2018 Archive

Night Loo offers refugee women a safer toilet option

Design News • 24 Oct 18

Going to the toilet becomes a serious problem for refugee women when they face attack on their way to the bathroom. >
The Frame Awards 2019 will honour the world’s best interiors

Design Frontiers • 23 Oct 18

The international jury includes former Design Indaba speaker, Yinka Ilori. >
Tik-Tik helps make freedom of movement easier for the visually impaired

Design News • 23 Oct 18

The blind designer Simon Dogger who spoke at this year's Design Indaba tells us about his latest project. >
Award-winning Brazilian designer to speak on his 30-year journey

Design News • 22 Oct 18

The award-winning designer, Kiko Farkas will speak at the Design Indaba Conference 2019 on his remarkable career. >
Unscrambling Africa photo project reveals the Africa beyond the slums and safaris

Design Frontiers • 18 Oct 18

Photographer Mutua Matheka launched his project to show the complex beauty of African cities. >
Entries for the 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards are open!

Design News • 17 Oct 18

The awards are open to artists, designers and architecture students living in South Africa and Zimbabwe. >
Low-cost artificial leg for amputees in developing countries

Design News • 16 Oct 18

A prosthetic leg made from recycled plastic is about to change the lives of amputees in developing countries. >
The Final Five: antenna 2018 is right on our doorstep

Next Generation • 16 Oct 18

These creatives make up the list of 20-plus graduates who will present projects that change the world of tomorrow. >
Indian artist of artefacts Sneha Suresh uses visual communication to transcend text

Design News • 13 Oct 18

The visual artist and printmaker will be exhibiting at the first ever antenna exhibition. Here's what she had to say about her work. >
A menstrual toolkit developed for refugee women

Design News • 13 Oct 18

This toolkit caters to every aspect of the menstrual cycle and it's reusable. >
Close Distance explores the divide between Bangladeshi women of different classes

Design Frontiers • 12 Oct 18

"While maidservants make the bed and dust the sofa day in and day out, they are not expected to sit or lie on them.” >
Meet the young innovators at antenna’s first exhibition

Next Generation • 12 Oct 18

It’s an evolution of the first antenna conference which took place at Dutch Design Week last year. >
Three ways designers are preparing for disaster

Design News • 12 Oct 18

These innovations are not only responsive but empathetic, taking a human-centred approach to solutions-based design. >
Turning sadness into power with the Tear Gun

Next Generation • 12 Oct 18

Taiwanese designer transforms emotional frustration into an expression of design. >
Filmmaker and photographer Senay Berhe's unbounded approach to creativity

Design Frontiers • 11 Oct 18

“I see myself as a tool to create. So what you put in, is what you get out. If I am doing well or doing something I love I feel that will be what comes out." >
Tech innovations that make dealing with mental illness a little bit easier

Design News • 11 Oct 18

We take a look at the interesting ways design can assist with some of the symptoms associated with mental illness. >
Five things to know about Ane Crabtree, the latest Design Indaba 2019 speaker

Design News • 10 Oct 18

She’s known as the designer of all of our favourite apocalyptic TV shows like Westworld and The Handmaid’s Tale. >
Five talented young designers to watch at antenna 2018

Next Generation • 9 Oct 18

From communication to food to medical care, these graduates are redesigning our world multiple industries at a time. >
AGI Open Mexico ends on a fun, moving and experimental note

Design Frontiers • 9 Oct 18

Sarah Snaith takes us through the highlights of this year's conference which was recently held in Mexico City. >
Art collective tells painful stories of the displaced

Design News • 8 Oct 18

Foundland Collective uses research, art and design to track the traumatic stories of people affected by forced migration. >
Empathy: a quality that binds design across disciplines

Design News • 5 Oct 18

Here are five more antenna 2018 speakers and a little bit about why we chose them. >
Unpacking graphic design with Milton Glaser, Paula Scher, Seymour Chwast & more

Design News • Duration: 00:03:22 • 4 Oct 18

These industry elites drop some priceless gems after illustrious careers in graphic design. >
Hannah Barry has helped to revolutionise the art scene in Peckham, South London

Design Frontiers • 3 Oct 18

Now the gallerist and curator will be joining us on stage at next year’s Design Indaba Conference. >
Senegal’s taxi industry set to gain an eco-conscious option with the Ping! app

Design News • 2 Oct 18

Could the natural evolution of public transport include a fleet of hybrid cars for every city? >

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