Design Frontiers | Design Indaba

Blockchain in Africa, the leapfrog continent

Design Frontiers > African Design / Creative Economy

Africa’s embrace of the technology could put it in a position to take a developmental detour. >

17 May 18
Future forms of concrete, plastic could be both sustainable and eco-friendly

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

“The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.” >

16 May 18
A Digital Drum is bringing computer skills to the youth in rural Uganda

Design Frontiers > African Design / Design Activism / Interaction Design / Product Design

Design without Borders has developed a way to bridge the information gap between urban and rural youth of Uganda. >

15 May 18
Could augmented reality systems create space for people of colour in the film industry?

Design Frontiers > Film & Animation / Information Design

Emerging technology may be the answer to the ongoing question of representation. >

9 May 18
Will AI be our new co-dependent relationship?

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Nicole Pérez’s annoying robots ponder the future of automated intimacy. >

7 May 18
Learn how these wearables serve the hearing impaired

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

"How can the deaf and hearing-impaired community experience music, without actually hearing it?" >

3 May 18
This Swedish firm builds multiple-storey homes entirely from wood

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors

Folkhem is leading the charge when it comes to this environmentally-minded mandate. >

30 Apr 18
This design festival is stitching together India's design community

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Craft / Creative Economy / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration

"It was one of its kind in the Indian design history. I’m not aware of any other festivals organised on such a massive scale." >

30 Apr 18
This warning system could detect a drought earlier than ever before

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Here's how MIT researchers are using the leaf surface to detect drought conditions. >

28 Apr 18
Grigri Pixel is uniting creatives on two continents through urban interventions

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism

The projects, which brings together African and European artists, was recently selected in the culture category for the FAD design prize. >

27 Apr 18
Could this convenient bug harvesting design make insect-based diets popular?

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Living Farms is being spearheaded by Austrian multidisciplinary designer, Katharina Unger. >

25 Apr 18
Life Kitchen offers free cooking lessons for people living with cancer

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Food Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Life Kitchen is extending classes and has teamed up with designers to create a special range of plates, totes, and t-shirts. >

25 Apr 18
Vibrant designs teach sign language in India’s iconic taxis

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography / Design Thinking

"Taxi Fabric was an opportunity to create a fun, engaging way for deaf as well as hearing individuals to learn..." >

24 Apr 18
Feel people smile with Simon Dogger’s handheld device for the visually impaired

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design

“Being able to understand other people is about the quality of dialogue which is actually about the quality of life.” >

23 Apr 18
Robotic traffic officers direct cars on Kinshasa’s roads

Design Frontiers > African Design / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Solar-powered robotic traffic cops have been “hired” to regulate the disorderly traffic in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. >

18 Apr 18
Iwo Borkowicz on finding housing solutions that serve both tourists and locals

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

The young architect who was a Global Graduate at Design Indaba 2018 talks about his upcoming project in Tanzania. >

18 Apr 18
Copenhagenize Design Co. is making moves to see more bicycles in urban areas

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

“The bicycle is the most powerful tool in our urban toolboxes to fix our cities.” >

17 Apr 18
Jomo Tariku on changing perceptions around what constitutes modern furniture

Design Frontiers > African Design / Craft / Creative Economy

“The modern furniture industry treats African furniture as something of a novelty,” says the Ethiopian-American furniture designer. >

17 Apr 18
See the novel ways these designers are innovating healthcare practices

Design Frontiers > Product Design

From beautiful colostomy bags to a USB stick that’s also an HIV testing kit, these projects affirm that the future of healthcare is in safe hands. >

16 Apr 18
Scientists are working on a pill that mimics the effects of exercise

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Scientists are a step closer to developing exercise in a pill to help the chronically lazy, elderly, and those medically unable to exercise. >

13 Apr 18
Designer Ying Gao uses fingerprint recognition to identify strangers

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Interaction Design

These ‘smart’ garments form part of her Possible Tomorrows project. >

10 Apr 18
Alexandra Fruhstorfer uses design to find creative solutions for environmental problems

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Industrial Design

She explores the impact of alien species through food as well as how to make clothes more sustainable through a different kind of yarn. >

9 Apr 18
Jalila Essaïdi’s project turns cow dung into textiles

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Designer and entrepreneur Jalila Essaïdi says we have an untapped natural resource in manure. >

9 Apr 18
The People’s Fridge is an effort to reduce food waste and combat hunger

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

The city’s first community fridge is where the needy can help themselves to fresh food at zero cost. >

6 Apr 18

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