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SurgiBox brings safe surgical spaces to harsh environments wherever and whenever
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“The idea of SurgiBox is to take the operating room and shrink it down to just the patient’s size.”
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6 Feb 18
Meet the 9 Global Graduates that presented at Design Indaba Conference 2018
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These young graduates presented projects that speak to the water crisis, the power of sound, social entrepreneurship and so much more.
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6 Feb 18
A home designed to make water conservation a way of life
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University students create a water-efficient and energy-efficient home to combat drought.
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6 Feb 18
Quicksee is making eye care accessible, affordable with low-cost tech
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“We couldn’t train 100,000 new optometrists, but we could look at the technologies available and re-engineer them to be lower cost and easier to use.”
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5 Feb 18
Johannes Torpe talks us through his process
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The self-taught designer works within the fields of interior design, product design, industrial design and architecture.
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19 Jan 18
Winy Maas on the importance of remarkable buildings in future cities
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"Remarkable buildings can help us navigate ourselves through this kind of monstrous, and endless mediocrity that most cities are."
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16 Jan 18
Mark Kamau wants to bring wifi access to more people who cannot afford it
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“My interest is not my ego, my interest is to help with design."
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9 Jan 18
Ekene Ijeoma combines data and design to tackle pressing global issues
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From diversity in design to the refugee crisis, this data designer's projects are breaking the news cycle.
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15 Dec 17
Thomy is an insulin kit designed with the needs of diabetic children in mind
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Product designer Renata Souza talks about the inspiration and process behind her award-winning insulin kit.
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4 Dec 17
How discarded bananas led these two designers into looking at consumerism and food waste
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By tracking how bananas make it to Iceland, where there are no plantations, these designers shine a spotlight on waste and consumerism.
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4 Dec 17
Imagine a future where your car window is a way for you to control your driving experience
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Sebastien Gier talks us through his project where your car window lets you manipulate what you see outside, take pictures, bookmark and more.
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4 Dec 17
Awundiboni looks at how rape culture reduces women's everyday experiences
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Thandiwe Msebenzi talks about her photography work as well as how she wants to use VR to further explore the topic.
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4 Dec 17
This MIT sound artist is exploring the power of sound in public spaces
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Nicolas Kisic Aguirre developed the Modular Rhythm Machine, an algorithmically controlled machine inspired by the Peruvian Cajon.
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4 Dec 17
Where product design and conservationism meet
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Food Design
University of Applied Arts graduate Alexandra sees no boundaries between politics, culture and technology as she designs the Menu from the new Wild.
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1 Dec 17
Creating local employment in Mexico with a new sustainable material
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Designer Fernando Laposse is reviving an embattled farming process to offer Mexico an alternative livelihood.
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1 Dec 17
#ArchForArch 1: Is democracy a design project?
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Design Indaba and Liberty partnered on the series to tell the story of the man behind the Arch For Arch monument in Cape Town.
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1 Dec 17
Cole Ndelu's arresting work tackles collective memory and the portrayal of black bodies
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The Durban-based artist and photographer challenges representation with her disruptive imagery.
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30 Nov 17
Thandiwe Msebenzi on fairness, the power of fragility and collaboration
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"Designers are constantly collaborating with other people to create things and they're constantly pushing towards reaching a broader audience."
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27 Nov 17
Used boxes designed to make toys for displaced children
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Toys, fun and play are basic needs for children. One designer is making sure it reaches disaster-stricken areas.
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24 Nov 17
Design is all-encompassing but is it always all-inclusive?
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Hidden Women of Design is a series of talks committed to encouraging and supporting female designers.
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20 Nov 17
On visibility, social housing, and weaponising sound
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Antenna was not only a stage to spread ideas. These young people challenged convention.
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16 Nov 17
What should South African creative directors do to make a change beyond advertising?
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Net#work BBDO’s Mike Schalit and Emma Strydom gathered insights from 30 creative directors to answer this question.
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9 Nov 17
On the inaugural Antenna and why the future of design is in safe hands
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Here is a taste of what young designers from around the world have up their sleeves.
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7 Nov 17
Direct air capture plant aims to filter carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
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A Zurich-based removal company have presented a way to extract carbon dioxide directly from the air.
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6 Nov 17
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