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The Socio-Technical City combats the key challenges of our future cities

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

UNStudio designs a speculative cityscape for The Hague, aimed to address rapid urban growth and sustainability. >

14 Dec 18
The 5 most searched designers in 2018

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Spanning across diverse ages, nationalities and disciplines, these were the most searched Design Indaba speakers in 2018 >

12 Dec 18
William Kentridge: the barbarity of the 'Great War' told through an African lens

Design News > Design Thinking

Kentridge underlines the lunacy of the project in every part of the production – from ruined landscapes to caricatural imagery to ironic captions >

10 Dec 18
Shaline Naicker

The 21-year-old fashion designer is inspired by technology to create wearable art. >

29 Nov 18
Asanda Mini

This young, multifaceted creative hopes to gain skills and then give back. >

20 Nov 18
Dave Hakkens on his mission to help people fight plastic waste worldwide

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

The designer behind the award-winning project, Precious Plastic will be back at Design Indaba to talk about his latest work. >

20 Nov 18
Demystifying design with the critically acclaimed Alice Rawsthorn

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

The author, columnist and world-renowned design critic will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2019. >

19 Nov 18
Alice Rawsthorn

Design critic and the author of the critically acclaimed books Design as an Attitude and Hello World: Where Design Meets Life. >

19 Nov 18
0.9 grams of brass: A brass paper clip that symbolises a cow’s life

Next Generation > Design Thinking

See how graduate student Adelaide Lala Tam uses this project as a metaphor for the life cycle of a cow. >

14 Nov 18
How urban planning can help us cope with climate change

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Urban & Landscape Design

The results of this recent research could help city planners build our future cities better. >

13 Nov 18
Design is what combines technology and biology in Markus Kayser's work

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

The 16 robots, including the design system to control them, were developed by researchers who work at the intersection of biotechnology and design. >

7 Nov 18
Scribble is a touch-activated joystick for semi-autonomous driving

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Currently there is no middle ground between the car taking the wheel or its driver, this is where Scribble comes in. >

6 Nov 18
Futurist Alexa Clay on why Silicon Valley should focus on goodness and humanity

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

She says there needs to be more to tech than just building another app to get rich. >

25 Oct 18
Entries for the 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards are open!

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking

The awards are open to artists, designers and architecture students living in South Africa and Zimbabwe. >

17 Oct 18
The Final Five: antenna 2018 is right on our doorstep

Next Generation > Design Activism / Design Thinking

These creatives make up the list of 20-plus graduates who will present projects that change the world of tomorrow. >

16 Oct 18
Ane Crabtree

Award-winning costume designer and women's rights icon. >

12 Oct 18
Meet the young innovators at antenna’s first exhibition

Next Generation > Design Thinking

It’s an evolution of the first antenna conference which took place at Dutch Design Week last year. >

12 Oct 18
Turning sadness into power with the Tear Gun

Next Generation > Design Thinking

Taiwanese designer transforms emotional frustration into an expression of 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
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
Senegal’s taxi industry set to gain an eco-conscious option with the Ping! app

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Could the natural evolution of public transport include a fleet of hybrid cars for every city? >

2 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
Eric Quint on 3M's design-centered mission

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Interaction Design / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

“We are part of an ecosystem, uniting purpose with partnership, that creates meaningful innovations.” >

27 Sep 18

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