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"Everything is possible at Design Indaba": We talk to Nelly Ben Hayoun

Inside View > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Ahead of her third appearance on the Design Indaba stage, we talk to Nelly Ben Hayoun about her DI experiences, inspiration and why impossible doesn’t exist. >

6 Feb 17
Could these A’ Design Award winning projects change our world?

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Amidst the hundreds of entries, these stand out as the ones that could have the most positive impact. >

2 Feb 17 / Advertorial
University of the Underground: Learn deviance in creativity

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Experience designer and everyday astronaut, Nelly Ben Hayoun launches the University of the Underground to train up young designers as creative soldiers. >

2 Feb 17
Ikea’s Better Shelter named Design of the Year

Design News > Design Activism

Here’s what makes this emergency shelter solution the design of the year. >

1 Feb 17
Refugees Are Real by Ghada Wali

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

Egyptian designer Ghada Wali created a series of interactive paintings to bridge the gap between refugees and their host countries. >

31 Jan 17
South African tech start-up creates security system for low-income families

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

Jonga is a low-cost security system for township residents. >

25 Jan 17
A new look at gangsterism in South African townships

Q&A > Creative Economy / Design Activism

A creative alternative to fighting gangsterism in South Africa. >

20 Jan 17
South African filmmakers reimagine an apartheid identity

Q&A > Design Activism / Film & Animation

Filmmakers Kelly-Eve Koopman and Sarah Summers on their new webseries Coloured Mentality >

12 Jan 17
How can we respond faster to epidemic outbreaks?

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

The Ubuntu containment bed can easily be assembled for a rapid response to an outbreak >

11 Jan 17
Tech-infused jacket allows speedy donations for the homeless

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

The meeting point between being a good samaritan and 21st-century convenience is here. >

11 Jan 17
Down to Xjabelle: Breaking the stigma of Down syndrome through fashion

Design News > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

This designer creates authentic Central American fashion for individuals with Down syndrome. >

10 Jan 17
Meet the surfers of the Gaza Strip

Design News > Design Activism / Film & Animation

A community looking to the waves of the Mediterranean for relief. >

9 Jan 17
The Micro Wind Turbine: A portable, collapsible energy source

Product Spotlight > Design Activism / Product Design

This compact turbine is perfect for a nomadic lifestyle. >

9 Jan 17
Not a plastic bag

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

India’s EnviGreen pushes 100 per cent biodegradable, edible alternatives to plastic. >

6 Jan 17
Wheelchair-friendly baby stroller for differently-abled parents

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

A high school student has created a baby carrier wheelchair for a differently-abled parent to stroll with their newborn >

6 Jan 17
Free the nipple: LED teats contest censorship on Facebook

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Anonymous Spanish art collective Luzinterruptus create a carpet of glowing nipples outside Madrid's Facebook office to protest against censorship. >

5 Jan 17
Mamaope: A jacket that detects pneumonia

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

A Ugandan graduate designed a high-tech wearable to fight the scourge of pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa. >

5 Jan 17
Modern day Dracula and the plight of immigrants

Design News > Design Activism / Film & Animation

Artists adapt the classic tale of Dracula to explore the immigrant rights in the United States. >

28 Dec 16
The adventures of unconventional women

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a collection of alternative bedtime stories for girls. >

26 Dec 16
How an artist is helping rebuild Haiti

Design News > Design Activism

The Konbit Shelter is a sustainable building project in Haiti >

23 Dec 16
Smokeless cooking in Kenya

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

Fighting lower respiratory infection with innovative design. >

23 Dec 16
Stepping up solar efforts

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

This sidewalk converts steps into power. >

16 Dec 16
5 sustainable fashion brands

Design News > African Design / Craft / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

We highlight five brands making clothes ethically >

15 Dec 16
Naresh Ramchandani: The power and grace of words

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

Naresh Ramchandani is a master wordsmith. Here, we talk to him about some of the creative campaigns he has been involved with over the years. >

13 Dec 16

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