May 2016 Archive

Budapest-based brand NewFoldr champions cardboard electronics

Design News • 12 May 16

NewFoldr aims to create a recyclable electronics movement to challenge the global e-waste issue >
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. >
The Honey: Representations of blackness as power

Design News • 13 May 16

Rendani Nemakhavhani's dynamic photo series "The Honey" turns away from blackness as struggle. >
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. >
Portable surgical sterilisation suitcase

Design News • 13 May 16

Eniware is a new sterilisation system that aims to have a positive impact on health care in developing countries. >
Oded Ezer designs the Life/Death t-shirt

Product Spotlight • 13 May 16

Tel Aviv-based graphic design artist Oded Exer designed a t-shirt to help refugees. >
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. >
When life hands you elephant dung, make paper

Design Frontiers • 13 May 16

Kenyan entrepreneurs are protecting their environment by turning elephant dung into paper. >
Rich Mnisi on building a fresh fashion brand in South Africa

Talks • Duration: 00:06:29 • 13 May 16

South African designer Rich Mnisi shares his creative journey (catwalk included) as part of the Global Graduates selection at Design Indaba Conference 2016. >
Eliminate wrinkles by applying a ‘second skin’

Design Frontiers • 16 May 16

A new, “second skin” solution to wrinkles could also lead to more medical advancements. >
A farming and recreational space designed to bring a community together

Design News • 16 May 16

Bottle Seedling House is a multipurpose shelter that aims to improve the quality of life for a farming community affected by HIV/AIDS. >
Pop-up sweatshop appears in Amsterdam

Design News • 16 May 16

Customers face the harsh reality of where their clothes come from in this pop-up sweatshop. >
Wear Your Label wants a stigma-free society

Product Spotlight • 16 May 16

Wear Your Label gets people talking about mental health through fashion and jewellery design. >
Open Eyes: The social ad campaign with a vision

Design News • 16 May 16

Following the moving advertising campaign #OpenEyes, we talk to FoxP2 at about why a brand needs to make people feel something in order to be relevant. >
Pia Nyakairu on products that help form connections

Talks • Duration: 00:06:41 • 16 May 16

Ugandan industrial designer Pia Nyakairu shares her work on products that aid connection as part of Design Indaba’s Global Graduates programme. >
Edible insects: Won’t you pass the bugs?

Design News • 17 May 16

NB Studio reimagines major food brands and chains with insects as their main ingredients. >
Claudia Liebenberg explores masculine themes through delicate watercolour illustration

Design News • 17 May 16

Illustrator Claudia Liebenberg uses her passion for art to mentor some of South Africa’s disadvantaged kids. >
$Thomas Chapman on reconnecting a fractured city$

Thomas Chapman on reconnecting a fractured city

Talks • Duration: 00:25:28 • 17 May 16

South African architect Thomas Chapman is fixing the past using layers of new design. >
Livi brings nature indoors

Product Spotlight • 17 May 16

The portable planter has a new take on interacting with nature. >
Now they’re 3D printing bones

Design News • 17 May 16

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new material that can be used in bone replacement surgery. >
Recycled materials unite on a grand scale with Collage House

Design Frontiers • 17 May 16

The Mumbai home is made from a collection of recycled and found materials. >
Florine Demosthene explores the black female form using mixed media art

Design News • 18 May 16

Inspired by her travels in Africa, Florine Demosthene has created a new black heroine. >
Brad Harris’ illustrations capture the innocence of everyday childhood

Design News • 18 May 16

South African artist Brad Harris draws from childhood experience to create stories and illustrations that capture child-like innocence. >
21st Century farming technology to address global food crisis

Design News • 18 May 16

Urban Produce is a sustainable vertical farming system that looks toward the future of agriculture. >

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