September 2019 Archive

These designers are merging tech and product design for more inclusive products

Design Frontiers • 30 Sep 19

We look at the work of designers who are trying to make products that tackle access for those with disabilities. >
3 Ways to save the planet with urine

Design News • 29 Sep 19

Researchers call it organic waste and we’re just trying to keep it off the streets. >
Behind antenna and its impact on future changemakers in design

Next Generation • 27 Sep 19

“Antenna gave us a platform to share a story and to be bold about it. I don’t know if other graduate programmes like this exist.” >
Mpho Vackier’s journey to international acclaim

Design News • 27 Sep 19

The former Design Indaba Emerging Creative recently exhibited her furniture brand, Urbanative, at Milan Design Week. >
Biodesign, tech and the future of sustainable fashion

Design Frontiers • 26 Sep 19

We look at some of the designers working at the intersection of technology, biology and fashion to make more sustainable garments. >
On why design cannot be divorced from economic development in Africa

Design News • 25 Sep 19

Architect Mariam Kamara, says she believes that design stands to open up new avenues for solving problems on the continent. >
On building African smart cities

Design Frontiers • 25 Sep 19

Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou: "The problems we will face tomorrow in Africa are so big that we can’t count only on the politicians and experts to find solutions." >
On designing resilient African cities

Design Frontiers • 25 Sep 19

Award-winning Cameroonianian architect, Hermann Kamte, was recently named as one of Quartz' African Innovators for 2019. >
Architects design a crematorium situated in the middle of a lake

Design News • 25 Sep 19

Wrapped in a layer of rusty steel, this elongated crematorium is made of earth-coloured stone and also appears to be floating on water. >
This monument combines history, art and architecture

Design News • 23 Sep 19

The architects worked in collaboration with photographer Edward Burtynsky, Holocaust scholar Doris Bergen and landscape architect Claude Comier. >
Tiffany Chu on redesigning the way cities build their transport routes

Design Frontiers • 22 Sep 19

"If you’re trying to help a city, you need people who are from there and who are invested in the city over time." >
Pili is using bacteria to make a more sustainable dye

Design Frontiers • 21 Sep 19

Could this spell a more sustainable solution to using petrochemical dyes in the textile industry? >
Vietnamese designers create sneakers from coffee beans

Design Frontiers • 20 Sep 19

Rens Originals is the sneaker brand that is taking your ground coffee waste and turning it into some of the freshest sneakers out there. >
Three creatives on the importance of dabbling in different sectors

Design News • 20 Sep 19

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creatives reflect on their journeys since leaving the incubator programme. >
BioSolar Leaf is cleaning the air and putting food on the table

Design Frontiers • 20 Sep 19

Experimenting with alternative ways to grow food, Arborea is tackling climate change one BioSolar Leaf at a time. >
April Greiman: "If you have a good idea there aren't any boundaries."

Design Frontiers • 18 Sep 19

The transmedia artist talks about designing for visual communication in multiple mediums. >
Carlo Ratti's juice bar ensures that no drop goes to waste

Design Frontiers • 18 Sep 19

Italian innovation and design firm Carlo Ratti Associati’s ‘Feel the Peel’ juice bar creates bioplastic cups made from oranges. >
The DisOrdinary Architecture Project is creating inclusive urban spaces

Design Frontiers • 17 Sep 19

“People are only disabled when they are confronted with a barrier. If those barriers are removed, the disability ceases to exist.” >
How AeroDelft is saving the skies

Design Frontiers • 16 Sep 19

Student researchers from the Delft University of Technology are making aviation a little greener by trading in jet fuel for hydrogen-powered cells. >
Aida Mulokozi on her mission to salvage Dar es Salaam’s built heritage

Design News • 14 Sep 19

The CEO of the Dar es Salaam Centre for Architectural Heritage talks about the importance of architectural conservation. >
Here are the five shortlisted candidates for the DUNDEED competition

Design Frontiers • 13 Sep 19

One of these projects will walk away with £5,000 to further develop their project. >
Meet the speakers at this year's antenna conference

Next Generation • 13 Sep 19

#antenna2019, hosted by Design Indaba, Dutch Design Week and World Design Embassies, is taking place today in Eindhoven. >
Talking African art repatriation with curator and anthropologist Meskerem Assegued

Design News • 13 Sep 19

“The work needs to be returned without any kind of conditions." >
CityTree is an oxygen-producing forest in miniature

Design News • 13 Sep 19

This compact green wall cleanses the air of pollutants and acts as a sound barrier for congested urban areas. >

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