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The women putting Nigerian creativity on the world map

Creative Work • 16 Oct 19

As the creativity season kicks off in Nigeria, we highlight the women making things happen in the art and design sector. >
How can designers address the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

Creative Work • 15 Oct 19

#antenna2019 speakers have developed forward-thinking projects with this question in mind. >
Ditiro Mashigo on creating products that speak to her essence

Creative Work • 15 Oct 19

The 2017 Design Indaba Emerging Creative talks to us about her textile and fashion design business that she started after being retrenched. >
The designers combating air pollution

Creative Work • 14 Oct 19

From smog eating roof tiles to sweatshirts that react to different kinds of pollution and more. >
Redesigning cities based on the words of hip hop greats

Creative Work • 14 Oct 19

The Hip Hop Architecture Camp introduces kids to architecture using a medium they love. >
Here is what to expect at the #antenna2019 exhibition

Creative Work • 12 Oct 19

Come see innovative projects including ones looking at redesigning hearing aids, photography and converting waste into ink. >
Sheltersuit is a wearable shelter for homeless people

Creative Work • 11 Oct 19

"Homelessness is a global problem and Sheltersuit, as we see it, is a solution that fits in any country," says designer Bas Timmer. >
Triggerfish launches new 10-second animation competion

Creative Work • 9 Oct 19

“We’re looking for fresh animation shorts that celebrate Africa’s uniqueness and diversity,” says Triggerfish CEO. >
This women-led tech school has an innovative curriculum at its core

Creative Work • 9 Oct 19

"I make it a priority to work with women and persons from under-represented communities in the tech world because times have changed..." >
Indian studio develops zero-energy, terracotta air conditioner

Creative Work • 8 Oct 19

New-Delhi-based Ant Studio’s clay cooling installation is both beautiful and functional. >
N’Golà Biennial highlights the impact creatives have on society

Creative Work • 4 Oct 19

For three weeks, the island of São Tomé e Príncipe was taken over by artists from across the continent. >
Thonik design studio on why they design

Creative Work • 3 Oct 19

The book, by founders Nikki Gonnissen and Thomas Widdershoven, is a celebration of the studio's 25 years in the industry. >
We're proud to announce the £5,000 winner of the Dundeed Challenge!

Creative Work • 1 Oct 19

Debalina Bera's project The Welcome Tent impressed the judges with its focus on food as a catalyst for communities to find a voice. >
IKEA & Design Indaba launched ÖVERALLT collection at Design Indaba Festival 2019

Creative Work • 1 Oct 19

Two years ago, IKEA teamed up with a group of designers from five African countries curated by Design Indaba to create a one-of-a-kind collection. >
3 Ways to save the planet with urine

Creative Work • 29 Sep 19

Researchers call it organic waste and we’re just trying to keep it off the streets. >
Behind antenna and its impact on future changemakers in design

Creative Work • 27 Sep 19

“Antenna gave us a platform to share a story and to be bold about it. I don’t know if other graduate programmes like this exist.” >
Mpho Vackier’s journey to international acclaim

Creative Work • 27 Sep 19

The former Design Indaba Emerging Creative recently exhibited her furniture brand, Urbanative, at Milan Design Week. >
Biodesign, tech and the future of sustainable fashion

Creative Work • 26 Sep 19

We look at some of the designers working at the intersection of technology, biology and fashion to make more sustainable garments. >
On why design cannot be divorced from economic development in Africa

Creative Work • 25 Sep 19

Architect Mariam Kamara, says she believes that design stands to open up new avenues for solving problems on the continent. >
On building African smart cities

Creative Work • 25 Sep 19

Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou: "The problems we will face tomorrow in Africa are so big that we can’t count only on the politicians and experts to find solutions." >
On designing resilient African cities

Creative Work • 25 Sep 19

Award-winning Cameroonianian architect, Hermann Kamte, was recently named as one of Quartz' African Innovators for 2019. >
Architects design a crematorium situated in the middle of a lake

Creative Work • 25 Sep 19

Wrapped in a layer of rusty steel, this elongated crematorium is made of earth-coloured stone and also appears to be floating on water. >
This monument combines history, art and architecture

Creative Work • 23 Sep 19

The architects worked in collaboration with photographer Edward Burtynsky, Holocaust scholar Doris Bergen and landscape architect Claude Comier. >
Tiffany Chu on redesigning the way cities build their transport routes

Creative Work • 22 Sep 19

"If you’re trying to help a city, you need people who are from there and who are invested in the city over time." >

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