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Measurable impact | Robert Wong explores humanity’s possible futures at Google
Chief creative officer of Google Creative Lab, Robert Wong spoke at Design Indaba 2020.
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Better cities| Jeanne Gang’s architectural practice builds sustainable futures
Her award-winning multidisciplinary practice, Studio Gang, is driven by an ethos of ‘actionable idealism’ and is concerned with how to make cities more livable,
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Debbie Millman
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Debbie Millman is an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters.
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On brand | Influential polymath Debbie Millman elevates the design discipline
Debbie Millman spoke at Design Indaba 2020.
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Antya Waegemann redesigns the rape kit
The 'When No One Believes You' rape kit includes six different design interventions for use by victims, nurses and the police.
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Sum Waste turns waste into functional products like pens
Pratt University graduate Garret Benisch says he wanted to show what happens when one sees waste as an asset rather than a problem.
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6 clever design solutions for pressing healthcare issues
We highlight some of the design solutions aimed at healthcare sector.
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Could VR create space for people of colour in the film industry?
Emerging technology may be the answer to the ongoing question of representation.
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Shani Crowe turns hair into art
These mesmerising braids celebrate the beauty of black femininity.
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Meet the artist behind America's only museum dedicated to African beads
Olayami Dabls says he wanted to enable residents to better understand the immense power of their African heritage.
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This memorial honours the lives of victims of gun violence
An average of 700 lives are lost each week due to gun violence in the United States.
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Redesigning cities based on the words of hip hop greats
The Hip Hop Architecture Camp introduces kids to architecture using a medium they love.
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Tia Blassingame is using her craft to investigate racism in America
Using old-fashioned printing methods, Blassingame’s work focuses on historical and contemporary racism.
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Tiffany Chu on redesigning the way cities build their transport routes
"If you’re trying to help a city, you need people who are from there and who are invested in the city over time."
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April Greiman: "If you have a good idea there aren't any boundaries."
The transmedia artist talks about designing for visual communication in multiple mediums.
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This glue seals wounds in 60 seconds
MeTro is a super adhesive, elastic glue that works faster than common staples or sutures.
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Three fashionable items designed for the differently abled
Grace Jun and her team at the Open Style Lab are creating functional and stylish clothing that considers everyone.
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Silicon Valley wants to read your mind – here’s why you should be worried
The tech geniuses of Silicon Valley are developing machines capable of reading your brainwaves.
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Ensamble Studio is at the forefront of architecture, art and academic research
The award-winning Spanish architects, Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, spoke at the Design Indaba Conference 2018.
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The Trap is an exploration of the female form merged with nature
Ali Aschman explores her conflicting feelings on the ways in which women have been associated with nature through the ages.
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The Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback project is a blueprint for de-extinction
The speculative designer behind human leather, Tina Gorjanc explores the ethics and implications of de-extinction
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bioMason grows bricks without using any heat
This method mimics a naturally occurring material called biological cement, much like the process that occurs when coral is formed.
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A robot-made habitat for Mars could bring sustainable building down to Earth
How a speculative project for another planet is uncovering solutions for better building practices.
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How this low-cost, modular machine is tackling malaria
Octopi is the latest tech that’s revolutionising malaria detection.
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