2017 Archive

What if we can recreate and control lava?

Design News • 6 Feb 17

gt2P, a Chilean studio investigates the material properties of volcanic lava. >
40 rising stars join the creative constellation

Next Generation • 6 Feb 17

Meet the 2017 Emerging Creatives, the next wave of South Africa’s buzzing design scene. >
The expressionist splashes of Patryk Hardziej

Design News • 6 Feb 17

This graphic designer draws from many schools of creativity to inform each new artwork. >
Meet visual artist Qhama Maswana

Design News • 6 Feb 17

The Eastern Cape-based painters work is a celebration of African beauty. >
How deeply should an artist’s identity be tied to their work?

Design News • 7 Feb 17

Emerging Creatives alumna Kobie Nieuwoudt tells us about her artistic impetus – and it’s something we all have access to within ourselves. >
See the 2017 winners of the annual Warming Huts contest

Design News • 7 Feb 17

This one of a kind design contest gives warmth to Canada’s chilly winters. >
An instabition in misogynoir

Design News • 7 Feb 17

Photographer Jacquelyn Iyamah created the Anti-Misogynoir Project to give women of a colour a platform to push their own narratives. >
Mind-reading device gives paralysed people ability to communicate

Design News • 7 Feb 17

A brain-computer interface records “yes” or “no” answers for paralysis sufferers. >
Improving sanitation with the waterless toilet

Design News • 7 Feb 17

An international group of engineers turn their attention to a basic need. >
Data is emotional

Design News • 7 Feb 17

Artist and designer Ekene Ijeoma, who is speaking at Design Indaba 2017, humanises intangible data to trigger empathy and compassion. >
American Masters — Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

Design News • 8 Feb 17

“Closure was something I didn’t have with my dad. But I forgive him for his genius,” says Eric Saarinen. >
Folding, bending, manipulating matter

Design News • 8 Feb 17

Industrial designer Stefan Diez investigates radical new ways of making, informed by both technology and craft. He is speaking at Design Indaba 2017. >
Fashion meets fine art at Lexus SA Menswear Week ‘17

Design News • 8 Feb 17

Fine artist David Brits collaborates with menswear clothing line Good Good Good for Lexus SA Menswear Week AW17. >
The Happy Film

Design News • 8 Feb 17

The Happy Film is a feature-length documentary in which Stefan Sagmeister undergoes a series of self-experiments. >
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes

Design News • 8 Feb 17

Classical fairytales with an African twist. >
Ants on a Shrimp

Design News • 8 Feb 17

“What happens when the world’s most acclaimed restaurant picks up and moves halfway across the world?” >
Eclipse: Experience time in a new way

Next Generation • Duration: 00:40 • 8 Feb 17

A clock design that reveals and hides different notions of time. >
U-Safe: Remote-controlled sea rescue

Design News • 8 Feb 17

This device takes some of the risk out of sea rescue missions. >
Design That Heals

Design News • 8 Feb 17

Founder and director of Les centres GHESKIO Dr Jean-William Pape has dedicated his career to combating diarrheal diseases in Haiti. >
This Amman Design Week installation was repurposed into relief for Syrian refugees

Design News • 9 Feb 17

Jordanian designer Raya Kassisieh’s monumental work gets a second life. >
Design Indaba to collaborate with IKEA

Design News • 9 Feb 17

Design Indaba is proud to announce a collaboration with global homeware giant IKEA, set to launch at the Design Indaba Festival 2017. >
Black History Month: Honouring past heroes

Design News • 9 Feb 17

Nigerian artist Fred Martins has created a new series using symbols of butterflies and fists to represent soul and power in Black History Month. >
Light-printable and rewritable paper is here

Design News • 9 Feb 17

Researchers have discovered an eco-friendly way to print on paper >
The dismantled artworks of Raphaël Vicenzi

Design News • 9 Feb 17

Inflexibility in art can be the downfall of the artist. >

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