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Keenan Wyrobek on saving lives with drones
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“Doctors shared with us their torment at losing patients they knew how to save. They knew the treatments. They just didn’t have the supplies.”
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15 Apr 19
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez on tackling the world’s problems with creativity
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Gonzalez shares his method to coming up with creative solutions to everyday problems.
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12 Apr 19
Designing a way to build bonds between strangers
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Social designer Manon van Hoeckel creates spaces, art pieces and experiences that confront divides between people.
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9 Apr 19
How ostrich feathers are uplifting Oudtshoorn's economy through design
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Pascale Theron's work looks at breathing life into the vulnerable ostrich farming industry in Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
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8 Apr 19
Dave Hakkens on tackling the planet's waste
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“When I start something I like to start with a problem.”
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5 Apr 19
Alexis Peskine explores the black experience through unconventional mediums
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He speaks on his Afro-French heritage, immigration and the global black experience.
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2 Apr 19
The world’s first 3D printed middle ear transplant happened in South Africa
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We take a look at Professor Mashudu Tshifularo's achievement and other ways 3D technology has helped the medical field.
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27 Mar 19
Four designers are looking to redesign the gynaecology experience
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Yona is trying to redesign the uncomfortable vaginal speculum using human-centred experience design.
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25 Mar 19
Zipline is the small medical drone in Rwanda solving a worldwide logistics problem
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"Health is where we found the connection between something we knew we could do and a problem that needed solving," Zipline's Keenan Wyrobek.
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25 Mar 19
Mariam Kamara unveils a new collaboration with Design Indaba in Niger
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The Artisan Valley is a whimsical promenade with spaces for local artisans to show off their traditional fabrication processes.
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20 Mar 19
Cyborg artists Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas on physically merging oneself with technology
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“I think the more we design ourselves the less we’ll have to design the planet and the less we’ll have to change it.”
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19 Mar 19
Tumelo Lerata wins most promising award in international housing competition
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The "r.i.s.e in the city" design competition is aimed at bridging the gap between entrepreneurship and architecture.
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19 Mar 19
Jalila Essaïdi’s project turns cow dung into textiles
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Designer and entrepreneur Jalila Essaïdi says we have an untapped natural resource in manure.
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14 Mar 19
Watch: Designing near death with the student who created her own coffin
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Shaina Garfield is one of 12 graduates who are speaking at Design Indaba Festival 2019.
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28 Feb 19
Young designers are the future of the industry, but what are they saying?
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Some of these young designers, like urbanist Nicole Moyo, will take the stage at Day 1 of the 2019 Design Indaba Festival.
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27 Feb 19
The Mother & Baby Hospital Unit in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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White Arkitekter has unveiled its design for a mother and baby unit for the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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26 Feb 19
The three industry greats hosting Design Indaba 2019
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From 2019 Design Indaba Conference speaker Lucas De Man to the iconic performer Lebo Mashile, get to know this year's hosts.
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22 Feb 19
Meet the women who led the charge at Design Indaba Conference 2019
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These talented women include Wanuri Kahiu, Annabelle Selldorf, Ane Crabtree, Mariam Kamara and Faith XLVII.
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21 Feb 19
Regenerative agriculture can make farmers stewards of the land again
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Florida Atlantic University's Stephanie Anderson on an alternative method to what we know as sustainable farming.
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20 Feb 19
Harvesting water from unexpected places
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The way we build our cities can help us harvest water sustainably, says Design Indaba alumna Shaakira Jassat.
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18 Feb 19
Samuel's Streets documents a radio show in Kinshasa run by homeless young people
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#WorldRadioDay: Makhulu Productions' virtual reality film tells the story of how a homeless child found his voice on a Kinshasa radio show.
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13 Feb 19
Design that is curious, brave and leaves a profound impact
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These design graduates will join design veterans on stage at Design Indaba Conference 2019.
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12 Feb 19
South African artist Faith XLVII returns to Design Indaba Conference
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She’s no stranger to Design Indaba, now Faith XLVII returns to our annual conference on creativity to present a never-before-seen performance
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6 Feb 19
Lebo Mashile to MC Design Indaba Conference for the second time
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The multi talented South African performance artist blew the audience away in 2018, here's why:
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5 Feb 19
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