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Scribble is a touch-activated joystick for semi-autonomous driving
Design Frontiers
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6 Nov 18
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Currently there is no middle ground between the car taking the wheel or its driver, this is where Scribble comes in.
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Playful sonic sculptures that reverberate across the design world
Design News
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5 Nov 18
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Pentagram London’s newly appointed partner, Yuri Suzuki, will be speaking at Design Indaba Conference 2019.
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Low-cost medical device detects pneumonia quickly and effectively
Design News
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5 Nov 18
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This device, called Kulinda, could counteract the devastating effects of pneumonia in developing countries.
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Filtration system gives you clean water wherever you are
Design News
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2 Nov 18
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Over 800 million people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water, but this new filtration system could solve that.
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Where would the South African comedy scene be without Kagiso Lediga?
Design News
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31 Oct 18
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The filmmaker, actor and comedian behind some of the country's most loved comedy shows and films will speak at Design Indaba Conference 2019.
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A simple brass paper clip wins at the Future Food Design Awards
Next Generation
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29 Oct 18
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0.9 Grams of Brass, a project by designer Adelaide Lala Tam, tells a complicated story through a seemingly banal object.
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Iran's hidden history now told by postage stamps
Design News
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29 Oct 18
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Iran had a history before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and a design student is using stamps to highlight this.
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What can AI do for you?
Festival News
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26 Oct 18
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Daniel Ting Chong uses creative coding to create collaborative artwork for Design Indaba 2019.
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Futurist Alexa Clay on why Silicon Valley should focus on goodness and humanity
Design News
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25 Oct 18
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She says there needs to be more to tech than just building another app to get rich.
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Rodrigo Garcia Gonzales wants to make packaging disappear
Design Frontiers
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25 Oct 18
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The Design Indaba 2019 speaker is the co-founder of Skipping Rocks Lab – the company behind the biodegradable water-filled bead to replace plastic bottles.
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Night Loo offers refugee women a safer toilet option
Design News
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24 Oct 18
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Going to the toilet becomes a serious problem for refugee women when they face attack on their way to the bathroom.
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The Frame Awards 2019 will honour the world’s best interiors
Design Frontiers
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23 Oct 18
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The international jury includes former Design Indaba speaker, Yinka Ilori.
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Tik-Tik helps make freedom of movement easier for the visually impaired
Design News
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23 Oct 18
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The blind designer Simon Dogger who spoke at this year's Design Indaba tells us about his latest project.
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Award-winning Brazilian designer to speak on his 30-year journey
Design News
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22 Oct 18
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The award-winning designer, Kiko Farkas will speak at the Design Indaba Conference 2019 on his remarkable career.
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Unscrambling Africa photo project reveals the Africa beyond the slums and safaris
Design Frontiers
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18 Oct 18
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Photographer Mutua Matheka launched his project to show the complex beauty of African cities.
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Entries for the 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards are open!
Design News
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17 Oct 18
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The awards are open to artists, designers and architecture students living in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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Low-cost artificial leg for amputees in developing countries
Design News
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16 Oct 18
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A prosthetic leg made from recycled plastic is about to change the lives of amputees in developing countries.
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The Final Five: antenna 2018 is right on our doorstep
Next Generation
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16 Oct 18
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These creatives make up the list of 20-plus graduates who will present projects that change the world of tomorrow.
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Indian artist of artefacts Sneha Suresh uses visual communication to transcend text
Design News
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13 Oct 18
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The visual artist and printmaker will be exhibiting at the first ever antenna exhibition. Here's what she had to say about her work.
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A menstrual toolkit developed for refugee women
Design News
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13 Oct 18
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This toolkit caters to every aspect of the menstrual cycle and it's reusable.
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Close Distance explores the divide between Bangladeshi women of different classes
Design Frontiers
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12 Oct 18
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"While maidservants make the bed and dust the sofa day in and day out, they are not expected to sit or lie on them.”
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Meet the young innovators at antenna’s first exhibition
Next Generation
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12 Oct 18
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It’s an evolution of the first antenna conference which took place at Dutch Design Week last year.
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Three ways designers are preparing for disaster
Design News
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12 Oct 18
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These innovations are not only responsive but empathetic, taking a human-centred approach to solutions-based design.
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Turning sadness into power with the Tear Gun
Next Generation
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12 Oct 18
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Taiwanese designer transforms emotional frustration into an expression of design.
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