urban | Design Indaba

Senegal’s taxi industry set to gain an eco-conscious option with the Ping! app

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Could the natural evolution of public transport include a fleet of hybrid cars for every city? >

2 Oct 18
A chainless bicycle for the urbanite

Design News > Design Thinking

Ikea introduces the stylish, low maintenance Sladda for non-cyclists >

19 Jan 17
Luzinterruptus immerses Toronto in a flow of words

Design News > Interaction Design

An artist group occupies the streets of Toronto with 10 000 books. >

27 Oct 16
The Street Store: Pop-up charity for the homeless

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Cape Town’s Street Store uses public spaces to provide clothing for the homeless locally and abroad. >

25 Aug 16
The world’s most compact electric bike

Product Spotlight > Industrial Design / Product Design

The A-Bike is back and is better than ever. Sir Clive Sinclair’s 2006 foldup bike is set to revolutionise the daily urban commute with an electric upgrade. >

22 Jul 15
Building revolution in the city - part 1

Opinion > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Architect and urbanist Andrew Makin considers the South African city and proposes a new vision for our urban centres. >

19 Jul 14
Watt scooter

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

This electric push scooter by industrial design outfit eLabs is a made-in-South-Africa solution to inner-city congestion. >

1 Jul 14
Social art

Design News > Art & Photography / Urban & Landscape Design

Faith47 has created two new murals in Puerto Rico, “Marauders” and “Onirico”. >

14 Oct 13
Mother City yarn bombing

Inside View > Urban & Landscape Design

Cape Town texture designer and yarn bomber Isabeau Joubert shares her thoughts on handcraft in the urban space. >

4 Sep 13
Jeanne van Heeswijk on community development by co-production

Talks > Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

Jeanne van Heeswijk believes that "radicalising the local" is one of the most important things in the effort to develop communities. >

19 Jul 13
Of science and sacrifices

Design News > Art & Photography / Urban & Landscape Design

Bold and thought-provoking, Faith47 recently completed new artworks in London. >

14 May 13
Africa today is a place of "renewal, regeneration & growth".

Video Interviews > Creative Economy / African Design

In the first instalment of the MINI World Tour, Ravi Naidoo takes Dezeen on a tour of Cape Town and explains why he founded the Design Indaba conference. >

9 Apr 13
Urban-Think Tank on a curriculum for a new urban planet

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

Alfredo Brillembourg (Urban-Think Tank) gives insight into accepting the unaccepted and aesthetic and ethical concerns in designing for informal settlements. >

27 Sep 12
Breaking out of the silo and onto the street

Do Tank News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

The Your Street Challenge, inspired by Design Indaba, seeks to transform urban space through creative thought. >

26 Sep 12
David Adjaye at AZA 2012

Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors

As a discipline architecture needs to rethink what it does best, and how it serves people, David Adjaye believes. >

21 Sep 12
Playing in public

Design News > Interaction Design / Architecture & Interiors

Andrew Shoben creates bespoke installations that work to redefine notions of public art in urban spaces. >

13 Feb 12
John Bielenberg

John Bielenberg believes that "thinking wrong" as a means of making the world a better place, through design. >

12 Jan 12
Foraging in 4'33

Opinion > Food Design

The notion of picking one’s own food, especially in urban areas, can seem absurd. Elizabeth Thacker Jones follows “The Wildman” Steve Brill around New York. >

16 Nov 11
Food fight: Laetitia Wolff

Design News > Food Design / Design Thinking

Laetitia Wolff believes that technology, synthetic food and GM should not be written off. >

15 Nov 11
Net works

Design News >

A large net installation encourages child-like exploration while also hoping to help re-integrate communities. >

22 Aug 11
One x one

Q&A > Architecture & Interiors / African Design

From Berlin to Burkina Faso, Francis Kéré is building a bridge using education, upliftment, local materials and energy efficiency. >

15 Aug 11
Cycling simplicity

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A bicycle made of bent plywood, ideal for the urban cyclist. >

20 Jun 11
Martin Kruger on urban architectural projects in Cape Town

Talks > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

Architect Martin Kruger talks about urban architectural projects in and around Cape Town. >

30 Mar 11
Henning Rasmuss

Talks > Architecture & Interiors

Henning Rasmuss talks about the SharpCity project that celebrates and promotes South African architecture. >

2 Feb 11

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