Articles

Why Mexican squares may be the best public spaces in the world

Design Frontiers • 12 Jul 19

Plaza Ciudadela won’t win any design awards, but it accomplishes something far more important: it draws a crowd of all ages. >
Hafeez Floris captures the other side of South Africa's townships

Design Frontiers • 12 Jul 19

His photography shows the more childlike and creative side to people in areas like Manenberg and Soweto. >
Skip the trip to the fertility clinic with Yo Home Sperm

Design Frontiers • 11 Jul 19

In just a few minutes, this app offers men valuable reproductive information. >
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. >
Les Chaises Koubeyni is an artistic response to the concept of hospitality

Design Frontiers • 10 Jul 19

In Niger's capital city, Niamey, artists from the city as well as those from Madrid got together to build an amulet to reflect on hospitality. >
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. >
Atolye on creating a space where community and strategic design meet

Design Frontiers • 9 Jul 19

"There are many untapped markets as well as industries that need radical interventions" says architect Nesile Yalcin. >
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. >
Grow edible algae in your home

Design Frontiers • 9 Jul 19

The Coral is an indoor micro-algae farm designed to welcome algae into our everyday lives. >
This lightweight, flexible shoe is made from ‘algae foam’

Design Frontiers • 8 Jul 19

VIVOBAREFOOT and Bloom team up on the world’s first shoe made with the material. >
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. >
How floating homes will help people in flood-prone countries

Design Frontiers • 8 Jul 19

Dream Homes is a project by Dundee University in which they co-designed with local Bangladeshis to create resilient floating homes. >
Max-Gordon Stoffberg on community empowerment and creativity

Next Generation • 5 Jul 19

“I have a willingness to reach out to the marginalised in society. I believe everyone has equal potential power and everyone has unique gifts & talents.” >
Colourful totems in Poland carry strong message about climate change

Design Frontiers • 5 Jul 19

Totemy by Alicja Biała and former Design Indaba speaker, Iwo Borkowicz, symbolises the relationship between people and the forces of nature. >
Chad Hanning on the importance of street art

Next Generation • 4 Jul 19

“I believe in how powerful street art is and use it to give a place life or a feeling.” >
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.” >
Six designers tackle sustainability from food, waste and even death

Design Frontiers • 2 Jul 19

These Design Indaba 2019 speakers are working to design more sustainable methods and products. >
This museum preserves Brazil's cultural and craft memory

Design Frontiers • 1 Jul 19

The A CASA Museum of the Brazilian Object has dedicated 21 years to preserving the rich cultural history of the Brazilian people. >
Call for applications: Summer programme 2019

Design Frontiers • 27 Jun 19

The University of the Underground and the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College invite you to apply for POST-NATION STATES, Summer School 19 in NYC. >
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. >
Using empathic design to save the lives of pregnant women

Design Frontiers • 24 Jun 19

How Caroline Smeenk and Dahabo Adi Galgallo are saving the lives of mothers and their unborn children, on opposite sides of the world. >
Students explore death through a video game and our fascination with fake goods

Design Frontiers • 20 Jun 19

We spotlight the work of two graduates from the University of the Underground which was started by Dr Nelly Ben-Hayoun. >
Are you the future of South Africa’s design industry?

Festival News • 20 Jun 19

The hunt for South Africa’s hottest young emerging creatives has begun. Apply now! >
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. >
Creating art out of scrap engine parts

Next Generation • 20 Jun 19

Kara Schoeman creates intricate art bowls out of recycled metals. >
How these Ghanaian developers are creating awareness around e-waste

Next Generation • 19 Jun 19

Ghanaian game developers, Enter Africa, are creating a game that focuses on the issues of safety and sanitation surrounding e-waste dumps. >
Applications for African Crossroads 2019 are now open!

Design Frontiers • 19 Jun 19

Hivos is looking for content proposals from artists, entrepreneurs, chefs, designers, researchers, to imagine the future of African cities. >

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