March 2017 Archive

The Iota Project: blending bespoke furniture creation with social upliftment

Design Frontiers • 17 Mar 17

These beautiful handmade objects are creating jobs for unemployed women. >
A look into the volume of the internet

Design News • Duration: 01:22 • 16 Mar 17

How much do you know about the design of the worldwide web? >
Data Oruwari: Master of the micropen

Design News • 16 Mar 17

“Creativity is my religion, so I’m always finding new ways to bring things to life.” >
South African photographer shortlisted in 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

Design News • 16 Mar 17

Cole Ndelu’s arresting entry was inspired by the #FeesMustFall movement. >
Using technology to reimagine the documentation of human suffering

Design News • 16 Mar 17

Photographer Richard Mosse’s latest work opens at the Barbican. >
RiverBlue

Design News • Duration: 02:00 • 15 Mar 17

This film documents the unspoken cost of the global fashion industry. >
Eco-friendly digs for the modern nomad

Design News • 15 Mar 17

The University of Porto (UPTEC), Portuguese startup Ecocubo created a prefab perfect for travellers. >
Nana Oforiatta – Ayim and the encyclopaedia of African art and culture

Design News • 15 Mar 17

African art, advancements, innovations and magic all in one place. >
Reframing assumptions about ‘African art’

Next Generation • 15 Mar 17

A young illustrator who celebrates international influences rather than confined fidelity. >
StelooLive: An experimental, electronic soundscape in Accra

Design News • 14 Mar 17

In this live mix of fashion, art and sound, Accra-based trail-blazer Dj Steloo creates an experimental soundscape using glass, spoons and cans as instruments. >
A step closer to stretchable, soft electronics

Design Frontiers • 14 Mar 17

Stanford University researchers use a soup additive to create the next generation of flexible electronics. >
Permanent Alien focuses on stories from the Asian American diaspora

Design Frontiers • 14 Mar 17

“What if we made a comic featuring people who looked like us for people who look like us?” >
Falling: Representing depression through art

Design News • 13 Mar 17

This artist depicts her longstanding experience of mental disorder in disturbing style. >
New subversive hip hop from Kenyan artist Muthoni Drummer Queen

Design News • 13 Mar 17

Kenyan rapper and singer, Muthoni Drummer Queen’s latest song is hip-hop activism at its finest. >
The Scene of Childhood

Design News • 13 Mar 17

Photographer Lionel Jusseret captures the magical ways that autistic children communicate. >
The carbon cost of your cocaine

Opinion • 13 Mar 17

In the sixth edition of Do The Green Thing, the eco-warriors reveal the carbon footprint associated with every line of cocaine. >
This tampon packaging brings an important part of menstruation out of hiding

Design News • 13 Mar 17

Thinx Tampons has gone where no tampon maker has dared go before. >
Young, fashionable and made in Dakar

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:22 • 10 Mar 17

Three young fashion designers on being creative and running fashion houses in Dakar. >
The Five Fields Play Structure by Matter Design

Design News • 10 Mar 17

This playground stimulates the imagination and encourages creativity. >
Panâh: An ethical fashion production house in Kenya

Design News • 10 Mar 17

This African production house produces high quality clothes for international brands. >
Let there be light: An update on the #AnotherLightUp project in Khayelitsha

Do Tank News • Duration: 00:04:48 • 9 Mar 17

Design is too important a source code to only be in service of brands. At Design Indaba we believe design’s most noble purpose is in service of people. >
Using soybeans to create vegan leather

Design News • 9 Mar 17

We can now add soybeans to the list of cruelty-free leather alternatives. >
Remembering Chinese Photographer Ren Hang

Design Frontiers • 9 Mar 17

The 29-year old provocateur leaves behind an awe-inspiring body of work. >
Photographer captures the nuances of a South African township

Design News • 9 Mar 17

In an ongoing project, photographer Andile Bhala looks to capture the beauty of Soweto. >

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