & Marcus Engman on the start of IKEA’s new African collaboration
Talks
• Duration: 00:08:14
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14 Aug 17
• Sponsored Content
“We like to work in an open way, because we believe in that way of co-creating things.”
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Dutch artist Thirza Schaap reveals the delicate beauty that can be found in garbage
Design News
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11 Aug 17
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Instead of a bombastic crusade, this project raises awareness of marine pollution in a gentle, considered style.
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Bo-Won Keum on using design to help elevate the voices of prison inmates
Talks
• Duration: 00:11:22
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11 Aug 17
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The graphic designer worked on a monochromatic book that had handwritten book requests and thank you notes from US prison inmates.
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Marina Willer on the importance of creativity in changing the world for the better
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• Duration: 00:03:16
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10 Aug 17
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"I like to use my creativity to change the world a little bit," says the filmmaker and graphic designer.
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The deformed realities of graphic artist Anxo Viscaíno
Design News
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10 Aug 17
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"I would rather focus more efforts on developing art and culture than spending too much time protecting my copyright," he says.
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Desktop bioengineering by Amino Labs
Design News
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10 Aug 17
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The small-scale kits empower the scientists and innovators of tomorrow.
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