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A new horizon for TGV

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

France's TGV inOui high-speed train gets a redesign

4 Apr 25
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The Hormometer

Design News > Information Design

Innovative at-home hormone testing kit.

28 Mar 25
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OneCourt

Design News > Interaction Design

A haptic device to making live sports more accessible for visually impaired users.

28 Mar 25
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SpellRing

Design News > Information Design

AI powered ring converts American Sign Language into text for smartphones and computers.

28 Mar 25
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Streetfood Furniture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Design studio Jhanyar has introduced a collection of "street food furniture attachments" to elevate the streetfood dining experience.

20 Mar 25
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Empowering Urban Design

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Urban-Think Tank Empower has unveiled their Empower Upgrade model for housing

20 Mar 25
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Next Generation Passport

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Switzerland has unveiled its next-generation passport, a blend of innovative visual design and advanced security.

20 Mar 25
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Disappearing Fashion

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Templa in collaboration with ALLIED Feather + Down design Biodegradable Outerwear

14 Mar 25
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Smiley Socket

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

India Mahdavi and 22 System take a charming approach to redesigning the electrical socket.

14 Mar 25
Smiley Socket

14 Mar 25

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Featured Series

Our featured series are collections of design stories and videos around particular themes, creative journeys and events.

Design Indaba Festival 2019

Known as the highlight of the creative calendar, Design Indaba's flagship event has evolved into so much more than a conference.
The creative women of Design Indaba Conference 2017 that are doing the most

We’ve rounded up the stellar design presentations of this year that happen to have been put together by women.
Through an African lens

African photographers are using striking imagery to tell the story of their Africa, both experienced and imagined.
AFRICA. NOW. West Africa

For the next instalment of Design Indaba’s Africa.Now. series our journalists investigate design and creativity in Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria and the Ivory Coast.
Our Chats With series lets you interview South Africa's top creatives

Take control of an interview with some of South Africa's top innovators.
Do The Green Thing: Creativity vs Climate Change

Do The Green Thing is an inspiration feed of creative ideas to turn green living from something you ought to do to something that people want to do.

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Watch talks from our design conference

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Dan Wieden on why Wieden+Kennedy will never sell out

Talks > Creative Economy

24 Jun 15 / Design Indaba Conference 2015
00:05:17

Carla Fernandez: how heritage translates into fashion

Talks > Fashion & Jewellery Design

27 Jan 12 / Design Indaba Conference 2011
00:07:06

Michael Grigoriev on using collective intelligence to solve problems

Talks > Design Thinking

11 Sep 13 / Design Indaba Conference 2013
00:34:41

Shubhankar Ray on how brands can survive in the 21st century

Talks > Fashion & Jewellery Design

9 Jun 15 / Design Indaba Conference 2015
00:16:24

Deborah Szebeko on tackling social issues with creativity

Talks > Design Thinking

8 Feb 12 / Design Indaba Conference 2011
00:25:19

Paula Scher on creativity as a small defiant act of misbehaving

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

10 Oct 13 / Design Indaba Conference 2013

From the Archives

Carbon neutral

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A short film about carbon-absorbing buildings premiered at the UN’s Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt. >

21 Nov 22
Tracking changes

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The world-famous train known as the Orient Express is getting a nostalgia-inspired makeover. >

21 Nov 22
The language of precarity

Design News > Craft

Raw Nerves, running until 14 January 2023, is the latest exhibition at Hannah Barry Gallery in London. >

21 Nov 22
Arabian dreams

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The largest creative festival in the Middle East took place between 8 – 13 November 2022. >

21 Nov 22