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Sticklit is democratising literature and art

Creative Work • 3 May 19

How a reading culture can be fostered by means of public art. >
Pixeland is China’s pixel-inspired park

Creative Work • 3 May 19

Created for the people of Mianyang, China, this multifunctional public space looks at how digital pixels can be used as functional art. >
Omar Nagati on renegotiating Downtown Cairo through design

Creative Work • 3 May 19

“You need to include in any plan or revision for Downtown or any neighbourhood, the local community, which is not necessarily the case so far." >
Meet Botswana's Queens of Marok

Creative Work • 2 May 19

South African photographer Paul Shiakallis documents the leather-wearing women of Botswana’s heavy metal scene. >
Sudan: the symbolic significance of the space protesters made their own

Point of View • 2 May 19

Amira Osman takes a look at how Khartoum's military complex became a public space for protest that toppled the Sudanese government. >
What will food look like in the future, especially for the elderly

Creative Work • Duration: 00:10:04 • 1 May 19

Himori Kimoto believes dignity and play should form a big part of the way we design our future meals. >
Accra's Arch Xenus is redefining what it means to be a successful architectural firm

Creative Work • 1 May 19

We met the founder and principal architect who shared more about their approach to business. >
This photographer gave homeless people cameras to document their lives

Creative Work • 30 Apr 19

After five days, 45 of the cameras were returned and over 600 images developed. The results were astonishing. >
Nicole Nomsa Moyo on building self-sufficient townships

Conference Talks • 30 Apr 19

Her thesis project Ukubutha looks at service delivery solutions in Mamelodi, a township in Pretoria. >
What landscape architects and urban designers can learn about public space from Cuba

Point of View • 29 Apr 19

Landscape architect Sam Valentine takes a look at how the totalitarian state hosts some of the most democratic public spaces. >
Federico Babina uses architecture to explain mental illness

Creative Work • 29 Apr 19

Babina cleverly represents what different mental illnesses look like. >
Can the architecture of a prison contribute to the rehabilitation of its inmates?

Creative Work • 29 Apr 19

"Every inmate in Norwegian prisons are going back to the society. Do you want people who are angry — or people who are rehabilitated?” >
The all-woman band taking over a space traditionally reserved for men

Creative Work • 26 Apr 19

New York’s Flor de Toloache talk preserving culture, women empowerment and taking on the male-dominated world of Mariachi. >
AZEEMA is here to display beauty and dispel myths

Creative Work • 26 Apr 19

“It is a celebration of heritage, culture and diversity, yet equally a champion for empowerment and progressive change." >
Ane Crabtree’s labour of creative love

Conference Talks • 25 Apr 19

“What I do is act like a kind of connector or conduit of emotion. Emotion in words, in pace, in visuals across the screen.” >
This Angolan innovation hub is helping to transform the nation’s creative sector

Creative Work • 25 Apr 19

We chat to some of the Fábrica de Sabão team about innovation, community upliftment and serving Africa first. >
Joy Buolamwini uses art and research to show the social implications of AI

Creative Work • 25 Apr 19

The Ghanaian-American computer scientist and digital activist spoke to us during her Cape Town visit. >
The potential future of food is growing all around us

Creative Work • Duration: 00:10:29 • 24 Apr 19

Lichen, a cryptogram or type of plant, can be made in several tasty ways. So why aren’t we eating it? >
Afrominima is a Nigerian lifestyle brand inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics

Creative Work • 24 Apr 19

The Olubunmi Adeyemi-helmed brand brings the minimalist movement to Africa. >
Spanish mural artist, Okuda, uses art to bridge cultural borders

Interviews • 24 Apr 19

His murals have transformed degraded and abandoned buildings into unique colourful spaces around the world >
Toyin Ojih Odutola’s portraits show black skin as textured and diverse

Creative Work • 23 Apr 19

“We have enough about what my skin looks like but what does it feel like?’ >
Feyi Olubodun on what international brands get wrong about the African consumer

Creative Work • 23 Apr 19

"I argue very strongly that sophistication and westernisation don’t mean the same thing. You can be sophisticated and not be westernised." >
Designer Anne Kiwia upcycles discarded cloths to create high fashion headbands

Creative Work • 22 Apr 19

“We have enough clothes. The world is full of it. We need to start protecting our environment and stop being needless consumers.” >
On blockchain and art

Creative Work • 19 Apr 19

The framework technology could make digital art less vulnerable to fraud and theft. >

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