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The Scene of Childhood

Creative Work • 13 Mar 17

Photographer Lionel Jusseret captures the magical ways that autistic children communicate. >
The carbon cost of your cocaine

Point of View • 13 Mar 17

In the sixth edition of Do The Green Thing, the eco-warriors reveal the carbon footprint associated with every line of cocaine. >
This tampon packaging brings an important part of menstruation out of hiding

Creative Work • 13 Mar 17

Thinx Tampons has gone where no tampon maker has dared go before. >
Young, fashionable and made in Dakar

Interviews • Duration: 00:03:22 • 10 Mar 17

Three young fashion designers on being creative and running fashion houses in Dakar. >
The Five Fields Play Structure by Matter Design

Creative Work • 10 Mar 17

This playground stimulates the imagination and encourages creativity. >
Panâh: An ethical fashion production house in Kenya

Creative Work • 10 Mar 17

This African production house produces high quality clothes for international brands. >
Using soybeans to create vegan leather

Creative Work • 9 Mar 17

We can now add soybeans to the list of cruelty-free leather alternatives. >
Remembering Chinese Photographer Ren Hang

Creative Work • 9 Mar 17

The 29-year old provocateur leaves behind an awe-inspiring body of work. >
Photographer captures the nuances of a South African township

Creative Work • 9 Mar 17

In an ongoing project, photographer Andile Bhala looks to capture the beauty of Soweto. >
Can you spot the women in these chaotic, illustrated ads?

Creative Work • 8 Mar 17

This ad campaign highlights the lack of women in the Egyptian workforce. >
The rhythm of weaving in Senegal

Interviews • Duration: 00:03:14 • 8 Mar 17

French weaver and designer Johanna Bramble talks us through tradition and texture in her Senegalese studio. >
Kasha: Rwanda’s digital solution to a pervasive problem

Creative Work • 8 Mar 17

Access to information and basic services can help women progress in the developing areas. >
Emulating female power through fashion

Creative Work • 8 Mar 17

Thebe Magugu pays homage to the important people in his life with original couture. >
Plastic Utopia by photographer Henri Blommers

Creative Work • 7 Mar 17

This Netherlands-based photographer captures human waste within nature. >
How do we perceive others and ourselves?

Creative Work • 7 Mar 17

Gaze is a new South African web series deconstructing the art of seeing others. >
Recharging Mount Olivella with thousands of trees

Creative Work • 7 Mar 17

This ambitious art intervention breathes new life into a devastated area. >
Design Indaba founder Ravi Naidoo will curate the World Design Weeks Summit Helsinki 2017

Design Indaba News • Duration: 00:01:03 • 6 Mar 17

World Design Weeks Summit Helsinki 2017 announces that Design Indaba's founder Ravi Naidoo will curate the 2017 event, on the 100th anniversary of Finland. >
SONOP primary school gets a solar powered upgrade

Creative Work • 6 Mar 17

Design Indaba partnered with SolarWorld Africa (Pty) Ltd and On Track to give this school a sustainable update. >
The Finale: Our speakers drop nuggets of truth during last day of Design Indaba Conference 2017

Design Indaba News • 3 Mar 17

Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up. >
DI Dispatch Day 2: Seek absolution

Design Indaba News • 3 Mar 17

Here is our third official dispatch, as we look back on Day Two. >
Keep A Great Show Going: Best Moments of Day 2 of Design Indaba Conference 2017

Design Indaba News • 2 Mar 17

Take a look at our speakers' most poignant messages delivered on stage at this year's Conference line-up. >
The Sounds of Nightscape: Part 3

Creative Work • 2 Mar 17

The final act of our inaugural musical celebration has arrived. >
We Forgive You

Creative Work • 2 Mar 17

Dutch designers Lernert & Sander send a message to their imitators. >
A patient and caregiver centred chair by Rhys Jones

Creative Work • 2 Mar 17

Industrial design graduate Rhys Jones and his neonatal chair. >

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