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One photographer's surrealist impression of mental illness

Creative Work • 27 Mar 19

Katie Joy Crawford was diagnosed young. This is how she sees her anxiety and depression. >
Abstract Peaces: Redefining mental illness

Creative Work • 26 Mar 19

Conceptual photographer Tsoku Maela challenges the stigma around mental illness by drawing on his personal experience. >
This device could simplify and reduce the costs of TB treatment

Creative Work • 26 Mar 19

An MIT research team conceived a device that would release a month’s supply of antibiotics within the body >
Designer Ini Archibong on merging myth and reality to create The Secret Garden

Conference Talks • Duration: 00:09:45 • 25 Mar 19

The ECAL graduate spoke about overcoming a difficult time, his design process and the importance of fulfilling a higher purpose. >
Four designers are looking to redesign the gynaecology experience

Creative Work • 25 Mar 19

Yona is trying to redesign the uncomfortable vaginal speculum using human-centred experience design. >
On being a young creative dealing with mental health

Creative Work • 25 Mar 19

We spoke to past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives to unpack the way creativity and mental health co-exist in their lives. >
Zipline is the small medical drone in Rwanda solving a worldwide logistics problem

Creative Work • 25 Mar 19

"Health is where we found the connection between something we knew we could do and a problem that needed solving," Zipline's Keenan Wyrobek. >
The bizarre and confounding influence of Dubai on Africa’s emerging cities

Creative Work • 22 Mar 19

Design researcher and built environment designer Mathias Agbo, Jr speaks to Nigerian, UAE-based architect Safiya Yahaya on this phenomenon >
Mariam Kamara unveils a new collaboration with Design Indaba in Niger

Creative Work • 20 Mar 19

The Artisan Valley is a whimsical promenade with spaces for local artisans to show off their traditional fabrication processes. >
Meet the landscape architect determined to save Bangkok from drowning

Creative Work • 20 Mar 19

“The health of the city is directly related to the health of the people. Right now the city is sick so we are all sick,” Kotchakorn Voraakhom. >
Cairo architect Nada Elhadedy on architecture driven by circumstance

Creative Work • 20 Mar 19

“So instead of using the building as a barrier… we used it to promote openings and interaction.” >
Ilze Wolff on creating an activist and public culture around architecture

Creative Work • 20 Mar 19

In this architectural practice collaboration with artists is just as important as working with other architects and engineers. >
Tumelo Lerata wins most promising award in international housing competition

Creative Work • 19 Mar 19

The "r.i.s.e in the city" design competition is aimed at bridging the gap between entrepreneurship and architecture. >
Could embracing the informality of South Africa’s chaotic taxi industry do more good than bad?

Creative Work • 18 Mar 19

Researcher and urban planner Zonke Mkhomazi discusses the history and future of transport in South Africa. >
Malawian artist Samson Kambalu on the non-Western ways of crafting a narrative

Interviews • Duration: 00:02:56 • 15 Mar 19

The multimedia artist says there’s no such thing as a passive audience in Africa. >
8 emerging fashion designers on their interpretation of South African fashion

Creative Work • 15 Mar 19

These designers were part of this year's Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Programme. >
Jalila Essaïdi’s project turns cow dung into textiles

Creative Work • 14 Mar 19

Designer and entrepreneur Jalila Essaïdi says we have an untapped natural resource in manure. >
4 graphic designers experimenting with colour and tackling taboos

Creative Work • 14 Mar 19

These are the graphic designer who were a part of the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives exhibition, a smorgasbord of young South African talent. >
7 Interior designers that should be on your radar

Creative Work • 13 Mar 19

As part of the Emerging Creatives programme, these young designers exhibited their work at the Design Indaba Festival 2019. >
Wacy Zacarias on taking back the African textile market

Creative Work • 13 Mar 19

The Mozambican entrepreneur started Karingana Wa Karingana Textiles to create authentic African prints. >
Ify Ojo tells the stories we never hear through textile design

Creative Work • 12 Mar 19

The Nigerian, Canada-based designer pays tribute to the women of Africa with Stèlà Textile. >
Dezeen Awards 2019 are encouraging African designers to enter

Creative Work • 11 Mar 19

Dezeen Awards is the benchmark for international design excellence and the ultimate accolade for architects and designers everywhere. >
Could a synthetic brain make manufacturing automation accessible for all?

Creative Work • 6 Mar 19

Imagine a future in which anyone with a dream can easily turn it into a physical product. >
Uganda's maker space aiming to transform science education in the country

Interviews • Duration: 00:04:09 • 5 Mar 19

Science education should be hands-on and interactive, says Fundi Bots founder Solomon King Benge. >

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