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Giorgia Lupi and Kaki King on the value of beauty in design

Design News > Information Design / Music & Sound Design

Beauty or functionality? We ask the designers who helped us feel data and see music. >

3 May 17
Research project produces first map of Nairobi’s informal transport system

Design News > African Design / Information Design

Researchers are crowdsourcing data to create a transport system map for the accurate location of matatu routes – Nairobi’s informal transit system. >

21 Apr 17
WhereIsMyTransport mapped the entire public transport network of Cape Town

Design News > Design Thinking / Information Design

WhereIsMyTransport has added Gauteng province, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Kigali to the network of cities it covers. >

19 Apr 17
Digital tool tracks innovative water projects in the US

Design News > Information Design

The US is battling against ageing infrastructure. This Living Map highlights its wins so far. >

19 Apr 17
Farmerline uses SMSes to empower small-scale farmers in Ghana

Design News > African Design / Information Design

Ghanaian tech provider, Farmerline offers innovative mobile communication and farming information services to literate and illiterate rural farmers >

18 Apr 17
Giorgia Lupi: Drawing from life

Design News > Art & Photography / Information Design

A brief jaunt through design, part two. Today we share a short interview with emotional data translator Giorgia Lupi. >

14 Apr 17
Free language education for the world

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Information Design

Tech entrepreneur Luis von Ahn created an app that enables anyone, anywhere to learn a language for free. >

12 Apr 17
Cape Town moves to become Africa’s first truly digital city

Design Frontiers > African Design / Information Design

This city’s creatives are set to be among the biggest winners in the drive to become the most digitally connected hub in Africa. >

27 Mar 17
Dear White America

Design News > African Design / Information Design

US-based artist Inyegumena Nosegbe’s newspaper project is a poignant look at police brutality. >

23 Mar 17
A look into the volume of the internet

Design News > Design Thinking / Information Design

How much do you know about the design of the worldwide web? >

16 Mar 17
Kasha: Rwanda’s digital solution to a pervasive problem

Design News > African Design / Information Design

Access to information and basic services can help women progress in the developing areas. >

8 Mar 17
Swahili launches on Duolingo

Design News > Information Design / Interaction Design

At Design Indaba 2017, Luis Von Ahn launches the first African language course on Duolingo. >

3 Mar 17
Behind the visuals: Design Indaba 2017 Campaign by Grid

Design News > African Design / Information Design

Take a look at the ideas behind the graphic design campaign for Design Indaba Festival 2017. >

28 Feb 17
Data Dress: A tangible representation of your online movements

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Information Design

A custom-made dress based on your online data. >

24 Feb 17
Future technologies: Ideas that are changing our world

Design Frontiers > Information Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

At Design Indaba Conference 2017, we've gathered the greatest minds in the tech industries. From the founder of Airbnb to MIT fellows, the best grads and more. >

22 Feb 17
Tsépo Khonyane

A 20-something designer with additional PR and event coordination chops. >

22 Feb 17
Unfolding the Saree

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Information Design

How much do we really know about this storied garment? >

20 Feb 17
TL Uglow

TL Uglow ('Tea') is the creative director of Google's Creative Lab in Sydney and a tech celebrity. >

8 Feb 17
Data is emotional

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Information Design / Interaction Design

Artist and designer Ekene Ijeoma, who is speaking at Design Indaba 2017, humanises intangible data to trigger empathy and compassion. >

7 Feb 17
An instabition in misogynoir

Design News > Art & Photography / Information Design

Photographer Jacquelyn Iyamah created the Anti-Misogynoir Project to give women of a colour a platform to push their own narratives. >

7 Feb 17
Lauren Dixon-Paver

A young designer eager to share her craft with others through Youtube tutorials. >

6 Feb 17
The online magazine created for women of colour by women of colour

Design News > Art & Photography / Information Design

Gal-Dem affirms a growing appetite for more intersectional and inclusive media. >

2 Feb 17
Vito: A glove to replace sight and sound

Design News > Information Design / Interaction Design

Using haptic signals, the Vito device delivers information when screens and speakers can’t. >

25 Jan 17
Man vs machine: The power of human computation

Design News > Information Design / Product Design

Despite rumours that AI will take over the world, there's still a lot machines can’t do without man. At Design Indaba 2017, tech genius Luis von Ahn shows why. >

16 Jan 17

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