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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
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
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
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
Sebastian Gier's futuristic Xplore project nominated for Dezeen Award

Design News > Design Thinking

Since his presentation at Antenna in 2017, the German designer has been making big waves. >

29 Aug 18
Here's why the changing advertising agency hasn't scared David Droga

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

“Logical people make the world go round, but creative people make it worth living in.” >

24 Aug 18
Lonny van Ryswyck on the importance of looking after our diminishing resources as designers

Talks > Design Thinking / Product Design

In her 2018 Design Indaba Conference talk she takes us through her projects including, A World of Sand, where people donated sand from all over the world. >

16 Aug 18
Martha Cotton on the growth and influence that design has on business

Talks > Design Thinking

“My clients have started to really look towards the way me and my design colleagues look at the world and solve problems." >

15 Aug 18
Roshnee Desai is pushing for a research-led approach to design in India

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

The importance of designing for the everyday person, and democratising design. >

12 Aug 18
The frenzied and thought-provoking art of Peekasso

Design News > Design Thinking / Information Design

This artist takes a buoyant and frantic view of cultural subjects on the internet. With potentially seizure-inducing animations. (You have been warned.) >

23 Jul 18
Pentagram’s Natasha Jen: “Design is not a monster you ‘unleash’ to fix the world”

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Pentagram partner Natasha Jen makes her feelings on business buzzwords, simplistic flow diagrams and sticky note brainstorm sessions very clear... >

17 Jul 18
6 trail-blazing design graduates you should know

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Design Indaba 2018: These exciting young designers are pushing creative boundaries. >

17 Jul 18
5 things to know about GetSmarter as e-learning firm turns 10

Festival News > Design Thinking

Here's what you need to know about online education company GetSmarter. >

13 Jul 18
Design Indaba 2018's celebration of creativity

Festival News > Design Thinking

Design Indaba 2018 welcomed creative minds from around the world to a colourful celebration of creativity >

13 Jul 18
Eliminating the enormous energy cost of mining cryptocurrencies

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Information Design

Estonian company Nordcoin is changing the game and making crypto-farms mobile >

13 Jul 18
David Droga

Founder & Creative Chairman, Droga5 >

6 Jul 18
Grigri Pixel is looking for African creatives to participate in a residency in Madrid

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking

The award-winning programme brings together African and European creatives to create urban space interventions. >

21 Jun 18
Mexican students design a carpet for growing crops in refugee camps

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Rise, which was designed by three Mexican industrial design students, addresses one of the world's most pressing issues. >

20 Jun 18
5 African Internet start-ups redefining agriculture

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

It's Sustainable Gastronomy Day, a day that reaffirms that all cultures and civilisations are contributors and crucial enablers of sustainable development. >

18 Jun 18
Uninvited Guests is an elderly man’s battle with smart technology

Design News > Design Thinking

Superflux’s short film Uninvited Guests looks at the frictions that can arise as technology evolves. >

14 Jun 18
Big blue: Three designs that tackle problems of the ocean

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

On #WorldOceansDay we take a look at three designs that address problems caused by pollution and fishing in our vulnerable oceans. >

8 Jun 18
Cleansing the air with clever anti-pollutant roof tiles

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

It is now possible to reduce the effect of fossil fuel burning with this simple smog-busting building material. >

8 Jun 18
Could silk be used to weave your donor heart?

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Researcher and designer, Veronica Ranner, takes on organ crafting while cautiously questioning its ethics. >

8 Jun 18

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