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Helen Sebidi explores her ancestry & matriarchal strength through art

Creative Work • 4 Oct 16

New collection of paintings explores themes of duality and African lineage. >
Traditional art techniques in modern fashion

Creative Work • 4 Oct 16

2016 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Mieke Vermeulen presented her new collection Neo-Africana autumn/winter 2017 at SA Fashion Week. >
Turning famine into feasts: Insects as the livestock of tomorrow

Creative Work • 3 Oct 16

Consider Nordic Food Labs - the science kitchen that makes bugs a more tasty prospect. >
A trip through Sm8ke City

Creative Work • 3 Oct 16

These creatives designed an alternate world using a combination of art and architecture. >
Fodder: the pop up dining experience that turns eating into an agricultural act

Creative Work • 3 Oct 16

Can we connect with the animals we consume by being fed their feed? >
Turn Table: The Anatomy of a Pitch

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:40:56 • 30 Sep 16

In the most creatively courageous way, London-based creative agency NB Studio wrote a play of their Design Indaba Conference Talk. >
Everyday episodes of an African reality

Creative Work • 30 Sep 16

Using photography to transform the way people view the daily lives of African people. >
Mars colonisation: Three fundamental questions

Creative Work • 30 Sep 16

Efforts are mounting to get us on the red planet - why, how and who? >
Generating water out of thin air

Creative Work • 30 Sep 16

This Israeli company is utilising the world’s largest resource of fresh water – the atmosphere. >
Challenging our understanding of waste

Creative Work • 29 Sep 16

Landfills could be a source of usable materials. >
Wair: A scarf that protects from air pollution

Creative Work • 29 Sep 16

With air pollution on the rise, this designer turns to accessories as a solution. >
Quirky map reveals the hidden gems of Addis Ababa

Creative Work • 29 Sep 16

Mapping Africa's dynamic cities . >
Irish students develop new water-safety device

Creative Work • 29 Sep 16

See the tragedy-inspired invention shortlisted for the James Dyson Award. >
Yanweizhou Park: Harnessing nature to benefit itself

Creative Work • 29 Sep 16

This wetlands-architecture project absorbs floodwater instead of blocking it. >
Meet Albang: The versatile vacation pods of South Korea

Creative Work • 28 Sep 16

Think pod hotel meets giant egg sculpture – only more durable and eco-friendly. >
Border City: An integrated plan to trash the US, Mexico border debate

Creative Work • 28 Sep 16

Border City is an ambitious plan to rid the United States and Mexico of its divides. >
This rooftop farm changes the way we think of agriculture

Creative Work • 28 Sep 16

Brooklyn-based urban agricultural pioneers Gotham Green built the world's largest rooftop farm. >
Cáustico: Speculating the future of water access

Creative Work • Duration: 4:00 • 28 Sep 16

What happens to society if drinking water becomes our most lucrative resource? >
Snapchat enters the wearable tech market with ‘Spectacles’

Creative Work • 28 Sep 16

Can the social media app succeed where giants like Google Glass have failed? >
The Current collection integrates solar energy in everyday objects

Creative Work • 27 Sep 16

The Current Table by Dutch design studio Caventou uses solar-integrated glass to generate energy from light in a process similar to photosynthesis. >
Devoted to urban planning

Creative Work • 27 Sep 16

Born in Kigali, Rwanda, this MIT student works to improve and provide affordable housing designs in Africa. >
Planting trees in inhospitable environments

Creative Work • 27 Sep 16

The Cocoon is a completely organic vessel that lets you plant trees in the worst environments. >
China surges forward in the space exploration race

Creative Work • 27 Sep 16

Three major new space programmes prove China’s cosmic ambitions. >
Student-designed bottle cap could save drought-stricken California millions of litres of water

Creative Work • 27 Sep 16

The ‘Cap the Tap’ campaign is a simple way to curtail water wastage from household taps. >

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