2019 Archive

Vibrant designs teach sign language in India’s iconic taxis

Design News • 21 Feb 19

#MotherLanguageDay: Looking back on an initiative we loved. >
The three industry greats hosting Design Indaba 2019

Design News • 22 Feb 19

From 2019 Design Indaba Conference speaker Lucas De Man to the iconic performer Lebo Mashile, get to know this year's hosts. >
The Mother & Baby Hospital Unit in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Design News • 26 Feb 19

White Arkitekter has unveiled its design for a mother and baby unit for the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo. >
Typeface inspired by the movement of dance

Design News • 27 Feb 19

Typographers María Ramos and Noel Pretorius together with dancer Andile Vellem have launched Movement, a new font inspired by the art of dance. >
A vote for ‘beauty’: What does it mean to you?

Design News • 27 Feb 19

As Design Indaba 2019 kicks off, voting for the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa is still open! Make your choice now. >
Global Graduate Shaina Garfield on the limits of empathetic design

Design News • 28 Feb 19

Speaking on Thursday at Design Indaba Conference 2019, Shaina Garfield penned this insightful piece on design for the disabled. >
Interdependence II by Houtlander named Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2019

Design News • 1 Mar 19

The public has spoken! Take a look at this year’s winning design in the question of what constitutes beauty. >
#GlobalGrad Tshepo Mokholo on innovating traditional architectural practises

Design News • 4 Mar 19

The Soweto-born architect, who is also a former Emerging Creative, tells us how a chance meeting landed him in Kigali. >
Wacy Zacarias on taking back the African textile market

Design News • 13 Mar 19

The Mozambican entrepreneur started Karingana Wa Karingana Textiles to create authentic African prints. >
4 graphic designers experimenting with colour and tackling taboos

Design News • 14 Mar 19

These are the graphic designer who were a part of the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives exhibition, a smorgasbord of young South African talent. >
Could embracing the informality of South Africa’s chaotic taxi industry do more good than bad?

Design News • 18 Mar 19

Researcher and urban planner Zonke Mkhomazi discusses the history and future of transport in South Africa. >
Ilze Wolff on creating an activist and public culture around architecture

Design News • 20 Mar 19

In this architectural practice collaboration with artists is just as important as working with other architects and engineers. >
Cairo architect Nada Elhadedy on architecture driven by circumstance

Design News • 20 Mar 19

“So instead of using the building as a barrier… we used it to promote openings and interaction.” >
Zipline is the small medical drone in Rwanda solving a worldwide logistics problem

Design News • 25 Mar 19

"Health is where we found the connection between something we knew we could do and a problem that needed solving," Zipline's Keenan Wyrobek. >
On being a young creative dealing with mental health

Design News • 25 Mar 19

We spoke to past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives to unpack the way creativity and mental health co-exist in their lives. >
Four designers are looking to redesign the gynaecology experience

Design News • 25 Mar 19

Yona is trying to redesign the uncomfortable vaginal speculum using human-centred experience design. >
Abstract Peaces: Redefining mental illness

Design News • 26 Mar 19

Conceptual photographer Tsoku Maela challenges the stigma around mental illness by drawing on his personal experience. >
One photographer's surrealist impression of mental illness

Design News • 27 Mar 19

Katie Joy Crawford was diagnosed young. This is how she sees her anxiety and depression. >
This Bible-verse inspired building has a unique swan-like design

Design News • 28 Mar 19

The distinctive roof is a pearly white concrete structure with sweeping, futuristic curves. >
Cross Cultural Chairs examines the role of the chair in our modern society

Design News • 1 Apr 19

"Analysing a chair you can understand the stature of a culture, what kind of materials they used and what kind of techniques they knew." >
The African crown reimagined

Design News • 1 Apr 19

Inspired by the work of J.D. Okhai Ojeikere, Medina Dugger and GIF artist François Beaurain celebrate the complexity of hair in Nigeria. >
Alexis Peskine explores the black experience through unconventional mediums

Design News • 2 Apr 19

He speaks on his Afro-French heritage, immigration and the global black experience. >
Constant, a photo series on pain, love and healing

Design News • 2 Apr 19

“The constant title came about when I had a serious reality check that I was the constant denominator in all my failed relationships." Basetsana Maluleka >
Youngsta: Rapping the stories of the Cape Colony

Design News • 3 Apr 19

We sat down with one of South African rap's busiest and most artists. >

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