February 2017 Archive

Behind the visuals: Design Indaba 2017 Campaign by Grid

Design News • 28 Feb 17

Take a look at the ideas behind the graphic design campaign for Design Indaba Festival 2017. >
Masters in the art of freestyling it

Festival News • 28 Feb 17

We chat to Freestyle Love Supreme ahead of their Design Indaba daily wrap ups and once-off performance this Thursday at Nightscape. Get your tickets now! >
New York’s School of Visual Arts brings its Underground Images exhibition to Design Indaba Festival 2017

Design News • 27 Feb 17

Underground Images is a collection of more than 50 posters created at SVA for display in the NY subway system. >
Design Indaba 2017 features a royal flush of Scandinavian speakers

Design News • 27 Feb 17

Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland are all accounted for at this year’s Design Indaba Conference. >
Architecture runs deeper than the built environment

Design News • 27 Feb 17

Architecture is the thread that binds these Design Indaba speakers in their creative pursuits. >
Practical tips from fellow delegates and speakers

Hot Topic • 27 Feb 17

Take notes, bring a jumper, and don't miss the up-and-coming guys – inspiration comes from the unexpected. >
This Italian artist subverts societal expectations with her self-portraiture

Design News • 27 Feb 17

Chiara Mazzocchi’s work is both self-reflective and rebellious. >
The Fog Catcher: Collecting water from the air

Festival News • 25 Feb 17

A model of an innovative water-collecting structure is premiering at Design Indaba Conference 2017. The Fog Catcher collects dew and condensation from the air. >
What is a bank doing at a design conference?

Design News • 24 Feb 17

The world needs more design-centric companies, run by design-minded people, to create products and processes with human wants, needs and behaviours in mind. >
Nocturnal Animals

Design News • 24 Feb 17

An American neo-noir psychological thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Tom Ford. >
Lost Indian Goddesses

Design News • 24 Feb 17

This powerful photo series takes a critical look at the treatment of women. >
Pure: No secrets, no makeup, no wardrobe in new Kyle Lewis music video

Design News • 24 Feb 17

This new video for Pure, the reinvention of South African singer Purity Zinhle Mkhize, is an honest piece that promotes positive body image. >
Celestial jukeboxes: Music should (and can) support universal health and well being

Design News • 24 Feb 17

How does music affect our minds? And how can we use it as a form of medicine? The founder of "music as medicine" platform The Sync Project explains. >
Data Dress: A tangible representation of your online movements

Design News • 24 Feb 17

A custom-made dress based on your online data. >
Michael Moore’s Trump resistance calendar for all anti-Trump events

Design News • 24 Feb 17

Filmmaker Michael Moore created a Trump resistance calendar to track anti-Trump protests. >
Students harness the sun to purify water

Design News • 24 Feb 17

This device could aid households that only have access to contaminated water. >
Michael Wolf photographs the world’s most uncomfortable commute

Design News • 24 Feb 17

‘Tokyo Compression’ offers a new perspective of the Japanese city. >
We chat to awe-inspiring artist Olafur Eliasson

Q&A • 23 Feb 17

We held a live Twitter Q&A with artist Olafur Eliasson ahead of his Design Indaba Conference talk. Here are his forceful and beautiful thoughts. >
The Shadow Self

Design News • 23 Feb 17

Young Algerian designer touches on complex psychology with minimal artworks. >
Watch artist Red Hong Yi create an intricate portrait from 20 000 sunflower seeds

Design News • 23 Feb 17

“The seed is a household object but at the same time it is a revolutionary symbol.” >
The beginnings of China’s first Forest City

Design News • 23 Feb 17

The future of China’s air pollution could be addressed with Stefano Boeri’s forest city. >
Marvel meets Orishas: Transforming African gods into superheroes

Design News • 23 Feb 17

Brazilian illustrator Hugo Canuto turned Yoruba African gods into western superheroes. >
The bold illustrations of Camilla Perkins

Design News • 23 Feb 17

The artist’s vivid depictions of African life are bursting with energy. >
Future technologies: Ideas that are changing our world

Design Frontiers • 22 Feb 17

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. >

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