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Three ways designers are preparing for disaster

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Product Design

These innovations are not only responsive but empathetic, taking a human-centred approach to solutions-based design. >

12 Oct 18
Tech innovations that make dealing with mental illness a little bit easier

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

We take a look at the interesting ways design can assist with some of the symptoms associated with mental illness. >

11 Oct 18
Five talented young designers to watch at antenna 2018

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking

From communication to food to medical care, these graduates are redesigning our world multiple industries at a time. >

9 Oct 18
Art collective tells painful stories of the displaced

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration / Information Design

Foundland Collective uses research, art and design to track the traumatic stories of people affected by forced migration. >

8 Oct 18
Empathy: a quality that binds design across disciplines

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Here are five more antenna 2018 speakers and a little bit about why we chose them. >

5 Oct 18
Hannah Barry has helped to revolutionise the art scene in Peckham, South London

Design Frontiers > Craft / Creative Economy / Design Activism

Now the gallerist and curator will be joining us on stage at next year’s Design Indaba Conference. >

3 Oct 18
These graduates want to change the world in ways we never thought possible

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Antenna 2018 is here! Meet the first five speakers for the global design platform. >

28 Sep 18
Meet the three nominees for the Future Food Design Awards

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Food Design

They were selected out of 50 entries from 30 different countries. >

26 Sep 18
AGI Open México City speakers contemplate design on 'the other side'

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Alejandro Paul, Alejandro Magallanes, Flávia Nalon and Fábio Prata on how they will broach the topic in their talks this week. >

25 Sep 18
Harnessing the power of urine

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

Researchers designed a cheaper, more efficient way to generate power from organic waste. >

20 Sep 18
Cultivating mini farms aboard cargo ships

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking

This student-designed collapsible farm could help utilise the massive amounts of wasted space created by shipping containers. >

19 Sep 18
How two researchers hacked software to create a functional AI for their diabetic son

Design News > Design Activism

"Not one of those companies allowed me to directly access the data that was literally coming out of my son’s body. So I hacked it." >

12 Sep 18
Woebot: A smart, accessible mental healthcare solution

Design News > Design Activism / Interaction Design

Created by a group of Stanford psychologists, WoeBot is used in over 120 countries and has generated over 2 million messages since its launch. >

12 Sep 18
Afrolitt founder Pamela Ohene-Nyako on the importance of having black literature voiced and heard

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking

“I feel like some works can really open up one’s imagination and help us envision inclusive and liberated futures.” >

11 Sep 18
On designing spaces with people's mental health in mind

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

Siphilele Magagula on life after her conceptual Empathy Museum, fundraising to continue her studies and creating more spaces that heal. >

11 Sep 18
MIT audio & text system could detect depression in everyday conversations

Design News > Design Activism

A model by researchers at MIT is able to detect depression in context-free interactions. >

10 Sep 18
This speculative project seamlessly collects water from the air around it

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Design student Ivy Yan Ying Tai's concept could be easy enough to replicate in water scarce countries. >

10 Sep 18
Four literacy projects changing the world as we know it

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

See how these projects use literacy as a tool for positive change. >

7 Sep 18
Two urban initiatives tackle housing & energy in Ghana

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

Urban development specialist Farouk Braimah's design projects hope to make life easier for the poor. >

5 Sep 18
Bridging the gap between architecture and entrepreneurship in Lesotho

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

Daniela Gusman talks about the project as well as their international architecture competition, Rise In The City. >

10 Aug 18
Morag Myerscough's Design Indaba installation brings vibrant colour to two Cape Town schools

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Design Indaba worked with stakeholders including SeeSawDo on two projects giving a second life to the Embrace the Unknown installation. >

8 Aug 18
Edel Rodriguez on childhood, nationalism and a nation on fire

Talks > Art & Photography / Design Activism

The Cuban-born illustrator was dubbed "America’s Illustrator-In-Chief" by Fast Company. >

6 Aug 18
Design Indaba founder Ravi Naidoo appointed ambassador for Dutch Design Week 2018

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism

Alongside Laurens van den Acker and Wendy Plomp, he'll be bringing his trademark activism and sense of purpose to this year's event. >

23 Jul 18
Can you deliver affordable housing while increasing the quality?

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

The Casas Melhoradas aims to do this in Maputo where 80 per cent of the population is estimated to be living in informal settlements. >

19 Jul 18

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