May 2016 Archive

Pia Nyakairu: Designing a device to improve remote care for cancer patients

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:50 • 26 May 16

Ugandan-born industrial design graduate Pia Nyakairu has designed a device that helps physiotherapists and doctors offer distance care to cancer patients. >
Studio [D] Tale: Design for social impact in emerging economies

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:18 • 25 May 16

We talk to cross-continental architecture and design studio Studio [D] Tale about innovation in the everyday, especially in emerging economies. >
Christian Benimana: Architects don’t have to be local to think local

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:09 • 24 May 16

Rwandan architect Christian Benimana believes that the built environment should catalyse positive systemic change. >
Twins Cartoon: Comics in Egypt will keep evolving

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:19 • 23 May 16

Identical twin brothers Mohamed and Haitham El-seht draw inspiration from the characters found in the streets of Egypt. >
Pop culture and people inspire Monde Mabaso’s illustrations

Q&A • 13 May 16

Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative, Monde Mabaso is a Johannesburg-based illustrator who finds inspiration through this thriving city. >
Alfredo Brillembourg: Architecture as a response to social issues

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:27 • 13 May 16

Alfredo Brillembourg’s work addresses the housing crisis and poverty through architecture. >
Jeanne Gang: The architecture of policing in America

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:20 • 12 May 16

Founder of Studio Gang, Jeanne Gang talks about how architecture can help address police brutality in America. >
Tony Gum: Young, carefree, made in Africa

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:36 • 11 May 16

Labelled the coolest girl in Cape Town, “Artist in learning” Tony Gum tells us about her creative philosophy and why she is often her own muse. >
Illustrator Ishaarah Arnold on experimentation, creativity and elusive inspiration

Q&A • 9 May 16

"Inspiration is an elusive bastard..." South African illustrator Ishaarah Arnold talks about being creative in art and graphic design. >
Counterspace: Investigating the strange in Johannesburg’s built environment

Q&A • 6 May 16

Counterspace Studio's recent investigation into the reappropriation of Johannesburg’s mine dumps led the group to discover how abandoned spaces are being used. >
Pedro&Juana: Architecture is a social service

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:21 • 6 May 16

Mexico City-based architecture and design practice Pedro&Juana create interactive and customisable spaces. >
Alex McDowell: Reimagining the narrative of storytelling

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:54 • 4 May 16

World-renowned production designer Alex McDowell is the man behind immersive, 5D worlds. >

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