May 2022 Archive

  • Story of my life
    Q&A • 16 May 22
    Njabulo Maseko is on a mission to open doors for the youth to express the power of their inner creativity >
  • Walking, talking chair
    Design News • 16 May 22
    A Lithuanian exhibition is inviting heart-to-hearts between historical furniture items and modern-day design objects >
  • Rebuilding Kharkiv
    Design News • 16 May 22
    British architect Norman Foster proposes rebuilding the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from the ground up >
  • Bioplastic fantastic
    Design News • 16 May 22
    Designer Luke Pearson closes the production loop with the collaborative product bFRIENDS >
  • Ghana’s national pavilion
    Design News • 8 May 22
    How do you define freedom? Ghana’s flag provides a clue – as does its striking pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale >
  • Liberian centre celebrates women
    Design News • 8 May 22
    Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has partnered with leading African architects >
  • Smooth operator
    Q&A • 8 May 22
    Lundi Mlonyeni, aka Dave Monday, is a muso with a mission >
  • Changing the narrative
    Design News • 8 May 22
    Naba AboLova and actor Bonko Khoza bring hope to unemployed township youth >
  • At (type)face value
    Design News • 8 May 22
    British author Simon Garfield’s classic publication, ‘Just My Type’, turns us all into fervent font-spotters >
  • Time flies
    Design News • 1 May 22
    Design Indaba alumnus Neil Harbisson is ready to live Einstein’s theory of relativity with the help of a new wing-shaped sense organ >
  • Skyfall
    Design News • 1 May 22
    A never-ending stream of dominoes extending upwards provides the building blocks of architect Jean-Paul Cassia’s latest brainchild, the Zanzibar Tower >
  • The multipotentialite side of life
    Q&A • 1 May 22
    Design Indaba Emerging Creative Nuraan Khan wants to make beautiful, functional design accessible to everyone >
  • Where science and fiction meet
    Q&A • 1 May 22
    Kuang-Yi Ku, a former dentist turned speculative designer and artist, explores a fictional future where termites and humans live in harmony >