July 2018 Archive

Photo series takes a non-binary look at vulnerability

Design News • 2 Jul 18

Photographer Zara Julius explores vulnerability in the lives of gender non-conforming people of colour. >
Ugandan designers create a bloodless, reusable malaria test kit

Design News • 3 Jul 18

Here’s how designers in Africa are using technology to bridge the gap between people and healthcare services. >
This Ghanaian company is turning plastic waste into asphalt roads

Design News • 3 Jul 18

As #PlasticFreeJuly kicks off, we look at a new innovation that allows us to cleanse our environment of discarded plastic bags by building new roads with it. >
4 projects that cleverly integrate digital fabrication into architecture

Design News • 4 Jul 18

Digital fabrication is helping companies build homes in 24 hours while also helping to build local entrepreneurship. >
How designers are using digital fabrication to improve wheelchairs

Design News • 5 Jul 18

Disrupt Disability uses open source design and digital fabrication to make wheels that are affordable and fully customisable. >
Durban-based artist adds vibrant artwork to a local taxi rank

Design News • 5 Jul 18

This mural is meant to give the newly rebuilt Cartwright Taxi Rank a vivid and welcoming exterior. >
Tanzanian photographer uses social media to break away from the conservative country

Design News • 9 Jul 18

When art must conform to the law of the land, some artists find acceptance on social media. >
Advertising maverick David Droga to speak at Design Indaba 2019

Design News • 10 Jul 18

“As a creative person you can’t bullshit yourself that you’re happy, no matter the perks. If you’re not having an impact on the work, it’s not worth it.” >
Leading local fashion designer Thabo Makhetha takes her blanket approach to the next level

Design News • 12 Jul 18

Design Indaba Emerging Creatives alumna Thabo Makhetha is now crowdfunding to produce her own textile designs. >
The untold history behind William Kentridge’s most ambitious project to date

Design News • 12 Jul 18

“The colonial logic toward the black participants could be summed up by: ‘Lest their actions merit recognition, their deeds must not be recorded’.” >
The Tolerance Traveling Poster Show heads to Johannesburg's Constitution Hill

Design News • 16 Jul 18

Mirko Ilić's inspired exhibition continues its tour around South Africa. >
Can you deliver affordable housing while increasing the quality?

Design News • 19 Jul 18

The Casas Melhoradas aims to do this in Maputo where 80 per cent of the population is estimated to be living in informal settlements. >
Wikipedia's Cape Town conference tackles the issue of diversity

Design News • 20 Jul 18

Its goal is to make accessible the sum of ALL human knowledge. Here’s how the online encyclopedia plans to achieve it. >
HUT: Architecture concept for a spiritual community

Design News • 20 Jul 18

This Italian design group has conceptualised a meditative hub for Tanaf Village, Senegal. >
The frenzied and thought-provoking art of Peekasso

Design News • 23 Jul 18

This artist takes a buoyant and frantic view of cultural subjects on the internet. With potentially seizure-inducing animations. (You have been warned.) >
Design Indaba founder Ravi Naidoo appointed ambassador for Dutch Design Week 2018

Design News • 23 Jul 18

Alongside Laurens van den Acker and Wendy Plomp, he'll be bringing his trademark activism and sense of purpose to this year's event. >
The innovative, unconventional and inspiring work of Droga5

Design News • 26 Jul 18

Ahead of David Droga’s talk at Design Indaba 2019, we take a look at some of the more impactful work from his agency. >

July 2018 Archive

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