2019 Archive

The whimsical illusions of Moography

Design News • 13 Jul 19

This visual artist turns the common smartphone into an eccentric, interactive toy. >
City residents are helping design public space with Minecraft

Design News • 12 Jul 19

The popular video game has proven a useful tool for community engagement. >
A revival of stone architecture in Palestine

Design News • 12 Jul 19

This sculptural project brings together ancient stonework and cutting-edge design methods. >
Design Indaba Emerging Creatives: Where are they now?

Design News • 11 Jul 19

We talk to some of the South African creatives who used the programme as a career launchpad. >
Celeste Arendse on sustainable and ethical fashion

Design News • 10 Jul 19

The Cape Town fashion designer has gone from being inspired by Picasso and rock art to more neutral tones with classic silhouettes. >
Mapitso Thaisi talks culture, fashion and recognising Africa's impact

Design News • 10 Jul 19

The law graduate-cum-designer chats to us about her Basotho inspired swimwear range, Shweshwekini. >
Using unconventional materials to create wearable art

Design News • 9 Jul 19

Shaline Naicker uses photochromic lenses within her work as she focuses on merging technology and fashion. >
Gourmet Grubb makes the world’s first insect-derived dairy alternative

Design News • 8 Jul 19

Leah Bessa takes us behind the scenes at her new pop-up restaurant in Woodstock, The Insect Experience by Gourmet Grubb. >
Ndumiso Nyoni uses striking geometric illustrations to celebrate women

Design News • 4 Jul 19

The graphic designer and illustrator talks to us about the inspiration behind the African Sisters project. >
Photographer Cole Ndelu explores the dissonance of masculine femininity

Design News • 2 Jul 19

“Seeing masculinity and femininity outside of the norm must become the norm.” >
Crystal Birch invites us into her hat wonderland

Design News • 27 Jun 19

The hat designer, stylist and milliner takes us behind the scenes of how she comes up with her playful designs. >
Durban students initiate a space to foster more campus interaction

Design News • 25 Jun 19

The Level Six project is the first student-led project guided by professionals to come out of Durban University of Technology. >
Meet Hayden Williams, the fashion illustrator to Hollywood stars

Design News • 20 Jun 19

The 27-year-old talks to us about how he harnessed his 1,2 million Instagram followers to build a global brand. >
Mzukisi Mbane’s imprint on African fashion

Design News • 18 Jun 19

The Design Indaba Emerging Creative on building a global brand that pays homage to his identity and celebrates femininity. >
Ghanaian photographer Lawrence Agyei on the power of photography

Design News • 14 Jun 19

“To me, a great photograph is like poetry. It captures and expresses a situation or emotion that transcends everyday life.” >
Graphic designer Rofhiwa Mudau is using famous faces to inspire the youth

Design News • 14 Jun 19

“This acts as inspiration to influence a positive work flow to the career or the job of your dreams.” >
Babusi Nyoni is making AI more accessible and relevant

Design News • 12 Jun 19

The Zimbabwean developer made a gqom and vosho app and also worked with UNHCR to predict the movements of displaced people. >
Art for the soul and your lungs

Design News • 12 Jun 19

Spanish art collective Boa Mistura have created a 35m-tall mural that purifies the air. >
An alternative to disposable plastic made with potatoes

Design News • 12 Jun 19

“This material is made from something that comes from the earth, and later on it can end up back in the soil, while posing no risk to nature.” >
The world’s first bio-brick made from human urine

Design News • 11 Jun 19

Its developer wants us to rethink the way we are utilising the Earth's precious resources. >
Avoid projecting: Kot Bonkers is neither a political nor a feminist artist

Design News • 11 Jun 19

Kot Bonkers is a brazen illustrator who fiercely defends her right to draw for the sake of it and identify with no political groups, despite audience opinion. >
This town in Mali is built almost completely out of mud

Design News • 11 Jun 19

The Great Mosque of Djenne survives through the dedication of local builders who help to re-plaster it each year. >
A collective of artists are preserving Mexico's linguistic diversity

Design News • 10 Jun 19

“No one can love what he does not know.” >
Doctor turned designer Kgahlego Kewana talks us through her unlikely path

Design News • 6 Jun 19

The Emerging Creative exhibited her work at the Design Indaba Festival 2019 among 49 up-and-coming South African talents. >

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